Category Archives: Project Manager
Using Templates to Help with Sprint Planning
Templates aren’t just for Product Owners. Teams can also copy tasks and tests from templates during sprint planning to cut down on missing tasks and manual entry. It’s sort of a checklist to make sure you’ve addressed the key work necessary, but can still add unique tasks when appropriate. Continue reading
5 Handy Uses for Issues in VersionOne
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
5 Signs That a VersionOne Product Demo is NOT for You
Did you know that we offer live VersionOne product demos twice a week? These hour-long demonstrations are a great way to get up to speed on VersionOne. But don’t get me wrong… our product demos are not for everyone. To help you figure out where you stand, I’ve put together these 5 Signs That a VersionOne Product Demo is NOT right for you. Continue reading
Taking your Retrospectives from mediocre to magnificent
In the 2nd part of this Retrospectives series, we take a look at VersionOne’s ability to capture important information from one of the most important events of Agile. Continue reading
Agile 2011: Reflections From The Booth
I noticed a common theme during the Agile 2011 Conference. While helping to work the VersionOne booth in my official role as part of the illustrious booth babe team, there were many compliments on the new UI, inquiries about coveted … Continue reading
Teams vs. Member Groups in VersionOne
What’s the difference between teams and member groups? Test your knowledge with the scenarios below by choosing teams or member groups for each one. 1. You have a single team working on multiple projects. They would like to be able … Continue reading
Getting the Full Picture – and sharing it
* 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
Teams Without Fuss
“Teams” Feature Discussion, Take 1… (Fade in to training session, where a group of happy new VersionOne users are learning more about what their system can do for them.) New customer: “Where do we define the people on the team?” … Continue reading
Telling the Release Story
One responsibility of an agile product manager is helping the stakeholders understand how to maximize the impact that development’s limited resources can have on the business. In this video I talk about how VersionOne can help tell the story of … Continue reading
There is method to the madness – but can I rank it?
So you have a number of super stories or features that must be broken down if they’re going to fit within an iteration. You’ve created these Epics in Product Planning and assigned them to projects or releases, but…how do you … Continue reading