In the quick launch area of the Team System Web Access navigation pane, click the New Work Item arrow, and then click an item on the All Work Item Types menu, such as Bug, Task, or Scenario.

Type appropriate information for each field in the New Work Item form.

Each required field has a shaded background.

Note
A caution icon appears on any tab that contains a value that violates a validation rule. You must correct the information before you can save changes.

Click Save & Close.

On the Team menu, point to Add Work Item, and then in the list, click the work item type that you want.

Note
As you use Team Foundation, it automatically adds your most-recently-used work item type to the top of the Team menu for easy access.

Type information in all required fields and optionally in additional fields.

Each required field has a shaded background.

On the File menu, click Save All to save the work item.

Open or create a work item list in Office Excel.

Note
If you will use a work item list only to add new work items and you do not have to review existing ones, you can create an input list, which lets you skip the step to download work items from the work item database. For information, see the procedure about how to create an input list in Create, Open, and Modify Work Items Using Office Excel.

(Optional) If you have reopened a work item list, on the Team tab, in the Work Items group, click Refresh.

This step helps make sure that the work item list has the most current information.

Add a row to the work item list for the new work item.

(Optional) To show additional Team Foundation fields in the work item list, follow these steps:

1. On the Team tab, in the Work Items group, click Choose Columns.

2. In the Choose Columns dialog box, click other column names, and then click > (Add).

   You can also click Add Required to show the columns for all work item fields that the work item type requires.

Add information to the fields as appropriate.

Important
You must type or select a value for Work Item Type before you can publish a new work item.

On the Team tab, in the Work Items group, click Publish.

Open or create a project plan in Office Project.

(Optional) If you reopen a work item list, on the Team menu, click Refresh.

This step helps make sure that the Office Project plan has the most current information.

In the Office Project plan, perform one of the following steps to create the new work item:

• If the new work item is part of an existing sequence, or if it is a summary task or subtask, select the row where the new work item should be, click the Insert menu, and then click New Task.

• If the new work item is not connected to any other work item, select the first blank row in the Office Project plan.

On the View menu, click Team System Task Sheet.

The Team System Task Sheet view shows all fields that are exchanged between Office Project and Team Foundation.

In the new work item, add information to the required fields, and to the additional fields as appropriate.

Important
You must enter a value in the Work Item Type field before you can publish the new work items.

If you do not want a work item to be published to the work item database, in the Publish and Refresh column, click No.

For more information, see Publish or Refresh Work Items in Office Project.

On the Team menu, click Publish Changes.

The system adds to the work item database the work items that you specified.

If a publishing error occurs, see Working in Office Excel and Office Project Connected to Team Foundation Server.

(Optional) Save the Office Project plan.

Important
An Office Project plan stores information that Team Foundation does not. You should save your Office Project plan to preserve the information that Team Foundation does not store. For more information about how Office Project and Team Foundation manage scheduling data, see Quick Tips and Operational Differences when Tracking Tasks Using Office Project and Team Foundation.