Agile Management Tools

Otavio FerreiraTechnical Architect, Scrum Master

Product Product Setup Planning Sprint Release Closing Planning Admin & Reports Sprint Sprint Tracking Planning 2

• Background – Several tools available in the market – Poor compatibility with the theory of Scrum• Consequences – Misunderstanding of agile concepts – Less than ideal adoption of the development process – Focus on adapting the process to suit a given tool• Challenge – Identify the tools that represent the lower risks 3

• Solution – Gap analysis based on a very simple mathematical model, basically a weighted mean: Variable Value Range Value Type Description n 1≤n Integer Number of features evaluated within the section w 1 ≤ w ≤ 10 Integer Weight assigned to the feature i x 0≤x ≤1 Integer Whether the tool has addressed the feature i 4

Tool Name Reference Hosted Downloaded 1 Acunote http://acunote.com/ 1 1 2 Agile Buddy http://agilebuddy.com/ 1 1 3 Agilefant http://agilefant.org/ 1 1 4 Agilo http://agile42.com/cms/pages/agilo/ 1 1 2 5 Banana Scrum http://bananascrum.com/ 1 1 2 6 Bright Green http://brightgreenprojects.com/ 1 1 7 Express http://agileexpress.sourceforge.net/ 1 1 8 Fire Scrum http://firescrum.com/ 1 1 9 Ice Scrum http://icescrum.org/ 1 1 10 Jira Green Hoper http://atlassian.com/greenhopper/ 1 1 2 11 Kunagi http://kunagi.org/ 1 1 12 Mingle http://thoughtworks-studios.com/mingle 1 1 13 Pango Scrum http://pangoscrum.com/ 1 1 14 Pivotal Tracker http://pivotaltracker.com/ 1 1 15 Rally http://rallydev.com/ 1 1 16 Scrum Edge http://scrumedge.com/ 1 1 17 Scrum Ninja http://scrumninja.com/ 1 1 2 18 Scrum Pad http://scrumpad.com/ 1 1 19 Scrumy http://scrumy.com/ 1 1 20 Skinny Board http://skinnyboard.com/ 1 1 21 Target Process http://targetprocess.com/ 1 1 2 22 Version One http://versionone.com/ 1 1 16 11 27

Tool Name Reference Desktop Mobile- In-Step Scrum http://microtool.de/instep/en/prod_scrum_edition.asp 1 1- Planigle http://code.google.com/p/planigle/ 1 1- Project Cards http://projectcards.com/ 1 1- Scrinch http://sourceforge.net/projects/scrinch/ 1 1- Scrum Assistant http://scrumassistant.com/ 1 1- Scrum Desk http://scrumdesk.com/ 1 1- Scrum for VSTS http://scrumforteamsystem.com/ 1 1- Scrum Tool http://scrum-tool.com/ 1 1- Scrum Works http://danube.com/scrumworks 1 1- Scrum2Go http://itunes.apple.com/app/scrum2go/id373836452 1 1- Scrumpy http://scrumpytool.com/ 1 1- Sprintometer http://sprintometer.com/ 1 1- Tiny PM http://tinypm.com/ 1 1- Urban Turtle http://urbanturtle.com/ 1 1 13 1 14

0.5 2 2 2 2 0.5 0.5 0.5 10 Product Product Release Sprint Sprint SprintTool Setup Planning Planning Planning Tracking Closing Reports Admin. 1 0 0 0 5 3 0 4 10 2.3 2 0 6 7 7 2 0 9 10 5.4 3 0 7 5 8 3 0 3 5 5.0 4 2 8 0 6 6 0 7 10 5.0 5 2 8 0 8 5 0 8 9 5.2 6 2 10 4 7 0 0 7 7 5.0 7 2 5 0 3 5 0 3 5 3.1 8 2 6 0 5 6 0 6 7 4.2 9 7 7 4 7 6 4 8 8 6.2 10 0 9 0 7 6 0 6 8 5.1 11 4 8 2 7 6 0 4 5 5.3 12 2 10 10 10 6 10 7 10 8.7 13 3 6 0 8 0 0 3 5 3.4 14 2 8 2 7 2 0 1 7 4.3 15 0 8 7 7 5 0 6 8 6.1 16 2 4 0 6 2 4 6 5 3.3 17 2 8 0 5 7 0 5 9 4.8 18 4 8 7 7 7 0 5 7 6.6 19 0 6 0 5 8 0 3 6 4.3 20 0 6 0 6 5 0 3 0 3.6 21 2 8 5 5 2 0 3 7 4.6 22 2 10 10 10 6 8 7 9 8.5 40 156 63 146 98 26 114 157 800

2 2 2 2 1 1 10 ProductTool Product Vision Definition of Done Assignment of Roles Agenda of Rituals Definition of Actors Glossary 1 0 2 0 3 0 4 1 2 5 1 2 6 1 2 7 1 2 8 1 2 9 1 1 1 1 7 10 0 11 1 1 4 12 1 2 13 1 1 3 14 1 2 15 0 16 1 2 17 1 2 18 1 1 4 19 0 20 0 21 1 2 22 1 2 10 1 7 1 2 0 21

3 3 1 1 1 1 10Tool Product Backlog Drag & Drop Prioritization Defects Epics Acceptance Criteria Attached Files 1 0 2 1 1 1 1 6 3 1 1 1 7 4 1 1 1 1 8 5 1 1 1 1 8 6 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 7 1 1 1 5 8 1 1 6 9 1 1 1 7 10 1 1 1 1 1 9 11 1 1 1 1 8 12 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 13 1 1 6 14 1 1 1 1 8 15 1 1 1 1 8 16 1 1 4 17 1 1 1 1 8 18 1 1 1 1 8 19 1 1 6 20 1 1 6 21 1 1 1 1 8 22 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 21 18 13 5 9 12 78

3 2 1 2 1 1 10Tool Release Backlog Time Box Story Count Story Estimate Defect Count Defect Estimate 1 0 2 1 1 1 7 3 1 1 5 4 0 5 0 6 1 1 4 7 0 8 0 9 1 1 4 10 0 11 1 2 12 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 13 0 14 1 2 15 1 1 1 7 16 0 17 0 18 1 1 1 1 7 19 0 20 0 21 1 1 5 22 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 7 11 3 6 3 2 32

3 2 1 2 1 1 10Tool Sprint Backlog Time Box Story Count Story Estimate Defect Count Defect Estimate 1 1 1 5 2 1 1 1 7 3 1 1 1 1 8 4 1 1 1 6 5 1 1 1 1 8 6 1 1 1 7 7 1 3 8 1 1 5 9 1 1 1 7 10 1 1 1 1 7 11 1 1 1 7 12 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 13 1 1 1 1 8 14 1 1 1 7 15 1 1 1 7 16 1 1 1 6 17 1 1 5 18 1 1 1 1 7 19 1 1 5 20 1 1 1 6 21 1 1 5 22 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 22 20 10 12 4 2 70

2 3 1 1 1 2 10 Status Drag & Drop Unplanned Blocked Task Owner AsynchronousTool Update Taskboard Tasks Tasks Highlighting Refreshing 1 1 1 3 2 1 2 3 1 1 3 4 1 1 1 6 5 1 1 1 5 6 0 7 1 1 5 8 1 1 1 6 9 1 1 1 6 10 1 1 1 6 11 1 1 1 6 12 1 1 1 6 13 0 14 1 2 15 1 1 5 16 1 2 17 1 1 1 1 7 18 1 1 1 1 7 19 1 1 1 1 8 20 1 1 5 21 1 2 22 1 1 1 6 20 13 0 11 4 2 50

4 2 2 2 10Tool Retrospective Report Positive Points Negative Points Solution to Negative Points 1 0 2 0 3 0 4 0 5 0 6 0 7 0 8 0 9 1 4 10 0 11 0 12 1 1 1 1 10 13 0 14 0 15 0 16 1 4 17 0 18 0 19 0 20 0 21 0 22 1 1 1 8 4 2 2 1 9

3 3 2 1 1 10Tool Team Velocity Chart Sprint Burndown Chart Configurable Burndown Unit Project Activity Log Project Report 1 1 1 4 2 1 1 1 1 9 3 1 3 4 1 1 1 7 5 1 1 1 8 6 1 1 1 7 7 1 3 8 1 1 6 9 1 1 1 1 8 10 1 1 1 6 11 1 1 4 12 1 1 1 7 13 1 3 14 1 1 15 1 1 6 16 1 1 6 17 1 1 5 18 1 1 5 19 1 3 20 1 3 21 1 3 22 1 1 1 7 10 21 5 10 1 47

3 2 2 1 1 1 10Tool Multiple Products Multiple Users Access Control Data Export Data Import Repository Integration 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 3 1 1 5 4 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 5 1 1 1 1 1 9 6 1 1 1 1 7 7 1 1 5 8 1 1 1 7 9 1 1 1 1 8 10 1 1 1 1 8 11 1 1 5 12 1 1 1 1 1 1 10 13 1 1 5 14 1 1 1 1 7 15 1 1 1 1 1 8 16 1 1 5 17 1 1 1 1 1 9 18 1 1 1 1 7 19 1 1 1 6 20 0 21 1 1 1 1 7 22 1 1 1 1 1 9 21 21 10 11 14 7 84

Rank Tool Name Score1st 12 Mingle 8.72nd 22 Version One 8.53rd 18 Scrum Pad 6.64th 09 Ice Scrum 6.25th 15 Rally 6.16th 11 Kunagi 5.77th 02 Agile Buddy 5.48th 05 Banana Scrum 5.29th 10 Jira Green Hoper 5.110th 03 Agilefant 5.011th 04 Agilo 5.012th 06 Bright Green 5.013th 17 Scrum Ninja 4.814th 21 Target Process 4.615th 14 Pivotal Tracker 4.316th 19 Scrumy 4.317th 08 Fire Scrum 4.218th 20 Skinny Board 3.619th 13 Pango Scrum 3.420th 16 Scrum Edge 3.321st 07 Express 3.122nd 01 Acunote 2.3 Average Score 5.0

• Winner tools – Mingle – Version One• Other tools – Either not mature enough, or not meant to cover the agile development process as a whole. – Have to be complemented by external systems, or physical artifacts, although the latter won’t work for distributed teams. – Extra caution is required not to jeopardize the development process. 25

• Disclaimer – Analysis conducted in October 2010: • Newer data may give different results. – Tools evaluated according to our own selection of criteria: • Criteria chosen according to our understanding of what is suitable for distributed development. • Other criteria will probably give different results. 26

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Agile Management Tools

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