• Project Manager

• Ambassador User
• Analyst
• Any Role
• Developer
• Project Manager
• Tester
• Visionary

• Assess Results
• Assess Results
• Find and Outline Requirements
• Find and Outline Requirements
• Manage Iteration
• Manage Iteration
• Plan Iteration
• Plan Iteration
• Plan Project
• Plan the Project

• Define Vision
• Implement Test Scripts
• Request Change

• Assess Results
• Assess Results
• Define Vision
• Find and Outline Requirements
• Find and Outline Requirements
• Manage Iteration
• Manage Iteration
• Plan Iteration
• Plan Iteration
• Plan Project
• Plan the Project
• Request Change
• Run Developer Tests
• Run Tests
• Run Tests

• Construction Phase Iteration  >  Identify And Refine Requirements  >  Work Items List
• Construction Phase Iteration  >  Ongoing Tasks  >  Work Items List
• Construction Phase Iteration  >  Manage Iteration  >  Work Items List
• Construction Phase Iteration  >  Develop Solution (for requirement) (within context)  >  Work Items List
• Construction Phase Iteration  >  Test Solution  >  Work Items List
• Construction Phase Iteration  >  Identify and Refine Requirements  >  Work Items List
• Construction Phase Iteration  >  Ongoing Tasks  >  Work Items List
• Construction Phase Iteration  >  Plan and Manage Iteration  >  Work Items List
• Construction Phase Iteration  >  Develop Solution Increment  >  Work Items List
• Construction Phase Iteration  >  Test Solution  >  Work Items List
• Develop Solution (for requirement) (within context)  >  Work Items List
• Develop Solution Increment  >  Work Items List
• Develop Solution Increment (no TDD)  >  Work Items List
• Develop the Architecture  >  Develop the Solution  >  Work Items List
• Develop the Architecture  >  Develop Solution Increment  >  Work Items List
• Elaboration Phase Iteration  >  Identify and Refine Requirements  >  Work Items List
• Elaboration Phase Iteration  >  Ongoing Tasks  >  Work Items List
• Elaboration Phase Iteration  >  Manage Iteration  >  Work Items List
• Elaboration Phase Iteration  >  Develop Solution (for requirement) (within context)  >  Work Items List
• Elaboration Phase Iteration  >  Test Solution  >  Work Items List
• Elaboration Phase Iteration  >  Identify and Refine Requirements  >  Work Items List
• Elaboration Phase Iteration  >  Ongoing Tasks  >  Work Items List
• Elaboration Phase Iteration  >  Plan and Manage Iteration  >  Work Items List
• Elaboration Phase Iteration  >  Develop Solution Increment  >  Work Items List
• Elaboration Phase Iteration  >  Test Solution  >  Work Items List
• Identify and Refine Requirements  >  Work Items List
• Identify and Refine Requirements  >  Work Items List
• Inception Phase Iteration  >  Identify And Refine Requirements  >  Work Items List
• Inception Phase Iteration  >  Initiate Project  >  Work Items List
• Inception Phase Iteration  >  Plan and Manage Iteration  >  Work Items List
• Inception Phase Iteration  >  Identify and Refine Requirements  >  Work Items List
• Inception Phase Iteration  >  Identify and Refine Requirements  >  Work Items List
• Inception Phase Iteration  >  Initiate Project  >  Work Items List
• Inception Phase Iteration  >  Initiate Project  >  Work Items List
• Inception Phase Iteration  >  Plan and Manage Iteration  >  Work Items List
• Inception Phase Iteration  >  Plan and Manage Iteration  >  Work Items List
• Initiate Project  >  Work Items List
• Initiate Project  >  Work Items List
• Ongoing Tasks  >  Work Items List
• Ongoing Tasks  >  Work Items List
• OpenUP lifecycle  >  Construction Iteration [1..n]  >  Identify and Refine Requirements  >  Work Items List
• Plan and Manage Iteration  >  Work Items List
• Plan and Manage Iteration  >  Work Items List
• Test Solution  >  Work Items List
• Test Solution  >  Work Items List
• Transition Phase Iteration  >  Ongoing Tasks  >  Work Items List
• Transition Phase Iteration  >  Manage Iteration  >  Work Items List
• Transition Phase Iteration  >  Develop Solution (for requirement) (within context)  >  Work Items List
• Transition Phase Iteration  >  Test Solution  >  Work Items List
• Transition Phase Iteration  >  Ongoing Tasks  >  Work Items List
• Transition Phase Iteration  >  Plan and Manage Iteration  >  Work Items List
• Transition Phase Iteration  >  Develop Solution Increment  >  Work Items List
• Transition Phase Iteration  >  Test Solution  >  Work Items List

This artifact provides a focal point for the entire team:

• It provides one list containing all requests for additional capabilities or enhancement for that application. Note that some of these requests may never be implemented, or be implemented in later projects
• It provides one list of all the work to be prioritized, estimated, and assigned within the project. The risk list is prioritized separately.
• It provides one place to go to for the development team to understand what Micro-Increments need to be delivered, get references to material required to carry out the work, and one place to go to report progress made.

These are the typical work items that go into this list:

• Use cases (and references to use-case specifications)
• Supporting requirements
• Changes and enhancement requests
• Defects
• Development tasks

Work items can be very large in scope, especially when capturing requests for enhancements, such as “Support Financial Planning” for a personal finance application. To allow the application to be developed in micro-increments, work items are analyzed and broken down into smaller work items so they can be assigned to an iteration, such as a use-case scenario for “Calculate Net Worth”. Further breakdown may be required to identify suitable tasks to be assigned to developers, such as “Develop UI for Calculate Net Worth”. This means that work items often have parent/child relationships, where the lowest level is a specification and tracking device for micro-increments.

Work Items should contain estimates, see Guideline: Managing Work Items and Guideline: Agile Estimation.

• Work Items List

• Iteration Burndown
• Project Burndown

• Work Items List

As a spreadsheet or database

The Work Items List can be captured as a separate artifact, represented by a spreadsheet or database table. See Example: Work Items List.

In specific tools

Project Management, Requirements Management and Change Request tools are options to capture the list of work to be done.

As part of the Iteration Plan

The Artifact: Iteration Plan typically references work items that are assigned to that iteration. If the team is capturing the iteration plan on a whiteboard, for example, the team may choose to reference high-level work items in the Work Items List that are assigned to the iteration, and maintain low-level child work items used to track day-to-day work only within an iteration plan.

• Work Items List

• Micro-Increments

• Agile Estimation
• Managing Work Items
• Prioritizing Work Items