W

Was Ever operator, 172

waterfall life cycle model, 222

waterfall model project, 82

Watts Humphery, 209

WBS (work breakdown structure), 80

weaknesses, 150

Web applications, 25

Web browser, 120, 127

Web parts, 168

Web services, 25

Web test tool, 13

weekly builds, 100

Weill, Peter, 10

WHENCHANGED rule, 190

WHENNOTCHANGED rule, 190

WHENNOT rule, 190

WHEN rule, 190

Wiegers, Karl, 79, 97

Wikipedia, 5

Windows applications, 25

Windows SharePoint Document Library, 30

Windows Share Point portal, 65

Windows SharePoint site, 55

Windows Vista, 5

WITExport, 180

WITImport, 180

Womack, James P., 127

work

accessing performance information, 126

breakdown structure, 80

driving from requirements, 103–105

estimating, 108–111

monitoring and controlling, 125–130

preliminary scope of, 42

traceability, 135

workflows, 47

workflow state, 191

workflow transactions, triggering, 193

Workflow transition details dialog box, 194

Workflow Transition dialog box, 193

Workflow Transition form, 193

workflow transitions, 192

Work Item check-in policy, 175–176

work item definition files, 177

work item forms, 193, 195

work item layout, 194–196

Work Item Layout Editor, 194–196

Work Item Publishing Errors dialog box, 88

work item queries, 32, 86

automatically created, 57

changing columns, 173–174

copying, 174

creation, 170

customization, 164–165, 169–175

customizing, 57–58

definition, 165, 178

editing, 183–185

example of custom, 171

filter criteria, 170

grouping clauses, 171–172

monitoring project execution, 126

My Queries category, 169, 174

naming, 57–58, 183

nested clause group, 172

not shared, 57

renaming, 174

saving, 57

saving as files, 171

selecting, 57

standard, 57

Team Queries category, 169, 174

work item query builder window, 57

Work Item Query Editor, 173, 183

WORK_ITEM_READ permission, 201

work items, 9, 32–33, 56–63

areas, 94

associating, 21, 59

classifications, 36, 58, 63

common traits, 58–59

conflicts, 61, 88

copying, 59–60

corrective actions, 123

creation, 58

customization, 14–15, 162–163

data entry form, 123

default, 20, 30, 165

default work flow, 84

defect repairs, 123

enhanced, 50

fields, 72, 162–163, 163, 186–190, 200

filter criteria, 57

forms, 58

grouping, 63

history, 58–59

layout details, 194

layout information, 163

links and attachments, 59, 88

managing, 60

mapping information, 72

master list, 87

Microsoft Solutions Framework (MSF), 232

modifying, 15

moving between states, 192

MSF CMMI, 50

pivot tables and graphs, 89–90

placeholders, 183

preventive actions, 123

refreshing, 88

related, 59

repository, 24

requirement types as, 91

restrictions, 63

revisions, 11

saving associated documents, 59

states, 163, 191

status, 11, 58

synchronizing changes, 63

title, 58

traceability between, 60

tracking, 6, 13, 20–22

type, 33

valid states, 191

vendor-related activities, 137

viewing information, 57–58

workflow, 20, 47, 190–194

work item detail, 58

Work Items check-in policy, 124

Work Item service, 24

Work Items folder, 56–58, 61, 122

WorkItems.xml file, 177–178

WorkItem Tracking directory, 177

Work Item Tracking Field Reference Name, 200

Work Item Trackingdirectory, 178

Work Item TrackingDefinitions directory, 177

Work Item Type Editor, 190

Work Item Type Edit window, 186, 196

Work Item Type pivot table, 90

work item types, 58, 182

copying definition, 185

definition, 29, 72, 162

describing, 56

displaying underlying XML, 186

editing, 185–196

editing definitions on server, 198

exporting definitions to XML file, 197

grouping clause, 171

managing definitions, 185–186

modifying workflow definition, 163

saving definition, 196

user-created, 163

work item workflow designer, 191

WORK_ITEM_WRITE permission, 201

work packages, 81

work products, 11

Work Remaining chart, 138

Work Remaining report, 127, 132

workstreams, 45–46, 231

Write Vision Statement activity, 55

WSS sites, 167–168