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TFS/VSTS - Child tasks under features appearing as un-parented on board

I have created a task in an iteration, and it has child tasks. On both the feature and the task I can see the parent/child link.

However, on the project board they appear as "unparented" for no obvious reason.

As you can see, the links definitely exist:

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And then in the board/iteration list the tasks don't have a parent: enter image description here

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What do I need to do to make them no longer unparented?

Solution

  • The hierarchy of work items is this:

    The task is showing as unparented because it's not the child of a product backlog item. A PBI is intended to be a unit of work that can be accomplished within a single sprint/iteration. A Feature tracks multiple PBIs, potentially across sprints.