Requirement items

Requirement items turn a larger requirement into pieces a team member can take forward. Each item has a title, parent requirement, priority and status. An assignee, project, planned dates, estimate and actual hours make delivery review concrete. The board groups these items by their status, while the in-flight and blocked lists answer narrower questions for the people planning the next work cycle.

• Parent requirement. Every item links back to the requirement it supports, so completed work has a clear purpose.
• Assigned work. The assignee and due date make it possible to review ownership and timing together.
• Effort. Estimates, actual hours and completion percentage show the work recorded on the item.

The available priorities run from low through critical. A Project Manager can use priority to decide which item needs attention first, while status shows its present delivery state. An item may be in the backlog, in progress, in review, blocked or done. A blocked item should be visible to the same people who can resolve its parent requirement or project decision. The description can hold the detailed task or acceptance context.

Agree when a Business Analyst creates an item and when it is small enough to assign to one person. Use the same rule for estimates across the team. Decide whether actual hours on the item are updated directly, from the time-entry process, or during a regular review; the project also carries logged hours from time entries. Avoid comparing unlike figures as if they were the same measure.

Define who moves an item into review and who marks it done. The status board will only be useful if those transitions match real handoffs. Decide how the assignee reports a blocker, including a short explanation and who needs to respond. A due date without an owner does not provide an actionable commitment.

Pick a requirement that has several items. Assign one item to a team member and set its priority, estimate and due date. Move it from backlog into progress, then into review when the work is ready for checking. If another item is blocked, verify that it appears in the blocked list with its parent requirement and assignee. Check that a submitted time entry can point to the item and its project, so the team can trace recorded effort to the intended work.

• Task Board by Status — Requirement items grouped by their current delivery status for a work review.
• Requirement Items In Flight — Items in progress or review with assignee, due date and completion visible.
• Blocked Requirement Items — Items that need a decision before work can continue.

Use item delivery for the work states, and time approval for hours recorded against an item.