TFS Work Item cancellation and approvals

Hi,

We are planning on implementing Team foundation server in our

company. We want to use work items to create a Database Change

Request ( DBCR). So I have customized the template of a work

item to use it as a DBCR request.


We want to have it in such a way that only certain people can

approve a DBCR request opened by developers. Approval is

changing the work item status from one state to another state.

This can be done by double clicking on the state field and

changing the for field to the group of people who have the

authority to approve. In other words, people who have

authority to approve can change the state of a DBCR request or

a work item. So these group of people are mentioned in the for

clause of the properties of state field. I hope I made it

clear. Is there a better way of doing it?


Also, what if the developer who has opened the work item or

DBCR request also wants to cancel the request after it has

gone through certain states? How will I be able to achieve

this?


Any kind of help is appreciated.


Thanks a lot in advance.


 

Hi Aditya,
It sounds like you want advice on how to configure and use TFS itself - unfortunately we don't use TFS internally and are not experts in its use. You might have more luck over on the MSDN TFS forums.

If you have any questions specifically about the Automise TFS actions please let us know.

Ben