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Using Reviews to Scale Whose Work is Represented

Tracker has had the great fortune to grow up with our users. We began helping small startups and organizations learn to work in an agile way. Over the years, our users have seen great success and grown larger, which comes with excitement and challenges. One of the biggest changes we

Vanity Metrics: They’re Not Just for Your Product

If you’ve been around modern product development for any meaningful amount of time, then odds are you’ve come across the idea of vanity metrics. But in case you haven’t encountered this concept yet, a vanity metric is simply one that looks great on paper, but doesn’t

3 Simple Actions to Be a Better Ally and Create an Inclusive Workplace

Last week on Build, we shared what allyship is and why it can help build inclusive workplaces. Anytime new approaches like these come out, our defenses go up because it can be challenging to change mindsets and best practices. Plus there’s some fear around what the unintended consequences will

Discovering Tracker: Customizing Your Unique View

Tracker’s interface provides a customizable experience designed to suit the needs of various team members. This post will help ensure you’re getting the most out of Tracker, with features such as resizing and rearranging panels, cloning panels, splitting/combining Current and Backlog, pinned searches, workspaces, and more. The

How Being an Ally Can Help You Create an Inclusive Workplace

As the year comes to a close, you’re probably getting ready to attend a holiday party, maybe your company’s. And maybe you’re concerned about what to talk about with your teammates and boss. Diversity and inclusion may be hot buttons to stay clear of, especially with people

Setting a Goal for Your Iteration

Let’s try an experiment. Open your iteration backlog and take a look at the stories that are slated for your current iteration. Do you see a theme that ties each of them together? Too often, the set of stories that teams select for their iteration has no overarching theme

5 Best Practices for Keeping a New Product On Track

Last week on Build, we shared why instead of rebuilding or redesigning an existing product, it might make sense to build a brand-new product, and we walked you through how some folks on the Lite Tracker team arrived at their decision. When you start building a new product, you have

Why You Should Build a Brand-New Product Instead of Rebuilding or Redesigning One

Happy November! November is one of my favorite months mostly because I love Thanksgiving. Last year I had a wonderful time celebrating it with Meghan Burgain, Femgineer’s Community Manager in Bordeaux, France. We had a Frenchgiving, and had the opportunity to share how Meghan works remotely. This November, we’

Creating Bridges in Tech: RailsBridge Workshops for Underrepresented Minorities

In many ways, the tech industry has grown tremendously since my childhood memories of hearing the dial-up modem tone and waiting minutes (!) for a picture to load. At the same time, even to this day, the industry falls short when it comes to representation. Much has been written about the

Prioritizing Across the Themes in Your Product

Prioritizing a single set of work for your team can be hard; prioritizing work across multiple sets of work can be nearly impossible. As a product matures, product managers often find themselves contending with multiple themes of work in their product backlog. This can happen as a product begins to