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Asset Type

This topic explains the different asset types in Agility.

About Asset Types

Asset types describe the "classes" of data available. Each asset type contains a collection of attribute definitions, a collection of operations, and a number of useful attribute definitions for things like sorting. Asset types form an inheritance hierarchy, such that each asset type inherits attribute definitions, operations, and rules from its parent asset type. Those asset types at the leaves of this hierarchy are concrete, whereas asset types with children asset types are abstract. Assets are all instances of concrete asset types. Asset types are identified by unique names.

By way of example, Story and Defect are concrete asset types. On the other hand, Workitem is an abstract asset type, from which Story and Defect ultimately derive.

Most asset types have the same name as found in the application user interface. A Defect in the user interface is also a Defect as an asset type. However, many of the most common asset types have a different name.

Asset Type Diagram

Asset Diagram

Mapping of System Asset Types to UI Names

The following table shows the mappings from the system name to thedisplayed in the Digital.ai Agility user interface:

System NameXP Display NameScrum Display NameAgileUP Display NameDSDM Display Name
DefectDefectDefectDefectDefect
EnvironmentEnvironmentEnvironmentEnvironmentEnvironment
ScopeProjectProjectProjectProject
ScopeLabelProgramProgramProgramProgram
StoryStoryBacklog ItemRequirementRequirement
TestSetTestSetTestSetTestSetTestSet
TimeboxIterationSprintIterationIteration
ThemeThemeFeature GroupUse CaseFeature Group
TaskTaskTaskTaskTask
TestTestTestTestTest
RegressionTestRegressionTestRegressionTestRegressionTestRegressionTest
RegressionPlanRegressionPlanRegressionPlanRegressionPlanRegressionPlan
RegressionSuiteRegressionSuiteRegressionSuiteRegressionSuiteRegressionSuite

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