Managing iteration schedules

If you are following an Agile or iterative development model, you must create the expected schedule for the iteration by specifying the expected dates and duration. The iteration dates and duration are not rolled up from the work items that are assigned to the iteration. The planned dates and duration are the same as the expected dates and the duration, and are not rolled up from the planned schedule of the work items assigned to the iteration. You can continue to edit the expected schedule for an iteration at any time, even after a planned schedule with assignments is created.

Before you begin

Use the Schedule Gantt viewlet to perform this task. In the navigation bar, click Work, and click the Schedule tab.

Before you specify the iteration schedule, create the iterations for the project.

About this task

Important: The expected schedule and planned schedule for an iteration is determined by the dates and duration that you specify. However, the expected and planned effort for the iteration is rolled up from the expected and planned effort of the work items planned for the iteration.
To manage the iteration schedule:

Procedure

  1. In the WBS tree, select the iteration.
  2. In the Schedule grid, enter any two of the following values:
    • Double-click the Start (Exp) field, and enter the date or select it from the calendar. If the selected date is marked as an exception in the project calendar, the next working date is set as the start date.
    • Double-click the Finish (Exp) field, and enter the date or select it from the calendar. If the selected date is marked as an exception in the project calendar, the previous working date is set as the finish date.
      Note: When you enter the start date and finish date, the duration is calculated and displayed based on the available working days between those dates in the project calendar.
    • Double-click the Duration (Exp) field, and enter the duration in number of days.
  3. Click Save.

What to do next

You can now assign work items to the iteration. For more information about assigning work items to iterations, see Planning work for iterations.

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