Time in State for Calculating Azure DevOps Work Item States

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Time in State by SaaSJet helps you control the time Work Item spent in the workflow at each state. Find problem areas and positive dynamics by chart report and monitor time spent at the Work Item panel.

Take time tracking in Azure DevOps to a new level - analyze the time spent on projects and improve their quality. Time in State supports all custom states and Azure DevOps processes, such as Basic, Agile, Scrum, CMMI.

🚀 What’s new: Track the average time your work items spend in each state with Average Time Report.

Resolving Key Issues:

• Transparency: Addressing issues that slow down the project to ensure the team stays on track.
• Resource Utilization: Better allocate tasks based on time data.
• Simplified Reporting: Check out our user-friendly reports showcasing your team's performance.

Use Case:

A company follows a sprint lifecycle for each user story as it progresses from development to testing to production. The project manager John wants to track how long this process takes.

Steps:

1. Go to Boards
2. Choose a report: Select one of the available reports: Time in State, State Count, or Transition Count (all reports are available by grid or graphs chart). Let's use Time in State to track how long tasks stay in each stage of the workflow and Query all items.
3. Set Work Items range and Time range for the calculation.
4. Enable Smart View mode to ensure that every detail is captured at a glance.
5. Choose a right Calendar to ensure that only the team's working hours are included in the report.
6. In Columns, control what Items are displayed in the report.
7. Export the report to calculate cycle time, lead time and other metrics.

By using Time in State, project manager improved workflow efficiency, reduced delays, and accelerated project timelines by analyzing time data and adjusting processes based on insights from reports.

Data visualization in charts

Get a visual representation of time spent in different states for Work Items by generating state reports in graphical format. Evaluate individual Work Items by creating dedicated charts for each one.

There are 3 types of charts available to you: Area, Bar, and Pie charts

Step-by-step instructions and explanations

Check out our full documentation for more information.

Get help whenever you need it

Get help at https://saasjet.atlassian.net/servicedesk/customer/portal/1 or email support@saasjet.com .

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