What are the differences among bugs, issues and tasks in TFS

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JohnMunich picture JohnMunich · Mar 3, 2011 · Viewed 40.6k times · Source

Could anyone give me a short explanation on the differences among bugs, issues, and tasks in TFS?

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Sanjeevakumar Hiremath picture Sanjeevakumar Hiremath · Mar 3, 2011

For the Scrum TFS Process Template

  • Bug- Any problem in existing functionality, or missing functionality. Defect in code or requirement, error which is not designed to be.

  • Issue (Impediment)- Any problem which might block the development process, example : a third party driver you identified as dependency is not releasing on time, so it is an issue in your development process.

  • Task- Any work which is planned as part of development of your project, either as result of bug, or issue or requirements, including requirement analysis or development, or testing. etc.

For the Agile TFS Process Template

  • Bug- A bug communicates that a potential problem exists in the code that your team is developing.

  • Issue- An event or cause that may delay shipping.

  • Task- A task communicates the need to do some work. Each team member can define tasks to represent the work that they need to accomplish.

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