Azure DevOps delivery explained to clients and partners

Ideas to put to work

Delivery status clients and partners understand, drawn from the work itself.

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  Iteration report for each client

  At the end of each iteration Sofia reads completed work items and pull requests and drafts the client progress report in Word.

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  Client requests become work items

  Sofia reads change requests in Outlook and, with your approval, creates work items in the right iteration using the client's own wording.

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  Work checked against the scope

  Sofia queries work items by feature, compares them with the statement of work in SharePoint, and lists work that falls outside scope.

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  Release readiness check

  Before a release, Sofia reads pipeline runs, test plans and open pull requests and tells the delivery lead what's blocking.

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  Weekly status in Teams

  Sofia posts a summary of iteration progress and failed builds to the project's Teams channel, with your approval.

Works well with

• Microsoft WordWord processor for letters, reports and contracts
• Microsoft OutlookMicrosoft's email and calendar
• Microsoft SharePointMicrosoft's intranet sites, document libraries and lists
• Microsoft TeamsMicrosoft's chat, channels and meetings hub
• AsanaWork management for projects and tasks
• ClickUpProject management for tasks, docs and goals
• Mmonday.comWork management boards for projects and workflows
• JiraIssue and project tracking