Jim Morris

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Jira GreenHoppera game changer

• Jim Morris
• VP, Buzzillions.com

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What is Buzzillions.com
5 million product reviews
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Buzzillions Team

• south park avatars courtesy http//www.sp-studio.
  de/sp-studio.swf

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Project Management

• Ideation - Google Docs
• Day-to-day Mgmt- Jira
• Docs/Wiki - Twiki

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Buzzillions Release Cycle Basics

• Full code release every month
• 106 issues in average cycle
• 98 of work flows thru Jira
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  (even the Designer uses it)

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Lowercase agile

• Short cycles w/ daily standup
• Business owners ALWAYS work directly with
  engineers

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How GreenHopper helped 1

• How do I get the information I need for the
  beginning of the cycle?

Planning Board Cards
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Planning Board - Cards
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How GreenHopper helped 2

• How to manage the middle of the cycle?
• How to reprioritize issues QUICKLY?

Rank Drag and Drop
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Planning Board List mode
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How GreenHopper helped 3

• How do I edit many tasks quickly after weve
  assigned tasks for a cycle?

In Place Editing
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Edit a Card anywhere
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How GreenHopper helped 4

• How do I see whats left to do in a cycle?

See whats Grayed out (2 ways to see it)
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Start Testing Grayed Out Tasks
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See whats left to do (part 2)
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How GreenHopper helped 5

• How to manage the product managers?

Pivot, Pivot, Pivot
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Visualize all tasks quickly
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Jira Install Basics

• Jira version 3.11 Enterprise
• GreenHopper version 3.7 Enterprise
• Multiple Jira Projects for different business
  units
• Users for over 3 years
• Most other software is open source

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Questions?

• Jim Morris
• VP, Buzzillions.com
• jim_at_buzzillions.com
• You can download this presentation at
  http//blogs.buzzillions.com