Additional backrrinter columns in Visual Studio Online
I have two project settings using a Scrum template. One of them shows the swimming bars / columns on the back sprint board, as you would expect:
- Do
- Performed
- Done
In my other project (of course this is important), it looks like the columns from the Backlog items have been merged with the Sprint Backlog items and are displayed with all of those columns:
- Do
- New
- Confirmed
- Performed
- Committed
- Done
The extra columns appear to be read-only as a board and do nothing but make the board bulky. I changed the setting somewhere, what affects this?
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You probably have one team (or project) configured to have backlog errors as requirements, and another team / project set to have backlog errors as tasks.
Errors have a different set of states, so if you treat errors as tasks, the board will display two sets of states, one for errors and one for tasks.
This can be configured by going to your team settings (click the gear icon in the upper right corner of VSO, then the Overview tab, then select a team and see the settings).
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Daniel's answer pointed me in the right direction, but it is still unclear exactly what steps need to be taken to fix the problem. Below are step-by-step instructions on how to set the number of columns on your sprint board depending on how your team is handling errors.
Please note that this is a modification from my original answer. The fix has become much easier after the last VSO update.
- Click on gear to edit the settings on the sprint board:
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Click on Work with Errors under the general heading in the left column.
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The option selected here determines the number of columns on your sprint board.
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