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In the Beginning There Was: The Sample Project

It can be stifling to jump into a big project as a new user or team member, you don’t want to accidentally delete stuff, reprioritize iterations etc. We’ve got you covered; try out a sample project. We designed this on purpose as a sandbox for people to poke

Announcing Lite Tracker for iOS v1.5

Today we released the latest Lite Tracker iOS app to the App Store. This is a major release that includes support for creating attachments, dynamic iteration calculation, and significant performance enhancements. We have also dropped support for iOS 4.x, which less than half of one-percent of our users have

Airbrake: The Art of Fingerpointing

Airbrake is a great tool for identifying errors generated by other apps all in one place. I guess if you’re the offending app you might call it a rat, snitch, stool pigeon or fink, but to the rest of us it’s the canary in the coal mine that

Tracker Screencast: Shortcuts!

Shortcuts rock, make things easier, and let you move more quickly in Tracker. This screencast says it all but here’s the cheat sheet which you can get to with the ? button. The seatbelt light’s off, you’re free to move about Tracker with your keyboard! Wait till the

Tracker Screencast: Reorganize Panels with Multiple Story Selection, Cloning Panels, and More!

When you’re running East and the project goes West, it’s time to reorganize the backlog. This can be painful but Tracker comes to the rescue with multiple story selection and cloning panels. Here’s a little cheat sheet! Dan Podsedly covered this in a blog post last year,

Tracker on the Agile Continuum

In Tracker support, I take delight in answering support requests we get from people on teams who are thinking through the way they make software and how Tracker fits into that process. Recently, a customer asked us if Tracker can support their team’s switch from a more Scrum-focused process

Velocity Matters

Last week, we made a slight tweak to how velocity is calculated in Lite Tracker, to handle team strength overrides in a simpler, more explainable way. As a result, if your project has an adjusted team strength in a recent iteration, you may be seeing a slightly different velocity. Details

Screencast: The Current and the Backlog, Together Again!

Today’s screencast is about understanding workflow in Tracker, with a twist of organization. The Current panel shows you all of the stories your team is working on this week, or “iteration,” including those that are in progress, as well as stories that Tracker thinks you’re going to get

Lite Tracker Maintenance This Friday, July 27

We’re planning to make a number of server upgrades tomorrow that require a bit of downtime. To minimize disruption, this update will happen after hours tomorrow, Friday, July 27, at 8pm US Pacific (PDT) time, and we anticipate it taking approximately one hour. Please accept our apologies in advance

Zapier: A Nifty Matchmaker for Apps

When it comes to app match ups no-one does it cleaner than Zapier. The way I see it, they’re the bread that surrounds a PB&J sandwich. Sure the good stuff is in the middle, but you wouldn’t be able to enjoy it without getting your fingers