Generally, planning work items such as Stories and Epics
are considered top-level work items. You can configure the project
area to specify one or more work item types as the top-level types
in plans. The top-level work items are displayed on the product and
team backlog plans in Scrum process template and on the release and
team plans in OpenUp process templates. The sprint backlog and iteration
plans shows all work items types.
About this task
An example of this setting is to designate Story as
the top-level work item. In this case, story work items are displayed
as top-level items in the plan. This helps the team develop story-oriented
planning and efficiently express the themes of the iteration for a
particular component.
To set top-level work item types for plans:
- Right-click the project area in the Team Artifacts view
and click Open. The project area opens in the
editor view.
- Click the Process Configuration tab.
- In the Project Configuration section,
expand the Configuration Data and Planning nodes.
- Click the Top-Level Work Item Types node.
- Select one or more work item types and click Save.
What to do next
Note: You can rename the Top Items folder on the Planned
Items page of a plan. The folder continues to function as described
in this topic.