Working with “Product” in eScrum and VSTS
This is the third post and part of 4 posts about escrum.
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In eScrum, a product made up of product backlog which is a single prioritized feature with a baseline cost estimate, is prioritized work to be done.
A Product is a combination of a Product Backlog, a Product Owner, and a list of Team Members who will participate in the Sprints.
If you want to create a new product through the VSTS Team Explorer you will need to add new work item type “eScrum product details “. Note that VSTS relates to new product as new area, that is why you will need to define new area and only then create new product which is related to this area.
To define new area:
1. Right click on your project in team explorer.
2. Select “Team project settings” and “Areas and iterations…”
3. Areas and Iteration window will open, view the “Area” tab and click the icon “Add a child node”.
4. Give name to your area and close the window.
To create new product related to your area:
1. Right click on “Work Items” in team explorer.
2. Select “Add work item” and “eScrum product details “.
3. New eScrum product details window will open, in the classification area select your area from the drop down list.
4. In the status area select product owner, fill in other details that you want and Save.
You should be aware to the fact that you can create more than one ” eScrum product details” for the same area.
eScrum web client shows the list of products with the same name (area) while actually displaying just the first one that was created, no meter which product you select.
