I was searching for a better taskboard to use with Team Foundation Server (TFS) than the one that comes canned with the Scrum for Team System (SFTS) template (which is a static report) and I came across the Work Item Manager.
In one word – its AWESOME!!!!
Work Item Manager is a beta product from Telerik and it does much, much more than just being an interactive task-board (which it does very well). Apart from the task-board, it provides so much more functionality that in some ways it comes close to becoming a replacement for Team Explorer (although it runs on top of Team-Explorer and so you do need to have TeamExplorer installed on your machine).
The task-board not only allows you to review the different states in which your work-items are in, but also allows you to change state by dragging and dropping them in a different state swim-lane. You can add work-items, review work-items, filter them and a whole lot more. Another cool feature is the Project Dashboard, a constantly updating screen of project information – a great way to get a quick overview of the project.
The WIM is a very cool project and you should take a look at the video that Telerik has made demoing all its features. (video)
Thanks! It's good to see an outsider's perspective on tools like this, as a complement to their marketing material.
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