Deliverable
A Deliverable is any measurable, tangible item or result that must be produced to complete a project. A Deliverable is the key to measuring “chunks of work” getting done and the best place to implement quality gates (validate its quality before it hits Main). It is a great way to group collections of Tasks together, or even collections of Bugs and Tasks, or Tasks from multiple disciplines.


Examples: Ribbon Keyboard Control (Feature - Keyboard Shortcuts for Ribbon; Feature Group - New Ribbon) - New GIFs/JPGs (Feature - Window Logon Integration; Feature Group - Windows 7 Integration)
 


 

Required Fields
Title
: Unique title for the Deliverable

Feature: The parent Feature that this Deliverable is associated with.
    NOTE: The Feature must be entered prior to this field being updated. In order for the drop down list to be populated the user must hit the (refresh) button and wait 2 minutes.

Assigned to: Individual responsible for the tracking of the Deliverable

State: The state of the Deliverable. The workflow for the states is as follows:
    Active: This is the default starting state. Deliverable has been approved and work is being completed to execute against this release
    Proposed: Deliverable is opened and not approved
    Closed: Deliverable is completed, cut or should be ignored

Sub-State: The sub-state of the Deliverable. When the State field is closed the sub-state has the following values:
    Completed: All work is completed for the Deliverable
    Cut: Deliverable was cut and might be addressed at a later date
    Ignore: Deliverable was entered in error and should be deleted


Optional Fields
Priority
: Priority for the Deliverable. Choices are:
1: Must Have
2: Should Have
3: Nice to Have
4: Wish List

Rank: Numeric field individuals can use to sort their deliverables
 

Rollup Fields
The following fields will automatically rollup if they have children work item types associated with them. Note – this rollup will clobber and existing values.

Start Date: The date the work on the deliverable begins. If there are child tasks associated with this deliverable the earliest start date will be placed in this field.

Finish Date: The date the work on the deliverable will be completed. If there are child tasks associated with this deliverable the latest finish date will be placed in this field.

Completed Work: The duration (hours or days) that have been completed on this deliverable. If there are child tasks associated with this deliverable this will be the sum of all completed work.

Remaining Work: The duration (hours or days) that are left to be completed on this deliverable. If there are child tasks associated with this deliverable this will be the sum of all remaining work.
 

Tabs
Description
: Free form text for the description of the Deliverable

Links: Linking information

Quality Gates: Recommended Quality Gates


File Attachments: Supporting documentation

History: Standard tab to track all changes to the work item.