Team leads and team members can use plans
to manage their work items that are planned for completion for a release,
backlog, or an iteration. As work items are created, they are assigned
to a category. A team lead later assigns the work item to a milestone.
Plans can be associated with a team area or project area. If the work
item categories are associated with a team, Jazz™ displays
work items in the responsible team's plan based on the work item's
category and planned iteration settings. If the work item category
is not associated with a team area, a project area is used.
Before beginning work on a plan, define the timelines, iterations,
team areas, and work item categories for your project. If you do not
have team areas, you can create a plan for a project area.
The following figure outlines the relationship of how categories,
team areas, and iteration schedules help assign work items to the
appropriate team and plan. With these relationships, team members
can view and manage work items for all iterations within their corresponding
plans. The steps for creating and using a plan are presented in the
topics in this section of the help.
Figure 1. Work item categories and iteration schedules drive team
assignments