Accepting Input Stream Items
As soon as you have reviewed and discussed the Defect or Requirement with the team, you will want to Accept the item into your Backlog. Do the following:
- Open the Input Streams dialog box.
- Select the Defects or Requirements option.
- Click the
Gear icon
for the item.
- From the list, click Accept.
The following happens:
- The external item is removed from the Input Streams list.
- A new item (Defect or Requirement) is created in the Rhythm Backlog. This new item is a copy of the original, external item. It contains it's relevant properties like Title, Description, etc. However, any Discussion or Versions are not carried over since they apply only to the original external item.
- A Relationship is created from the new item in Rhythm to the external item. You can access the original external item via the Relationships tab in the Story Editor. Any change in the original, external item will change the Relationship status to Suspect.
- If you display the
Input Stream column in your grids, you will see the
icon. Hover to view the external item or click it to open the external item.
Rejecting an Item
If you choose to reject an item, click Reject, enter a reason in the Reason for Rejection dialog box, and a Discussion Topic is created for the external item. The item will no longer be visible in the Input Streams dialog box. In Atlas, you will see a Discussion Activity item added to the Home screen.
Tip: If you inadvertently rejected an item or stakeholders have further defined your item such that it is now meaningful and should
be in the
Rhythm Backlog, you can modify that in
Atlas. There is a
Reset Input Stream State button for the Requirement in the
Define view that will allow you to reset the item state so that it will be visible in the
Input Streams dialog box again.