TLDR;
Does Azure DevOps have a recommended built in way of marking Resolved Work Items as being actively tested as opposed of being in the queue for testing?
Details
My team is using Azure DevOps with Agile workflow.
This means that out-of-the box a user story goes through the following states
- New -> Implementation started ->
- Active -> Code complete ->
- Resolved -> Acceptance tests passed ->
- Closed
This is nicely shown at docs.microsoft.com:
Testing happens in when the story (or bug) is in the Resolved state.
The out of the box board has 4 lanes.
When looking at the board (or even in queries) I'm having trouble seeing what is being actively tested.
For example, if there are 2 resolved items it is not clear which one is being actively worked on and which one is waiting to be picked up.
Showing what is being tested seems like a common desire and my intuition is that the solution for my problem is built in. I want to avoid customising the workflow (and adding a new state called Testing).