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 →
Posted in Backlog Management, Product & Release Planning, Product Owner, Program Management, Program Manager, Project Manager, Stakeholder
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Tagged agile development, agile portfolio management, agile product management, agile transformation, APM, estimated velocity, Planning, portfolio, Product Planning, Release, Release Plan
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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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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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* As a Project Manager, it would be helpful for me to look at the “full picture” on the Backlog – not only the Stories, but also their related Tasks and Tests. How do I accomplish this? The Product Planning … Continue reading →
All Scrum tools can manage a backlog. There is a great variety in the power of these tools, however. Managing a small list of a few items is one thing. Being able to manage large backlogs is something we’re quite … Continue reading →
When reviewing features created through our own agile development process, I find there are few tools more valuable than a good working Build Integration. Whether I’m testing features, creating release notes or just getting a handle on things to update … Continue reading →
