Use the third dropdown field to filter the work items based on the team. Use the second dropdown field to filter the work items based on the type. Use the first dropdown field Zoom by to zoom in/out the chart timeline. You may leave this step if User stories are NOT required to be displayed on the timeline.Ĭlick on the Timeline link in the Boards section to view the project work items in the timeline chart. Open one of the User stories, Click on three dots and then Customize as shown below. Customize the User story form to make these fields visible. The Start Date and Target Date are not displayed on the User Story form by default. Make sure to fill in the Start Date, Target Date, select team in areas field, and optionally select value area which will display on the tooltip in the timeline. Go back to the Project Boards, click on work items to add Epics, Features, and User stories. Go to Project Settings, click on the Project configuration link, and then the Areas tab to create Sub-Teams required for the project.

This is an optional step as You may leave the single default Team. Go to Project Settings and click on the Teams link to create Teams required for the project. Create ProjectĬreate a project or use an existing project. Step to view work items on the Project Timeline 1. The work items with a Start date that is older than 7 months are NOT displayed.The work items must have the Start date and Target date filled in to display in the Project Timeline.A single click on the work item displays the title, percentage completed, start/target date, and value area in a popup.A double click on a work item opens it in a dialog box for editing.An arrow mark displays the relation between Epic, Feature, and User Stories.Filter the work items based on the work item type and teams/subteams using the corresponding dropdown fields.Zoom in/out the Project Timeline view based on Day, Week, or Month using the Zoom by dropdown field.The Project Timeline is available in the Boards section of Azure DevOps. The supported work items are Epic, Feature, and User stories which must have the Start Date and Target Date populated. Project Timeline is an extension for Azure DevOps to view the overall project backlog work items on a timeline chart.

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