Category Archives: Roles

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

Posted on October 25, 2012 by Mohammed Khalid

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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Creating Custom Fields…Get Your Customization On!!

Posted on October 5, 2012 by Mohammed Khalid

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?

Posted on September 24, 2012 by Robert Holler

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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Cutting Up the Pie with Investment Themes

Posted on August 29, 2012 by Andy Powell

This video shows how to use Investment Themes in VersionOne to simplify the important concept of making smarter investments with development resources. Continue reading →

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Latest and Greatest – Summer 2012 Release

Posted on August 28, 2012 by Robert Holler

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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Taming the Beast: How to Rank Large Backlogs

Posted on August 3, 2012 by Andy Powell

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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The New and Improved VersionOne Import Page

Posted on June 25, 2012 by Mohammed Khalid

How to import work into VersionOne agile project management tool with ease Continue reading →

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Happy Developers = Productivity

Posted on June 14, 2012 by Mohammed Khalid

Agile developers like to focus on what’s most important to them, and that’s coding. You’ll almost always get pushback when asking the agile development team to stop doing what they like so they can switch to another application to provide updates. I have a viable solution to make both sides happy. Continue reading →

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Capturing an Epic’s Investment Theme

Posted on April 6, 2012 by Andy Powell

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 →

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Drag-and-Drop Epic Ranking Helps Agile Planning

Posted on March 28, 2012 by Mark Crowe

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 →

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