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description: When you open a project for the first time, it's likely to contain several work items that your release manager created when configuring DevOps Center. You and other team members can create additional work items as the project progresses.
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# Open a Work Item

When you open a project for the first time, it's likely to contain several work items that your release manager created when configuring DevOps Center. You and other team members can create additional work items as the project progresses.

1. From the Projects page, click the name of the project you’re working on.
    
    The project opens to its All Work Items page. Look for any work items assigned to you.
    
    ![All Work Items list](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-platform-devops_center-264-0-0-production-enus/166010c3-4c34-4087-92ad-aea917baf524/devops_center/images/work-item-all.png)
2. Click the work item ID to open it.
    
    - If you’re currently logged in to the source control system, DevOps Center opens the work item.
    - If you’re not currently logged in to the source control system, log in and authorize access to DevOps Center.
    
    If the authorization is successful, you’re returned to the work item. DevOps Center can make changes on your behalf in the source control repository.
3. Select how you’re going to work.
    - [Work in a Connected Dev Environment](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.devops_center_work_item_connected_environment.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "When you choose to work in a connected development environment, you perform much of your development and configuration tasks directly in a Developer or Developer Pro sandbox with source tracking enabled. We also support scratch orgs, which have source tracking enabled by default.")
    - [Work Outside of DevOps Center (Managed Package)](https://help.salesforce.com/s/articleView?id=platform.devops_center_work_item_work_unconnected.htm&release=264.0.0&type=5 "After a work item is created, you can choose to do your development work entirely outside DevOps Center (without connecting to a development environment). After changes are merged in the source control system, the promotion is completed in DevOps Center or by using Salesforce CLI.")