To ensure an accurate overview of all tasks, it's essential to categorize them correctly into the appropriate categories. By default, DevStats assigns tasks to the following labels in the Engineering Investment report.
- New Things:
Feature - Improve Things:
Enhancement - Keep The Lights On (KTLO):
BugHotfixQA - Productivity:
ChoreTechnical Debt
Step 1: Categorize Issue Types
- How: If you receive a warning about uncategorized issue types, click on one of the dropdown menus to view the labels that need categorization. If a label is appropriate for that category, simply click on it to assign it to the correct category.
Once all labels have been categorized, the warning message will disappear.
Category Reference
The Category Reference below lists common examples of how work items are typically classified in engineering teams. You can use these mappings as a starting point when configuring your own issue types.
| Category | Example Issue Types |
|---|---|
| New Things | Feature, New Feature, Epic, Story, Task, New Functionality, New Service, Integration |
| Improve Things | Enhancement, Refactor, Improvement, Optimization, UI/UX Update |
| Keep the Lights On | Bug, Maintenance, Hotfix, Support, QA, Security Patch |
| Productivity | Chore, Technical Debt, Automation, Internal Tooling, Infra Improvement |