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I'm in the requirements/design phase of building an application. We're using VS 2008 and TFS. I have a bunch of scenarios, and related tasks. Some of the requirements have changed, and I would like to go through and see which tasks need to be changed/deleted.

It's very difficult to view the overview of the system using any of the existing workitem views - whether it's the grid in VS or viewing them in Excel.

Is there a tool out there that will show me my workitems in a hierarchical view? Alternatively, I would take something that would export my workitems to Visio so I could interact with them in a virtual "index cards on the whiteboard" way.

Nathan DeWitt
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  • What hierarchy are you referring to? Workitem to related workitem? I don't know of such a tool, and I think you'd have to write one. For ad-hoc use, you may want to use the database directly. – John Saunders Mar 23 '09 at 18:39
  • Yes, related work items. There's a tool on codeplex called TFS Sticky Buddy which is close, but not quite what i'm looking for. http://tfsstickybuddy.codeplex.com/ – Nathan DeWitt Mar 23 '09 at 19:14

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I would also recommend taking a look at a tool called Eylean board. It transforms TFS work items into sticky note/whiteboard look a like workspace.

VidasV
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Hierarchical views of WI within Team Explorer should be fully supported in 2010.

The web access power tool provide heirarchical views to some degree. You'll need to take a look at whether it will meet your needs.

Visual Studio Team System Web Access

Mr. Kraus
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TFS 2010 has built-in support for hierarchical work items. While Team Web Access does include a grid-based tree view to visualize work item hierarchy, it is still pretty limited. However, coupled with a tool like Urban Turtle, Team Web Access allows users to view work items on a virtual Scrum (wall) board and to manipulate them with drag and drop.

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