Questions tagged [features]
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PI Planning and user stories without features
In our project we have features containing stories and some standalone stories which have no binding to features at all. For example it can be story for adding one new column in report.
For feature we ...
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How to document and reference features in the backlog
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During user research phases I document user needs as user stories. Then we brainstorm high-level solutions before it's time to turn them into real features.
I'm having trouble referencing the ...
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Should I close very old feature requests
Our product backlog contains 1000s of feature requests. Some of these are 5 or more years old and have not had any updates since they were first raised.
My colleague argues that these are still valid ...
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What is the best practice for combining a pull request-based workflow with QA testing feedback in Azure DevOps?
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I am a developer in a large software development company. We have a git workflow where we have master which is our main branch, which is supposed to be stable. Everything that goes into it ...
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When T-Shirt sizing Epics, should the size be based on 1 person's capacity or the teams capacity?
My company wants the team to estimate (via t-shirt sizes) Features/Epics. When we attempt to do this, I often get asked "is this estimate based on 1 person or the entire team working on the ...
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User Story Mapping - How to show a feature that is across multiple themes?
I am trying to wrap my brain around how to present/show the common features in user story mapping template.
Currently I have it as its own theme, but at same time it makes sense to break the feature ...
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How should you track small Incremental Pieces of Work?
In my team, we often complete an MVP feature, i.e. MVP for Authentication. It has all the stuff it needs to be compliant and work, and meets the definition of done.
Then somewhere down the line, ...
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How to build a feature backlog bottom up
Does anyone have any experience with bottom up product management? Essentially getting their teams to decide on the features and the direction of product?
In most of my previous teams - product ...
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Does it make sense to test business functionality before doing a code review?
Currently, we have a feature branch development environment. Features are specified as stories that each developer takes on. Once a feature is done on a feature branch, a pull request for said feature ...
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In an Azure DevOps work item Excel file, how do I assign parent without having to see closed siblings?
I'm using the "Teams" tab provided by MS in Excel to add repeating Azure DevOps User Stories (US), i.e. work that needs to be done every sprint (don't ask). This seems to be the recommended approach ...
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Bug Vs Feature Development
Not sure if this has already been discussed, if yes please point me out appropriately.
I am a Product manager in at a software firm. We are developing a mobile application. We are developing 2 ...
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Blocked due to a dependency [closed]
If a feature to be developed in a sprint is blocked due to a dependency, how do you handle it as a PO?
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How can we decide if a story is a feature or just an internal change?
We have a story where we want to have uniformity across our product suite by using a same jar file across three products. Consider it as an add-on to the original product, and as of today we have ...
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Correct Work Item Hierarchy in Azure Dev Ops
We are currently switching from our so-and-so somewhat agile management approach to Scrum and I as a developer have a hard time understanding, what comes first in Azure DevOps as the top level item.
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Should the Product Owner (PO) or Software Engineer Own the Feature Item?
We are using Visual Studio Team Services (VSTS) to manage work items. VSTS uses a hierarchy of Epic -- Feature -- User Story -- Task. It is clear that the individual software engineer owns a 'user ...
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How should I control a programming project's progress?
We have a startup and it is our first experience. We want to create a mobile application and its website implementation.
We have 3 main parts:
Mobile application
Website application
A server that ...
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Should we encourage a team member adding a feature on his own?
Recently I had a colleague that implemented a feature without being in the plan or discussed in detail but on his own time during the weekend.
The feature was discussed briefly, it is a technical ...
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Reopen an epic after a feature request?
You are developing a software based on various modules. Each module is considered an Epic in JIRA. When the module is accepted by the client, the PM closes the Epic. After some time the client demands ...
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Should I have user stories dealing with the case where user is not authenticated?
In my software, a lot of services expect user to be authenticated before performing.
In positive scenarios, I have this kind of context:
Given I am authenticated
When I create meeting X
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Could my sprint unit be a scenario instead of a feature? (Gherkin terms)
My team's Business Analyst and I have written some Gherkin files describing user stories of our new project.
As usual, a Gherkin file is composed of one feature, itself detailed through one or ...
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What are the different approaches and how frequent to prioritize the backlog? [closed]
What are different aspects of a PBIs (Product Backlog Items), or generally speaking features, would you take into consideration for prioritizing the backlog? risk, ROI, time to market, cost of delay, ...
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User's of VersionOne - How do you handle requests that impact a current Epic/Product?
Currently, my effort has a few Epics in flight. One of the Epic's is servicing or enhancing a product in production. We are starting to use the request feature in VersionOne to intake these ...
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Organizing testing in a Scrum(ish) development project
First: I'm trying this forum, even though this is more a test management than project management question. The test/QA exchange seems to be focused on technical, hands-on test questions and issues.
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Where should I keep track of open items from previous sprints?
I have been throwing "things that team will do later" (TTWDL) into the product backlog along with product functionality to be implemented. Needless to say it is now long and full of bugs/ tasks from ...
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