Sometimes our Epic backlog might not be getting sorted by the StackRank or the order in which are placing Epics,Features or Stories. There are many reasons for this and some of them are as follows
- Parent-Child relationship within the same workitem (One Epic being linked to another)
- Epic being added as child to a userstory or Feature
Even if you remove and fix the above ones there might be still some ordering issues. To resolve that follow the below steps as shown
Step 1: Go to Project Settings
Step 2: Click on Team Configuration & Click on Areas
Step 3: Area Configuration would be displayed as follow instead of selecting the Main AreaPath & SubAreas. Select all the AreaPaths one by one
Step 4: Including all the AreaPaths as shown below will resolve the issue.This is a workaround and not a permanent solution.A more permanent solution is to keep your Backlog clean devoid of unnecessary items
