How
SAFe® artifacts map to Azure Boards
The
following table maps SAFe® terms or artifacts to the equivalent Azure Boards
term or artifact. Choose the link to learn about implementation details.
SAFe®
term or artifact
Azure
Boards term or artifact
Agile teams
Teams.
You define a hierarchy of teams to meet the needs of feature or development
teams, program and portfolio teams, or solution train teams.
Agile
Release Train (ART)
Teams.
Agile teams manage the work of deliverables for a set of Features. Each Agile
team has a set
of Agile tools to support the flow of work and review progress and
deliverables.
Budgets
Tags,
Value Area. You can use tags or the Value Area field
to track work associated with a specific budget or value stream.
Capabilities
Work
item. You define, plan, and track Capabilities similar to Epics and
Features. You capture them in work items and within various team backlogs.
Enablers
Work
item. You define, plan, and track Enablers similar to Epics, Features,
and Stories. You capture them in work items and within various team backlogs.
Epics
Epic
work item. You define an Epic using the Epic work item type. Epics are
at the top of the work item hierarchy of Epics, Features, and Stories.
Features
Feature
work item. You define a Feature using the Feature work item type.
Features are a container for many Stories and are represented in their own
portfolio backlog.
Innovation
and Planning (IP) Iteration
Iteration
Path. You define Iteration Paths for a project and set their start and
end dates. Each team subscribes to the iterations they work with.
Iteration
Iteration
Path. You define Iteration Paths for a project and set their start and
end dates. Each team subscribes to the iterations they work with.
Milestones
Milestones
and key events. Milestones occur at the end of each iteration. Custom
fields and tags can also be used to associate work with milestones and key
events.
Portfolio
Backlog
Portfolio
backlog. A portfolio backlog lists the Epics associated with a
portfolio with the option to expand and display the child Features and Stories.
Portfolio
Kanban
Portfolio
Epics board. The Portfolio team's board displays the Epics backlog as
cards in an interactive, configurable, and filterable board.
Portfolio
Vision
Wiki.
Use the project wiki to share broadly within the organization information
related to strategy, solutions, and how teams collaborate to produce portfolio
and program deliverables.
Program
Backlog
Feature
backlog. A Feature backlog lists the Features associated with a program
with the option to expand and display the child Stories.
Program
Kanban
Program
Features board. The Program board displays the Features backlog as
cards in an interactive, configurable, and filterable board.
Program
Increment (PI) Iteration Path
Iteration
Path. Iteration Paths define a time box for a project with start and
end dates. Iteration Paths can be defined from one week to 12 weeks or longer.
Retrospectives
and reviews
Retrospectives.
Each team can add a board to capture, prioritize, and create action items to
support their improvement processes.
Roadmap
Delivery
Plans, Feature Timeline. Azure Boards provides configurable and
interactive views to review roadmaps and team deliverables.
Shared
Services
Shared
services team structure: Resources that are shared across teams can be
represented through their own Agile feature team. Each can manage their backlog
while having their work also appear in the backlogs of the teams they support.
Solutions
Solutions:
Solutions can be represented through a custom Solution work item type.
Solution
Backlog
Solution
portfolio backlog. You can define a custom work item type and portfolio
backlog to capture special business requirements of large solutions, or use
Epics and Epic portfolio backlogs to capture solutions.
Strategic
Themes
Wiki.
Strategic Themes, similar to Portfolio Vision, can be captured in a project
wiki.
Stories
User
Story work item. User Stories capture the functionality you want to be
delivered. They're typically sized so as to be completed with a single
iteration.
Team Backlog
Stories
backlog. The Stories backlog lists the User Stories assigned to the
area path associated with the team.
Team Kanban
Stories
board. The Stories board displays the Stories backlog as cards in an
interactive, configurable, and filterable board.
Value
Streams
Tags,
Value Area. You can use tags or the Value Area field to track work
associated with a specific budget or value stream.
Azure
Boards implementation of SAFe®
Each of the
following articles within this suite of tutorials provide details on how you
can configure, customize, and use Azure Boards to implement your SAFe® programs
and projects.
- How
SAFe® concepts map to Azure Boards artifacts
- Configure
Azure Boards to support SAFe®
- Customize
Azure Boards to support SAFe®
- Plan
and track SAFe® programs and portfolios
- View
SAFe® progress, roadmaps, and metrics
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