This page is deprecated, it has not been updated since March of 2010, we need a new approach --Sean Murphy
With respect, I think there is a better, table-based approach. I will try to start one here:
See http://groups.google.com/group/lean-startup-circle/browse_thread/thread/96b1f28443d78b8a?hl=en
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Has anyone had good luck with Agile software for product management, Thanks! |
I recently stumbled upon http://www.agilezen.com/ but have not tried
it I also used https://www.acunote.com/ in the past , and liked it very much but at the end I find (if your team is all in one place) a physical board to be the best. On Aug 17, 5:34 pm, Tracy Frey <tracypf...@gmail.com> wrote:
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Pivotal Tracker is pretty amazing as a kanban board. Agile Zen shows
some promise as well. Neither of them are all that great at doing product roadmapping for a huge product family, but then doing so seems a little less than lean ;) Cheers, y On 17-Aug-09, at 5:34 PM, Tracy Frey wrote:
> Hi all, > Has anyone had good luck with Agile software for product management, > specifically software that would work in a lean environment? I've > tried a physical scrum board in the past, but never quite got it off > the ground. If so, I'd love to hear about your suggestions and > experiences. > Thanks! > Tracy
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Tracy Frey wrote:
Hi, Tracy. I've tried it both ways, and I strongly encourage teams to
> Hi all, > Has anyone had good luck with Agile software for product management, > specifically software that would work in a lean environment? I've > tried a physical scrum board in the past, but never quite got it off > the ground. If so, I'd love to hear about your suggestions and > experiences.
get a physical board working well for them before they consider moving to software. Here's an example board that you may find helpful: http://www.scissor.com/resources/teamroom/ Bill Wake also has a nice gallery of team rooms and charts: http://xp123.com/xplor/room-gallery/index.shtml If you're absolutely dead set on using software, then I'd check out Pivotal Tracker: http://www.pivotaltracker.com/ It's pretty opinionated, but in this case I think that's good. Still, consider taking another swing at using card. Appealing as software seems, every product management tool I've tried reduces feedback, increases communication cost, and distorts behavior in ways that make it harder for teams to learn Agile techniques. The best teams I coach all use physical boards. William |
I also recommend Corey Ladas' Scrumban (Scrum + Kanban) for a very
detailed account of how to use index cards for WIP constraints: http://leansoftwareengineering.com/ksse/scrum-ban/
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How secure are software based product management tools? I just signed-up
to Pivotal Tracker, but would like to know if my information is safe from prying eyes.
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We used ThoughtWorks Mingle for early product planning. Particularly
good for its tree structure for Stories that you can drill down into. Later on engineering had trouble keeping up with Mingle's overhead therefore we switched to Pivotal Tracker. Pretty happy so far. Only thing we miss is the birds eye view of high level product goals though. On Aug 18, 6:22 am, Mosses Akizian <mess...@monocat.com> wrote:
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I'd try Agile Bench (warning: I'm the founder and increadbily biased,
but it really is pretty good - promise!). http://agilebench.com/home2 - we are cloaked at the moment, but this will get you past the initial holding screen. We do all the normal stuff like: * iteration burndown and project velocity charts * managing stories, iterations, projects and backlogs * multi user * backlog. You can use it free for 3 people and 200 stories, which should be enough to see if you like it. But we are focusing on information that will make your project succeed rather than adding more and more fields. We opening up the kimono later this week but I think it is good enough for you guys to play with, being start up type people :) Mark -- Mark Mansour m...@agilebench.com On Aug 18, 11:22 am, Mosses Akizian <mess...@monocat.com> wrote:
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My suggestions: *RallySoftware:* http://www.rallydev.com/ *VersionOne*: http://versionone.com/ ** I'm currently using Rally to run a series of Distributed Teams, and I've used VersionOne in the past with success in the Financial Services Startup Sector: http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Finetre+Recognized+as+Award+Winner+by+I... V1 also just baked in a Kanban board, yummy. In my opinion they are the 2 strongest products on the market today.
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Thanks, all! I really appreciate the suggestions. I'll let you know
how it goes. Tracy On Aug 18, 8:18 am, David J Bland <Da...@7thpixel.net> wrote:
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