Title

Required. The title provides a concise overview of the task to be completed. The title should be descriptive enough to allow the team to understand what area of the product is affected and how it is affected.

Discipline

Indicates whether the task is a development task, test task, or just an ordinary task. Setting the Discipline field to development or test carries a distinct meaning about the state of the work when the task is closed.

Area

Used to group the task into an appropriate feature or team area. The area must be a valid node in the project hierarchy.

Iteration

The scheduled iteration is the iteration in which the bug report is fixed.

Assigned To

The current person that the task is assigned to.

State

Required. A task can be in the Active or Closed states.

Reason

Required. The reason a task is in the current state.  For example, a task may be Closed because it is Completed, Deferred, Cut, Deferred, or Obsolete.

Rank

Required. The rank field is a subjective importance rating. If the rank field is set to 1, the task is a must have task and should be completed as soon as possible. If the rank is set to 2, the task is a should have, to be completed following all tasks ranked 1. If the rank is set to 3, the task is a could have, to be completed after tasks ranked 1 and 2.

Summary

A short summary of the task.

Detailed Description and History

Details and history of the work item.

File Attachments

Links to files or other work items. In the case of a development or test task, the supporting scenario or quality of service requirement should be attached. It also contains any attachments such as notes on the task.

Issue

Issue is a Yes or No value indicating if the task is blocked in some manner. If this field is set to Yes, the task displays on the project manager’s issue report.

Exit Criteria

Exit Criteria is a Yes or No value indicating if the task is part of the iteration backlog. This field is used to synchronize the various views of the backlog (the scenario list, quality of service requirement list, and iteration plan). If the exit criteria field is set to Yes, the task displays in the project checklist query and work product. This field will be renamed to "iteration backlog" in a future release.

Integration Build

The changes for a development task appear in the build number displayed.

Remaining Work (hours)

The amount of work that remains to finish the task. This field is synchronized with Microsoft Project and can be used when the Microsoft Project version of the iteration plan is chosen.

Completed Work (hours)

The amount of work completed on a task. This field is synchronized with Microsoft Project and can be used when the Microsoft Project version of the iteration plan is chosen.