Selecting the backlog levels displayed on the Team Portal

The default configuration in the Team Project only provides two backlog levels for every Team. These two levels in the Scrum Template are referred to as Features and Backlog Items.

Selecting the backlog levels displayed on the Team Portal

Tip

Epics are very high-level requirements that represent a significant amount of work. They are broken down into Features and worked on in multiple sprints. They are also needed for safe implementations as per http://bit.ly/1H5j1Kt.

In this recipe, you'll learn how to activate the Epics backlog from the Team's Administration console.

Getting ready

To create a new Team, you need to be a member of the Project Administrator ...

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