Category Archives: Roles
Notifications 101
I often get asked about the notification capabilities in VersionOne. Here are a couple of the questions I always get asked. Continue reading
You’ve Never Seen Agile Development Like This
This morning we rolled out our newest product release, which is all about giving team members better ways to see their agile development projects through visualization enhancements. Continue reading
Getting Bang for Your Buck
In agile development, we work on the item that has the biggest bang for the buck. Here are some tips on how to apply this concept at the agile portfolio level in VersionOne. Continue reading
You Can Kanban
More and more customers are discussing Lean influences in their process, especially at the portfolio planning level and with operational groups. Here’s a quick summary of the Kanban functionality VersionOne offers. Continue reading
“You Want it When?” Tips for Release Forecasting
Release forecasting helps Product Owners get a good prediction of the amount of work that can be done on a project during a particular timeframe. The data entered into the fields in VersionOne allows you to play out various “what-if” scenarios for your project. Continue reading
Time to Visualize
Visualization allows you to observe at a very high level how your asset is tied to other assets within the application. There are many scenarios where visualization provides value. Continue reading
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
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
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
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