Category Archives: Product Tips & Tricks

The Missing Link

When viewing the details page of a Backlog Item within VersionOne, have you ever wanted to share that information with another user? Here’s how. Continue reading

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Charting the Course to Agile Development

I recently discussed some release planning approaches with a customer who had some traditional fixed project-type constraints: contractual relationship with milestones (in the form of multiple releases) and dates built in. Here are some tips on how to get through the smelly part of agile development. Continue reading

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Let’s Get Retro!

Retrospectives allow the team to come together to discuss the iteration and answer the important questions of “what went right?”, “what went wrong?” and “how can we get better?” In this blog I offer tips on how to get the most value and continuous improvement out of your retrospectives within VersionOne. Continue reading

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Importing is Great! BTW..How do I Import a Template?

Ever wanted to know how to import your backlog of templates you’ve already created into VersionOne? This video shows how to query our API for doing so. Continue reading

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Reactions to Agile TeamRoom and the Fall Release

Yesterday we announced our Fall Release including the new TeamRoom environment created just for agile teams, and we saw record participation in the first of 3 live demo webinars going on Nov. 8, 13 & 20. Continue reading

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Oops I Did it Again… Maybe My Story Really is an Epic

Tips for Product Owners to turn stories into Epics when they realize the single piece of work is too large to be consumed in a single iteration. Continue reading

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Using Old-School Index Cards with VersionOne

While software-based tools are necessary to overcome the deficiencies that cards have around scaling, reporting and distributed teams, old-school tactile cards can still enrich many of your agile development activities. Continue reading

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Creating Custom Fields…Get Your Customization On!!

Wanna learn how to create custom fields in VersionOne to capture the info that’s most important to you? Check out this video. Continue reading

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Which VersionOne Edition is Right for You?

While it’s important to have a consistent look-and-feel and overall user experience across all VersionOne editions, each has been uniquely “right-sized” to support the needs of teams of different sizes and stages of their agile adoption. Learn the difference and how each one is used. Continue reading

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Top Reasons to Upgrade from Team Edition to Catalyst Edition

This past spring we released a new edition of our product called Catalyst Edition, which falls between our Team and Enterprise Editions. Since the release, I’ve heard many questions regarding how to know the right time to consider an upgrade from Team Edition to Catalyst. Let me help you with that! Continue reading

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