Backlog Age allows users to specify how old their backlog is for work items. This feature allows users to define various age buckets and what percent of the backlog belongs to each of these age buckets.
You can associate backlog age distribution data at the beginning of a scheduling period to a selected deferred queue or to a group of multiple selected deferred queues. The dates of the backlog buckets are counted backward from the start date of the current scheduling period.
The Scheduling algorithm uses the Backlog Age data to help prioritize work in the current scheduling period. The Backlog Age data provides more accurate service level projections for the work that is scheduled to be completed.
The Backlog Age distribution proportions for each bucket can be auto populated from Work Item Tracking (WIT) data or entered manually by the user.
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