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 →
Posted in Collaboration, General, Getting Started, Kanban, Product & Release Planning, Product Tips & Tricks, Release Announcements, Reporting & Analytics, Sprint Planning & Tracking, VersionOne Buzz
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Tagged Catalyst Edition, compare editions, Team and Catalyst, VersionOne Catalyst, VersionOne editions
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This video shows how to use Investment Themes in VersionOne to simplify the important concept of making smarter investments with development resources. Continue reading →
Posted in Agile Champion, Product & Release Planning, Product Owner, Product Tips & Tricks, Program Manager, Project Manager, Reporting & Analytics, Uncategorized
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Tagged agile management, agile portfolio management, how to invest development resources, investment themes, program management, versionone investment themes
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With the launch of our Summer Release comes several of the most popular enhancement requests. Printable story cards, scannable QR Codes that link directly back to the URL to view details, and the ability to customize info displayed on story cards so you can see various attributes. Try that with your granny’s whiteboard and sticky notes! Continue reading →
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Tagged defects management, epics management, story cards, summer 2012 release, summer release notes, versionone summer release
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When dealing with hundreds or thousands of stories, there is a quick way to simplify your backlog. You don’t have to play the hand you’re dealt. VersionOne supports ranking large backlogs of all types. In this video, I will tell you how. Continue reading →
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Tagged backlog management, epic ranking, manage user stories, managing backlog, managing stories, rank backlog, ranking large backlogs
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How to import work into VersionOne agile project management tool with ease Continue reading →
The new agile portfolio management capabilities of VersionOne’s Winter Release automatically support custom drop-downs, allowing Portfolio Managers to easily find out how much time the organization is allocating across each of its Investment Themes. Continue reading →
Posted in Product & Release Planning, Product Tips & Tricks, Program Manager, Release Announcements, Reporting & Analytics, Uncategorized
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Tagged agile portfolio management, drop-down, epic management, epics, investment theme, portfolio manager, versionone analytics
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In larger agile planning efforts, it can be quite helpful to keep your epics well-organized and prioritized. Simple drag-and-drop epic ranking and management is certainly an integral part of agile planning. Continue reading →
Posted in General, Product & Release Planning, Product Owner, Product Roadmapping, Product Tips & Tricks, Program Management, Program Manager, Sprint Planning & Tracking
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Tagged agile planning, agile portfolio management, APM, drag and drop epics, epic management, epic ranking, epic tree, Portfolio Management, Product Planning, Program, Scrum
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VersionOne provides teams a central place to track issues at a Project and Team level. This allows teams, no matter how distributed, to collaborate closely on those things that are keeping the project from moving forward. This blog is all about five clever and handy ways that any team could use issues. Continue reading →
Posted in Collaboration, Developer, Product & Release Planning, Product Owner, Product Tips & Tricks, Program Management, Program Manager, Project Manager, QA Tester, Reporting & Analytics, ScrumMaster, Sprint Planning & Tracking, Test Management
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Tagged issue tracking, issues in versionone, track issues in versionone, versionone issues
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When should you use an Epic versus a Feature Group (aka ‘Theme’)?” Either asset can be used for grouping information, so there’s a lot of flexibility in the application of each. In turn, we see a lot of creative uses of Epics and Feature Groups, but it can sometimes create a bit of confusion. Continue reading →
As the world of agile grows, so do the sizes of organizations that have scaled their efforts. As a result, some people are finding it difficult to navigate through a large agile Project Tree in VersionOne. Our Spring ’11 Release addressed this with the inclusion of a VersionOne Project Navigator, which has moved navigation control out of the collapsible-display area and into. This allows users to conveniently switch projects from anywhere within the application, even with the left-hand side collapsed. Here are some tips on using the VersionOne Project Navigator.
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