We've more or less standardized on Mingle for larger teams practicing Scrum (with estimation, story status tracking and velocity tracking). It's a fine tool and we'll likely use it for some time to come (we're currently in the process of getting our internal install moved to a version hosted by ThoughtWorks, pro bono). That said, it's good to continually look at 100% open alternatives, and at how our workflows can be more cleanly integrated.
With that in mind, I want to highlight a tool developed by Mozilla using the Bugzilla API and the "whiteboard" field in Bugzilla: http://scrumbu.gs/ It basically allows you to visualize a project's sprints and burndown rate. The estimation data is handled in the whiteboard field of the associated bugs. Not all teams use it, but I was surprised by the level of adoption poking around the different teams -- it seems to at least have caught on somewhat across the org. Here's an example of an iteration: http://scrumbu.gs/t/firefox-metro/iteration---16/ This _is_ pretty hackish, and doesn't offer the kind of backlog management / story tracking that Mingle does, but at least provides one piece of the puzzle if we wanted to use BZ exclusively. Erik -- Erik Möller VP of Engineering and Product Development, Wikimedia Foundation _______________________________________________ teampractices mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/teampractices
