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    changeDate="2007-07-23T18:32:27.546-0700" version="1.0.0">
  <mainDescription>&lt;p>&#xD;
    This artifact provides a focal point for the entire team:&#xD;
&lt;/p>&#xD;
&lt;ul>&#xD;
    &lt;li>&#xD;
        It provides one list containing all requests for additional capabilities or enhancement for that application. Note&#xD;
        that some of these requests may never be implemented, or be implemented in later projects&#xD;
    &lt;/li>&#xD;
    &lt;li>&#xD;
        It provides one list of all the work to be prioritized, estimated, and assigned within the project. The risk list&#xD;
        is prioritized separately.&#xD;
    &lt;/li>&#xD;
    &lt;li>&#xD;
        It provides one place to go to for the development team to understand what &lt;a class=&quot;elementLink&quot;&#xD;
        href=&quot;./../../openup/guidances/concepts/micro_increments.html&quot;&#xD;
        guid=&quot;_S80VwCNbEdyCq8v2ZO4QcA&quot;>Micro-Increments&lt;/a>&amp;nbsp;need to be delivered, get references to material required&#xD;
        to carry out the work, and one place to go to report progress made.&#xD;
    &lt;/li>&#xD;
&lt;/ul>&#xD;
&lt;p>&#xD;
    These are the typical work items that go into this list:&#xD;
&lt;/p>&#xD;
&lt;ul>&#xD;
    &lt;li>&#xD;
        Use cases (and references to use-case specifications)&#xD;
    &lt;/li>&#xD;
    &lt;li>&#xD;
        Supporting requirements&#xD;
    &lt;/li>&#xD;
    &lt;li>&#xD;
        Changes and enhancement requests&#xD;
    &lt;/li>&#xD;
    &lt;li>&#xD;
        Defects&#xD;
    &lt;/li>&#xD;
    &lt;li>&#xD;
        Development tasks&#xD;
    &lt;/li>&#xD;
&lt;/ul>&#xD;
&lt;p>&#xD;
    Work items can be very large in scope, especially when capturing requests for enhancements, such as “Support Financial&#xD;
    Planning” for a personal finance application. To allow the application to be developed in micro-increments, work items&#xD;
    are analyzed and broken down into smaller work items so they can be assigned to an iteration, such as a use-case&#xD;
    scenario for&amp;nbsp;“Calculate Net Worth”. Further breakdown may be required to identify suitable tasks to be assigned to&#xD;
    developers, such as “Develop UI for Calculate Net Worth”. This means that work items often have parent/child&#xD;
    relationships, where the lowest level is a specification and tracking device for micro-increments.&#xD;
&lt;/p></mainDescription>
  <purpose>To collect all requests for work that will potentially be taken on within the project, so work can be prioritized, effort&#xD;
estimated and progress tracked.</purpose>
  <representationOptions>&lt;h3>&#xD;
    As a spreadsheet or database&#xD;
&lt;/h3>&#xD;
&lt;p>&#xD;
    The Work Items List can be captured as a separate artifact, represented by a spreadsheet or database table. See &lt;a class=&quot;elementLinkWithType&quot; href=&quot;./../../openup/guidances/examples/work_items_list_F527B77D.html&quot; guid=&quot;_nHomIDgzEdu4E8ZdmlYjtA&quot;>Example: Work Items List&lt;/a>.&#xD;
&lt;/p>&#xD;
&lt;h3>&#xD;
    In specific tools&#xD;
&lt;/h3>&#xD;
&lt;p>&#xD;
    Project Management, Requirements Management and Change Request tools are&amp;nbsp;options to capture the list of work to be&#xD;
    done.&#xD;
&lt;/p>&#xD;
&lt;h3>&#xD;
    As part of the Iteration Plan&#xD;
&lt;/h3>&#xD;
&lt;p>&#xD;
    The &lt;a class=&quot;elementLinkWithType&quot; href=&quot;./../../openup/workproducts/iteration_plan_B46FED39.html&quot; guid=&quot;_0aQBEslgEdmt3adZL5Dmdw&quot;>Artifact: Iteration Plan&lt;/a> typically references work items that are assigned to that&#xD;
    iteration. If the team is capturing the iteration plan on a whiteboard, for example, the team may choose to reference&#xD;
    high-level work items in the Work Items List that are assigned to the iteration, and maintain low-level child work&#xD;
    items used to track day-to-day work only within an iteration plan.&lt;br />&#xD;
&lt;/p></representationOptions>
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