productivity Improved experience with comment reactions and other updates In response to valued feedback from Tracker users, we’ve improved some of the small things that matter to help you collaborate with ease. Please let us know about your experience with these updates to help us continue to improve Tracker’s usability. Improved comment reactions With one click on
productivity The new ‘priority’ field in Tracker (UPDATED) UPDATE November 12, 2021: We have released an update with modified priority field nomenclature based on the feedback we have received. To prevent confusion with Tracker’s blocker features, ‘P0 - Blocker’ has been renamed to ‘P0 - Critical’. Also, ‘P4 - None’ has been simplified to ‘None’. Please let
productivity Labels panel + management improvements! Labels are used heavily by Tracker users to supplement a wide array of workflow needs. As such, we’ve long wanted to improve the labels management experience, and in particular, the labels panel itself. With that, we’re excited to unveil a new and improved Labels panel and management experience!
productivity What Chess Can Teach You About Product Management Chess — the game of kings. For most, chess is a lifelong journey, a skill crafted over years of study. But, unlike most chess enthusiasts, I didn’t discover chess until well into adulthood…and several years after I jumped into the field of Product Management. However, this late discovery afforded
productivity GDPR Project Management with Lite Tracker GDPR compliance is a beast. 99 articles, 173 recitals, 160 pages of text, and countless service providers vying to help you make sense of it all. If you’re a startup with limited resources, where and how can you even begin to make sense of it all? Treat it like
productivity Choose your default story type! Different roles often create different types of stories in Tracker. Perhaps a tester creates Bugs, while developers might only create Chores and more often than not, product/project managers add Features. However since forever, new stories have always defaulted to being Features in Tracker, and two clicks were required to
productivity Collapse story UX improvements! For some time, Tracker has offered two different ways to collapse & save an expanded story: the “Close” button that appeared below the story title, and also via the caret icon located in the upper left corner. Having these two different ways to collapse the story so close together was
productivity You can now save searches in Workspaces! We’re happy to announce that it is now possible to save your search results to your Workspace sidebar, just as you can in individual projects! To do so, click the Panel actions menu at the top of the Search Results panel and select Save search to sidebar. Type in
productivity Reverse story creation order in panels! Since the dawn of Tracker, newly added stories were always placed at the top of the Icebox or in the case of the Current, Backlog or combined Current/Backlog panels; above all other unstarted stories. There was no ability to change the default behavior so that stories would go to
productivity Enjoy more security with Two-factor authentication! The Tracker team has been hard at work making Tracker more secure than ever and with that, we’re happy to announce that Two-factor authentication is now available to all users! Two-factor authentication (2FA) is a process that adds an extra layer of security to your login, by asking you
productivity INVEST Questions Are More Than Just Yes Or No “A story is a placeholder for a conversation.” It’s no secret that agile teams thrive on collaboration. So much so, that this phrase has been echoed as a warning against over-detailing stories for decades. But, even the most agile-leaning teams tend to benefit from some refinement to their stories
productivity More from Tracker when you need it most To everyone in our community, We’d like to reassure you that Tracker and the Tracker team are here for you and working to maintain business as usual during these unusual times. As you know, Lite Tracker is a collaboration tool, built to help software teams communicate and work together,
productivity What does it really mean to be a happy Product Manager Let’s face it, being a Product manager is stressful. Deadlines, metrics, team dynamics, changing priorities, attention to detail, big picture thinking, oh! and backlogs that continue to grow and shame us with their mere existence. It’s also not uncommon to think we’re not doing as well as
productivity Focusing On Predictability Over Velocity One of the challenges that organizations who are new to agile often face is a perceived loss of insight into their teams’ progress. After all, if an agile approach asks teams to forego the creation of a detailed upfront plan then how will that organization know if their teams are
productivity Got Opinions? We’d love to know what you’re thinking! To that end we’d really appreciate it if you’d take the time to fill out our 20 question survey. Whether your opinions of Tracker are firmly or lightly held we value your thoughts and expertise. Most of the questions
productivity Deliver User Value Faster with CI/CD Integrations Delivering user value quickly and reliably are key behaviors for businesses to succeed. As a PM or developer, it can be challenging to keep track of what features your team is delivering and when. It can be even harder to communicate progress to stakeholders who might not be in tune
productivity Pointing Scales: Linear or Fibonacci? The Tracker team recently pulled some data on team analytics cut by different pointing scales. Here are the headlines: Most teams use Linear scales… But, those who use Fibonacci scales tend to have better analytics Let’s dig in a bit. Looking only at currently active projects, 54% use Linear
productivity A Reluctant Evangelist: or, how I learned to stop worrying and love product vision This article originally appeared on Medium on December 10, 2019. When I was first getting into product, I was pretty wary of the old saw that a product manager should be an evangelist for the product. Every time I would hear that, all I could imagine was some smarmy guy
productivity Story Cycle Time Now Excludes Weekends! The Tracker Team has been working on an exciting update that makes your team’s Story Cycle Time more representative of the work that your team is doing. This update is now live for all projects and applies to your past and future cycle times. Cycle Time In Tracker, Cycle
productivity Introducing new Bitbucket and Bitbucket Server Integrations Back in 2018, Lite Tracker built an integration with GitHub, making it much easier to connect your code to stories. But this didn’t help those of you who use other Source Code Management tools. That’s why we are excited to announce our new Bitbucket and Bitbucket Server integrations!
productivity Summertime brings new SCM integrations Start your summer off right with new Source Code Management integrations The Tracker team has been hard at work building new Source Code Management integrations for your team to use! Now, you can visualize your development progress within Tracker using your favorite SCM. Include the story ID in your commit
Integrations Lite Tracker and Slack: Project Updates Just Got Easier Tracker and Slack both help you communicate and get things done with your team. Tracker is changing how teams build software and Slack is where work communication happens. That’s why we’ve built a Lite Tracker app for Slack to help connect the work your team has prioritized with
News 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
Events Next TUG Meeting: October 30 The next virtual Tracker User Group (TUG for short) online meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, October 30, at 10 am PDT! Please join us if you can—it doesn’t matter if you’re a novice user or a master Tracker—this will be a great opportunity to share knowledge
Events Intro to Tracker Webinar: October 24 Are you a new user looking to get up to speed on Lite Tracker? We’ve got just the thing! Please join us for a free training webinar on Wednesday, October 24, at 11 am PDT. We’ll go over Tracker basics, including creating a project and adding, estimating, and
