Microsoft Visual Studio Team System 2008 Test Edition provides a defect management solution which integrates into the Team System environment.
Visual Studio Team System 2008 has been designed with a number of inbuilt test tools. One of these test tools is for defect management. Work items are used in Team System to manage work.
A bug work item has four states:
- New -Test Engineers or Software Engineers are raising a bug.
- Active - Software Engineer is investigating bug and potentially fixing the bug.
- Resolved - Test Engineers is retesting bug (the Engineer should closes or re-actives the bug they opened).
- Closed – Bug is closed, however it is available to be re-activated if bug reappears.
Also the reason field, complements the state field, by indicating why a bug is in a given state.
Image 1 - The states & reasons of bug work item
