There are a number of good reasons for wanting to do this, Perspective being the biggest. How well do the tools let you do it?
Nov 20th, 2009
There are a number of good reasons for wanting to do this, Perspective being the biggest. How well do the tools let you do it?
An epic is more than just a collection of functionally related stories. It is a usage scenario. It describes the “Happy Path,” among the many paths, that the user will take through the application. What tool supports and encourages thinking of them like that?
Nov 19th, 2009
The ideal tool will let me organize things how I want, without unnecessary or bothersome restrictions. It will also facilitate my need to quickly focus my attention on only the parts that I need to see right now. Unfortunately, not all tools do that.
An Agile process is an adaptive process, right? What can be more ‘adaptive’ than changing your mind about how you want to organize your user stories? Can the tools keep up?
Nov 18th, 2009
Creating a new item is something that every tool makes easy. Some make it easier than others. What really differentiates them is how you go about putting it together with the ones that it is related to.
Nov 17th, 2009
Another seemingly simple task: Given two or more story cards that already exist, I want to group them together. How do the tool options stack up?
I want to take two backlog items and turn them into one. Let’s see how the different tools compare at this seemingly simple task.
Evaluating a number of different Agile tools, starting with how well they serve the needs of the Product Owner for creating the backlog.