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My Best Friend
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...
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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...
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The Edit Two-Step
Quickly updating an item and continuing on with one’s work is essential to a smooth experience in any application. Here are some tips to help you do quick updates and be on your way within VersionOne....
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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...
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Spring is Here!
The New Look Spring is here! Spring is here! The Spring ’2011 Release is here! What, you say? It’s not spring any more? Are you sure? Hmmmm… Well…you see…in Atlanta where our headquarters is based, it...
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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...
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Drag-and-Drop Epic Ranking Helps Agile Planning
In larger agile planning efforts, it can be quite helpful to keep your epics well-organized and prioritized. Simple epic ranking and management is certainly part of that equation. The VersionOne Winter...
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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...
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You Can Kanban
We’ve been noticing continued growth in Lean concepts and Kanban in particular over the past couple of years. The use of Kanban as a technique in agile projects grew 33% from 2010 to 2011, and was...
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Summer 2013 Release: Reach Out and Touch Someone
The Summer 2013 Release has some interesting value-packaged within. Reach Out and Touch Someone The old telephone adage has taken on a new twist this summer. Where the mighty Ma Bell once featured this...
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Fall 2013 Release: I Plan to Re-plan
Some years back, Luke Hohmann introduced me to the phrase, “I plan to re-plan.” It’s a somewhat awkward phrase which caused me to stop and ponder it for a moment. “Is re-planning the ultimate purpose...
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The Large and the Small: Winter 2014 is Here
A new year is upon us and with that, the new Winter 2014 Release. While the process of delivering our quarterly releases means each is roughly equivalent in size, there is still something special about...
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The Clarity of Description
The User Story, by intent, is meant to be a short definition – an introduction to a discussion. As a… I can… So that … Simple, short and powerful. We’re all familiar with some variation of this...
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Spring 2014 Release: Planning the Right Amount
A new bank account holder who was surprised to find out his account was overdrawn. “I can’t be out of money,” he exclaims. “I still have checks left!” Drops – ©Johannes Gilger Sometimes a development...
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New Point Release 14.1.3
This day in 1618 marked the Defenestration of Prague, whereby William Slavata and Jaroslav Martinic were literally thrown out the window after being convicted of violating the Letter of Majesty, thus...
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Point Release Updates to Spring ’14, Winter ’14 and Fall ’13
In addition to marking a new set of VersionOne point releases, June 6, 2014 is also known for the 170th anniversary of the YMCA’s founding, bringing young men in the western world new avenues for...
View ArticleNew Spring 2014 Point Release – 14.1.6
Earlier this week, the German football machine exposed gaps in the Brazilian defense. World Cup viewers around the globe were stunned at the precision of the attack and the inability of the Seleção to...
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Budgeting in an Agile World
Agile budgeting can be a blasphemous term. It’s not uncommon when the subject of budgeting is brought up to hear “We’re agile. We don’t need budgets.” While it may be true that an agile...
View ArticleRelease Planning Steps Forward
Planning out a set of work across multiple teams during Release Planning or Program Increment (PI) Planning can raise many questions which don’t always have straight forward answers: How much work can...
View ArticleRoadmaps Made Easier
Rejoice product owners – the days of dual entry for your roadmaps are gone! No longer will you need to remember to update the roadmap when the ‘real’ plan changes. No longer will you be called out in...
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