Today’s Scrum’d update brings three features we’re very excited about:
- Bug tracking
- User personas
- Estimation values
Click on the image for a larger view of each new feature, and let us know what you think of these updates in the comments.
Bug Tracking
Adding a bug takes a few seconds. Go to the product backlog and click the new bug link. Fill out the form and hit save. The bug is then added to the product backlog where you can sort it along with your user stories. Essentially, a bug works just like a user story, it just looks different and you get 0 credit for it during a sprint.
Once you’ve created a bug you can:
- Assign it to a sprint (within a release)
- Once a sprint is started, add tasks that can be self-assigned
This is a first step toward adding better bug management. Look for more to come in this area, including attaching files to bugs.
User Personas
In order to get a better understanding of who we are writing software for, we can use User Personas. This feature, suggested by Mike Sutton, allows the management of these personas.
User personas get their own tab because we feel they are that important.
Look for deeper integration of these personas next week, and for more information on user personas, check out his post on figuring out the unknown unknowns when writing Agile requirements.
Estimation Values
Many Agile teams use some standard point value system for estimating user stories, be it the Fibonacci sequence, or simple 1-10. To standardize your estimation values in Scrum’d edit your project, and pick one of three point systems:
- Fibonacci
- Numeric [1-10]
- Free form (text entry)
The point values will then show up on your user stories.
This features is configured on a per-project basis, so if you want to try one out and see what works go for it – it won’t mess with any other projects.
Use Scrum’d For Free
We have 5 Scrum’d plans to choose from depending on how many projects you need to track. If you only have one though you can use all the current features of Scrum’d for free, including attachments. Give Scrum’d a try today, and let us know how we can make it better for you.
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Cool update! You folks are doing a great job.
The bug tracker seems to be a nice idea. It would be great if you could add some complexity to this feature, like bug assignment to project users, releases etc.
Great ideas Pascal. Since a bug is almost like a user story, you can create tasks for bugs and then self-assign those, just like with user stories. You can also add bugs to sprints and releases just like user stories as well.
I'll update the post to reflect that.