{"id":45005,"date":"2018-06-22T14:42:09","date_gmt":"2018-06-22T14:42:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/devops\/?p=45005"},"modified":"2019-02-14T15:48:54","modified_gmt":"2019-02-14T23:48:54","slug":"new-work-hubs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/devops\/new-work-hubs\/","title":{"rendered":"New Work Hubs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In our recent post \u201c<span><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/devops\/2018\/06\/19\/new-navigation\/\">New navigation for Visual Studio Team Services<\/a><\/span>\u201d we shared an early look at our plans for the upcoming year. For the Work hubs in VSTS, we\u2019re investing in ways that address usability issues many of you have shared with us. In this post, we\u2019ll describe a few of the first steps in that journey.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>From one hub to three<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>In talking with users, we found that many struggled with the complexity of our Backlogs hub. Though powerful, the Backlogs hub was home to too many features. This often made it difficult to find the feature or capability you\u2019re looking for.<\/p>\n<p>To address this problem, we\u2019ve split the Backlogs hub into three distinct hubs:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Backlogs.\u00a0<\/strong>The Backlogs hub is now home to just the Backlogs for a project. A backlog is a prioritized list of work for the team. Backlogs provide planning tools such as work item hierarchy, forecasting, and sprint planning.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Boards.\u00a0<\/strong>The new Boards hub is home to all Boards for a project. Boards are used to communicate status and flow.\u00a0 Cards (work items) move from left to right across the board through columns defined by the team. The board is highly customizable and includes engaging visual cues to help teams limit their work-in-progress.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sprints.\u00a0<\/strong>The new Sprints hub is home to features used to plan and execute an increment of work. \u00a0Sprints support teams working at regular sprint cadence (usually 2-4 weeks) to deliver incremental value. \u00a0Each sprint contains a Sprint Backlog, a Taskboard, and a view to manage and set capacity for the team.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/devops\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/06\/bg-3hubs-1024x699.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"573\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-45135 size-large\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The new Work hubs provide you with simpler navigation, making it easy to jump to the feature you need.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Favorites, Directories, and Search<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Previously, managing work across teams took several clicks and full-page navigations. Each visit to a backlog, board, or sprint often required changing team contexts. With <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.msdn.microsoft.com\/devops\/2018\/06\/19\/new-navigation\/\">our broader navigation update<\/a>, team\u00a0context is no longer in the global breadcrumb, creating a more person-centric navigation experience. Now, you\u2019re able to favorite individual backlogs, boards, and sprints across any team, making navigation between these items significantly easier. Additionally, quick search is available in every item picker to help you find things you haven\u2019t favorited.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/devops\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/06\/bg-boardspicker-1024x699.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"573\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-45145 size-large\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re new to the project (or unsure what to search for), click \u201cBrowse all\u201d to view a directory of your backlogs, boards, and sprints.\u00a0 Directories offer a powerful filter and browse experience. On each directory, we highlight your Favorited items, the items associated with Teams you\u2019re a member of, and of course a full list of all boards, backlogs, or sprints in the project.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/devops\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/06\/bg-directory-1024x652.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"535\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-45155 size-large\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Team Profile pane<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The new Team Profile pane provides quick access to all related team items as well as information about the team\u2019s administrators and members. To access the Team Profile pane, click on the team icon next to the Favorites star. Use the Team Profile pane to easily jump to another item for a team, or quickly favorite items you want to visit regularly.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/devops\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/06\/bg-teampane-1024x652.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"535\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-45175 size-large\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><strong>New Sprint Features<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Along with these core navigational updates, you\u2019ll also find a few handy new features:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>New Sprint.\u00a0<\/strong>Create your next sprint or subscribe to an existing sprint schedule directly from the Sprints hub.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sprint Planning.\u00a0<\/strong>Use the new Planning pane in your backlog to drag and drop work items into future sprints. The Planning pane includes sprint dates, work item counts, and planned effort.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>New work item.\u00a0<\/strong>Add requirements to the top of the Taskboard or use quick create to add to the top, bottom, or row of choice on your Sprint Backlog.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Updated Filters.\u00a0<\/strong>Use filters for Assignee, Work Item Type, State, and Tags to tailor the views to your needs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/devops\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/06\/bp-planning-1024x623.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"511\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-45125 size-large\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Looking ahead<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>As we mentioned at the beginning of this post, these changes are just the first steps in a set of larger changes. If you\u2019re worried that teams are going away, rest assured that teams are still an important artifact in VSTS. We\u2019ve spent the better part of the last year learning from many of you about the wide variety of approaches and uses for teams. It\u2019s been extremely helpful and is informing how we think about the future. Our goal is to provide more flexibility for backlogs, boards, and sprints &#8211; making them useful with or without teams. In fact, that\u2019s where we\u2019re headed next.\u00a0 We plan to unlock boards from teams so you can create custom boards for a variety of scenarios.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/devops\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2018\/06\/bg-teamagnostic-1024x584.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"479\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-45165 size-large\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Try the preview and send us feedback<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The new Work hubs are available as part of the VSTS navigation preview. <span><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/vsts\/collaborate\/preview-features?view=vsts\">Enable preview features<\/a><\/span> from your profile in the top right corner of your VSTS project and send us your feedback! We look forward to hearing from you.<\/p>\n<p>Aaron Bjork\nSondra Batbold<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In our recent post \u201cNew navigation for Visual Studio Team Services\u201d we shared an early look at our plans for the upcoming year. For the Work hubs in VSTS, we\u2019re investing in ways that address usability issues many of you have shared with us. 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