Item dependency visualization tool, based on Graphviz.
Tool that allows a graphical visualization of dependencies between items (i.g. nodes on a directed graph) using Graphviz, without the need of using the Dot language.
TFS: 
CSV: 
The tool uses different (currently TFS and CSV) repositories in order to obtain the Items (nodes), its Successors, States (optional), Tags (optional) and Comments (optional).
- Items: the "box" with its ID and Title.
- Succesors: the successor (connected with an arrow) "box"
- States: possible states (the default are the TFS ones: New, Approved, Committed, In Progress and Done. These are used to color the "box"
- Tags: item tags. These are used to change the line/color of the line "box"
- Comments: comments. If present, it is an extra text shown on the node (currently on TFS connector is the Iteration/Sprint)
- Windows 7 or 10
- Install Graphviz
- Annotate the binaries installation path (i.g. C:\Program Files (x86)\Graphviz2.38\bin)
- Install the Team Foundation Server 2012 Update 4 Object Model
- If you experience problems installing the Object Model 2012 (above), then install first Visual Studio Team Foundation Server 2012 - Update 4. Thanks Antonio J. Ríos for figuring this out!
- Download the binaries
- Or build the tool yourself
- Start the tool. You will be prompted for the Graphviz path (select the path 'bin', which is where the binaries that the tool uses are located)
- Depending on the repository/connector you will use (TFS, CSV, ...), follow the instructions below:
- Open the tool
- File -> Select Connector... -> TFS
- Configure TFS:
- (You could also go to: File -> Configure (TFS))
- Add your TFS uri (i.g. http://yourtfs:8080/tfs/defaultcollection) and the project name you want to connect to.
- Open the tool
- File -> Select Connector... -> CSV
- Select CSV file:
You could write your own "connector" (and connect the tool with Jira, for example). Contact me if you have doubts on how to do this.