TestTrack 2010.1, which was released in April 2010, includes folder enhancements that were specifically designed to help you organize and manage the work in a project release, sprint, or iteration. Folders now have a type associated with them, which means you can create custom folders for different purposes. I am going to focus on one folder option — release planning.
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If you haven’t discovered the list window enhancements added in TestTrack 2010.1, you definitely should check them out. There are a lot of time-saving improvements, including the ability to customize list window text appearance, shortcuts for working with subsets of items, and more available data.
Share on Technorati . del.icio.us . Digg . Reddit . Slashdot . Facebook . StumbleUpon While planning the TestTrack 2010.1 release, we talked to a variety of customers and soon realized that every team uses story points slightly differently. Most commonly, the teams use story points as a high-level estimate of the difficulty of a specific task or work item. TestTrack is flexible in allowing you to manage stories in a variety of ways, we’ve outlined a straight-forward process here to get you started. As you become familiar with using story points, feel free to tweak your TestTrack configuration to better meet the need of your team.
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In a recent article, we discussed the importance of backlogs. You may be wondering how to organize backlog items in TestTrack. You can use folders or custom fields as a way to “tag” or categorize stories, bugs, and other types of artifacts found in a typical backlog bucket.
Share on Technorati . del.icio.us . Digg . Reddit . Slashdot . Facebook . StumbleUponThanks to everyone who joined us to learn more about Agile in TestTrack 2010.1 last week. This was our first stop on the Agile Expedition and, based on attendee feedback, it looks like we’re off to a great start! The recording is now available if you missed the webinar or want to watch it again.
Share on Technorati . del.icio.us . Digg . Reddit . Slashdot . Facebook . StumbleUponIf you frequently copy and paste emails into TestTrack, you may want to use the TestTrack Outlook add-in to save yourself some extra work. The add-in allows you to create new defects, requirements, requirement documents, and test cases directly from a TestTrack menu in Outlook.
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TestTrack’s built-in time tracking features make it easy to manage estimates, get updates on actual and remaining effort, and gain insight from the data about project status. You can track and report on time for specific items or across all items in a project—all directly in TestTrack. For a quick introduction to time tracking, see How TestTrack Time Tracking Works.
Use the following tips to make configuring time tracking easier. After completing some pre-work, you can easily modify projects to implement time tracking the way you want to use it and test the configuration before users start entering time.
Share on Technorati . del.icio.us . Digg . Reddit . Slashdot . Facebook . StumbleUponTestTrack includes built-in time tracking features that make it easy to manage estimates, get updates on actual and remaining effort, and gain insight from the data about project status. You can track and report on time for specific items or across all items in a project—all directly in TestTrack.
Before you configure time tracking, it is important to have a basic understanding of how it works, including the available data, how values are captured and calculated, and where you can view the data.
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We recently released version 2010.1 of TestTrack, which contains many new exciting new features. One new feature that I would like to give some love to is Item Mapping Rules. This feature will benefit users who have more than one TestTrack applications, as it allows you to configure how field values are mapped from one application to another.
Share on Technorati . del.icio.us . Digg . Reddit . Slashdot . Facebook . StumbleUponWith the release of Surround SCM 2010 & TestTrack 2010.1, the Seapine License Server now supports logging license usage events. This presents an opportunity to better understand how licenses are being used across your Surround SCM and TestTrack installation.
We’ve had the TT License Monitor tool for quite a while, but it provides a very limited set of data on floating licenses and nothing on named license usage. I’ve been excited about the new logging functionality ever since I saw the first design document, and when it was code complete I immediately put “take it for a spin” on my schedule.
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