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Flexible Grid Customization – Part 1 of 2

Did you know VersionOne is flexible to where each user can customize the grid to see the data that’s most important to him/her? Continue reading

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Which VersionOne Edition is Right for You?

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

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

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

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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Epics So Easy, My 15-Year-Old Did it in 30 Minutes

Who says agile project planning and tracking tools have to be difficult? My 15-year-old daughter, who knows nothing about VersionOne or agile speak, just did epics in 30 minutes. Continue reading

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Capturing an Epic’s Investment Theme

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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Let VersionOne Links Support the Weight of Understanding in Agile Software Development

In VersionOne every asset has a set of relationships that can be set up between assets using the VersionOne Links feature – for instance, when you need to link a story to its tasks and acceptance tests within your agile software development project. Continue reading

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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

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Epics or Feature Groups?

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

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