Having trouble with scope change? Here’s a tip.
I was just writing a response to a question posed on a GreenHopper documentation page. It is worth sharing more broadly as I’ve seen similar queries a few times recently. The fact that I can drag and...
View ArticleElectronic User Story Maps?
I received a great question from a customer today regarding user story mapping: Quick q, are there any plans / thoughts on adding a higher level board for User Story Mapping ( vs. releases etc ) based...
View ArticleTeaching Developers How To Design
This was a presentation given by Samantha Thebridge at UX Australia in 2012 - Developers will design: Let’s make them amazing at it. She touches on a number of the tactics the design team at Atlassian...
View ArticleVisualising Epics and Dependencies in JIRA with GreenHopper and JQL Tricks
UPDATE: I’ve revised this and added new details. Read this post first then learn more here. I had been looking for a way to visualise epics across a number of teams and programs in JIRA and...
View ArticleKanban Software Development with GreenHopper
Since the release of GreenHopper 6.0 teams have been able to take advantage of new Kanban boards (formerly called Rapid Boards). These Kanban boards make it easy for any team - be they in software...
View ArticleKanban Software Development with GreenHopper Part 2
Following on from Part 1 where we explored how GreenHopper is used by Kanban teams to be Agile and continually improve. GreenHopeer Kanban boards make it easy for any team - be they in software...
View ArticleJIRA and GreenHopper for Agile Teams
I’ve just published my first course on Udemy – JIRA and GreenHopper for Agile Teams. It provides an introduction to Scrum and Kanban with the latest versions of JIRA (6.0) and GreenHopper (6.2). If you...
View ArticleUsing the Epic Workflow in GreenHopper
Quick notes for those Visualising Epics and Dependencies in JIRA with GreenHopper and JQL Tricks. Script Runner for JQL Functions We have stopped using JQL Tricks for visualising the blockers. The...
View ArticleFlagging Issues as Blockers in JIRA
With the release of GreenHopper 6.2.3 this week flagging of issues on the Rapid Board is now possible. This is available on both the Kanban and the Scrum boards which is very handy for those occasions...
View ArticleVelocity Counts
I have also been blogging recently over on Velocity Counts with my mate Randall. Check out this recent post: Roles and Responsibility, Essential to a High Performing Agile Team
View ArticleMoving WordPress sites from Dreamhost to Linode
Just a short note to detail how I moved this site (and velocitycounts.com) to Linode. I was a bit annoyed with the poor performance I’ve been getting from the Dreamhost servers, and also from their...
View ArticleBamboo in a High Availability Configuration
This is a guest blog by Daniel Wester, Chief Engineer in the Infrastructure & Operations group at Turner Broadcasting. I asked Daniel to share how they have scaled Bamboo as we are exploring...
View ArticleVideos from SF Agile Marketing
The SF Agile Marketing Meetup kicked off shortly after SprintZero last year. Since then we’ve had a swag of great presenters join us at the meetup. In case you missed any of the sessions I’ve put...
View ArticleOn my way to Agile 2013
Sitting in SFO. A tip for the business traveller from SFO – if you are heading out of SFO on a weekday flying United try going through security at International, significantly faster. Anyways… I’m on...
View ArticleAgile Metrics – Velocity is not the Goal
Live from Agile 2013 Great session this morning from @DocOnDev, the Director of Engineering at Groupon. Velocity is units/time with direction. Many teams struggle to obtain a stable velocity. Velocity...
View ArticleAgile Coaching
Live from Agile 2013 I participated in a session by Lyssa Adkins and Michael Spayd of the Agile Coaching Institute yesterday. It was a good reminder, and provided some insightful new thoughts. Lyssa...
View ArticleTechnical Debt meets Agile
Live from Agile 2013 Great session this morning on technical debt, led by Israel Gat. If you haven’t seen him run through this deck I recommend you look for a video. Excerpts below. Technical Debt...
View ArticleHow we do Goals, presented at SF Atlassian User Group, August 2013
This week I presented a little bit from an upcoming session at Atlassian Summit on how we manage our goals at Twitter using Atlassian JIRA and Confluence. For more detail be sure to join me at...
View ArticleFinger on the Pulse, with Twitter
There is so much going on on Twitter it may be hard to keep up. You’ve got mates, colleagues, sports teams, musicians, comedians, business leaders and a whole lot more. In this post I’m going to share...
View ArticlePassionate about product? Join Product Bootcamp SF 2013!
Phew, October is a big month for Product people in San Francisco! If you’ve not already got tickets to Product Bootcamp be sure to grab some today. Product Bootcamp spans October 10 – 12 and includes...
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