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Work items are the pieces a feature is built from. Iron Octopus splits each feature into work items when it plans it, then builds them one at a time and reviews each one before it counts as done.

What a work item contains

  • What to build, as part of the feature’s plan.
  • A risk level, which sets how closely Iron Octopus reviews it.
  • Review results: anything review sent back, and the attempt it was approved on.
Work items come in a few types, such as building code, infrastructure work, planning, and fixing a bug.

States

Where you see it

  • On the feature’s page, as its list of work items.
  • As progress on your Home page, such as “3 of 7 work items done · 1 running · 1 in rework”.
  • Under Caught in review on Home, when review sent one back.
  • Under Needs you on Home, if one is stuck or needs a person to review it.

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