My Work Overview

In the "My Work" page, a new pane titled "Prepare Work" has been added above the "In Progress Work" pane. This pane serves as the starting point for your work. Here’s how you can use it:

1. Getting Started with Prepare Work:
   • A Visual Studio project and a valid connection to the DevOps repo are necessary for the "Prepare Work" pane to function correctly.
   • Begin by selecting a work item and verifying it.
   • The verification process checks whether a related work item needs to be added. If you've enabled the option, it will be added automatically.
2. Important Note:

   If your solution involves more than one project, make sure to select one from the Visual Studio project combo box. It doesn't matter which project you select, select the one you prefer

3. Validation Processes:

   The "Prepare Work" pane performs several validations, including:

   • Ensuring the correct branch is selected.
   • Verifying that the current developer is assigned to the task.
   • Checking the work item's validity (state check).
   • Adding missing work items
   • ...and much more.
4. Menu Explained:
   • Verify: Verify the selected work items. This function will check if the correct work items are selected, both parent level and child level is checked. If there is any problems a detailed description and suggested action is displayed.
   • Add Missing Work Items: Post-verification, this function adds the required work items. It's unnecessary if "Automatically add missing work items on verify" is enabled in Tools/Options/DevMethodVS Tools.
   • Action Menu Functions:
     • Add Multiple Work Items: Allows adding multiple work items at once, separated by a space or comma.
     • Clear Messages: Clears all issued messages.
     • Reload Settings: Refreshes shared settings from Azure storage. This happens automatically on project opening or Visual Studio startup, but can also be done manually to force a refresh.