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| To create the first iteration in Microsoft Project Visual Studio Team System contains a set of tasks to get the project started. These tasks logically belong in the first iteration called Iteration 0. This procedure outlines how to initially set up the project plan with these pre-populated tasks. # Steps
1 | In Visual Studio Team System, open Team Explorer. Locate your team project and expand the Documents folder.
2 | In the Project Management folder, find the file Development Project Plan.mpp. Open the file. A new project plan appears in Microsoft Project.
3 | On the Team menu, click Get Work Items.
4 | From the Get Work Items dialog box, select Saved query. From the selection list, choose the Project Checklist query.
5 | Click Find. The new work items appear in the dialog box. Close the Get Work Items dialog box by clicking OK. The work items are transferred into the project plan.
6 | Select the first task in the project if it is not chosen already. From the Insert menu, click New Task to create a new task. Name the new task "Iteration 0."
7 | In the Publish and Refresh column for the new task in the task list, set the value to No for the iteration task.
8 | Choose all of the tasks in Iteration 0. On the toolbar, click Promote to make Iteration 0 a summary task.
9 | With the tasks below Iteration 0 highlighted, right-click and select Task Information from the context menu. In the Advanced tab, change Task type to Fixed Duration. Set the Duration to the iteration length if it has been determined. If not, use a default of 14 days.
10 | From the File menu, click Save to save the file to the project portal.
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