TFS Design Artifact creation

Question

I am beginning a project in which we have 2500 requirements to manage and trace.  I am using CMMI templates and have all the requirements loaded as workitems.  I need to establish traceability from requirements to certain components of the system.  Right now, my struggle is where/what template to use for the Design phase of the project.  Design is where we analyze requirements and then design a piece of the system (software) to realize the requirements.  So, where best to create this artifact?  I was envisioning using Word/Visio for doing the actual design but then I want to link it to the numerous requirements it implements.  Should I create a work item (and if so should it be a task, change request, or other work item type).  If not, should I create the Design as a document within the TFS Project and then just link requirements to it?  I would prefer to have these design documents contain additional attributes which if I use the latter method, it won't support.  Any help would be appreciated on the best practices here.  I have searched the internet for a couple days and am coming up dry.

Answer 1

You can use the power tool of TFS to modify the process of your team project.

In your case I can see that you want to have a new work item type to capture the Designs, and then create from a Design work item the Requirement work items (which have a parent/child relationship). You can then either link the docs by using a hyperlink to sharepoint or attaching it to the work item.

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