Discussions

Discussions allow you to share ideas and have in-depth conversations using Topics. These Topics allow team members to provide feedback via Agree/Disagree icons as well as responding directly to the Topic via messages. When the all of the team's feedback is provided, the Topic can be Accepted or Rejected. Until then, it is in the Open state.

Discussions are available for each Story and for each Sprint or in a Kanban Board. Click the icon to access them. For the Story Editor, it's a tab in the right pane. For the Sprint or Kanban Board, it's an icon in the top right of the Team Room.

When a Discussion exists in a Story, the icon on the tab in the Story Editor is decorated like this:

• A Discussion can contain multiple Topics.
• A Topic contains feedback in the form of:
  • Textual messages via Reply .
  • Agree/Disagree ( and ) click responses.
• A Topic is in the Open state until you Close it via Accept or Reject. You could re-open it later.
• When replying to a Topic, if you want to notify someone, use the @ symbol and select a user from the list provided. Note the following:
  • The @ symbol can be used multiple times to address a message to multiple users.
  • The @ symbol causes emails to be sent to all listed users (if email integration has been enabled in the Atlas Hub).
  • A reply will message the user that started the topic, all of the users that have posted a reply to the topic, and any users mentioned anywhere in the discussion thread.
• When you Block a Task, you are prompted with the Provide Blocking Reason dialog box. When you enter the reason and click OK, a new Discussion Topic is added to the Story and all team members with Tasks in the Story are notified. When you unblock a Task and provide a reason, likewise, all team members receive a reply.
• Watch how to use them: Using Discussions.

Topic Life Cycle Diagram