Tip #16 - Meetings in Scrum
"What's up for today?" "How's the work going?" "Did you finish the overdue task?" "Why couldn't the deadline be met?" "What's our next set of plans? .......Keeps loading When it comes to work, questions are often raised. Those back-to-back meeting sessions, rushing to complete the target, preparing for the next set of goals etc. - You will not know where to focus. This is why scrum teams are always in a safe zone because they schedule meetings at every
Tip #15 - Predict the end date of your sprint
"I'm half-way through the sprint, how can I predict the end date of my sprint?" - The frequently asked question by the teams that are new to agile. Well, this post will walk you through the basic agile metrics and how Zoho Sprints helps you track the sprint progress. Your team has moved the prioritized work items from the project backlog to the sprint and the sprint has started. What's next? It's time to track its progress on a daily basis. You can track the Ideal, Actual, and Predicted progress
Benefits of upgrading your Zoho Sprints account
Hello, Do you find Zoho Sprints interesting? If yes, then it's time to upgrade your account. Before you choose to upgrade, get to know the perks. Feature availability Apart from these features we offer you enhanced experience in the existing features. Available enhancements Add unlimited projects in your team. Add 25 custom statuses for a single project. Add 5 levels of subitems. Run 5 sprints in parallel. Convert the work item type. (story to task, task to story, story to bug, bug to story,
Tip #14 - Four new enhancements that you shouldn't miss!
Hello all, We have rolled out a few enhancements in Zoho Sprints. Eager to check out what are those? Read on. Global View Lists all the work items across projects in your team. Categorizes work items in two different views: Team View - Lists all the work items across projects irrespective of the assignee. Only Admin has access to this. My View - Lists all the work items assigned to you across projects. Search for work items matching a specific criteria using the filter option. Sort the work
Tip #13 - Project Dashboard
Welcome back to our tips and tricks series! Let's explore an interesting and vibrant module - The Project Dashboard . Track progress of your projects using the widgets displayed on the dashboard. What do the widgets do? Here's an illustration that can help you understand the different types of widgets and their purpose. Take a look at our resource page for more information. Write to support@zohosprints.com if you have any queries.
Tip #12 - Reports view and export
Reports are used to track the progress of your team. They help teams to forecast progress by evaluating the performance of the team members. In Zoho Sprints, you can either view reports by estimation points or by number of work items. Choose 'View by Points' to track the number of estimation points completed. Choose 'View by Count' to track the number of work items completed. Refer our guide for more information on reports. What if you want to export the reports and charts? Yes, you can
Introduce automation to your iterations with Zoho Flow
We are delighted to announce that you can now connect your favorite project management applications and automate your workflows using Zoho Flow. The great news is, you don't have to spend your time or effort in coding complex integrations. Using Zoho Flow's drag and drop builder, you can effortlessly build customized workflows with triggers and actions. What is a Trigger? A trigger is an event that kickstarts the flow. What is an Action? An action is a task that the flow executes automatically. For
Tip #10 - 3 things to track using user profile
Hello, Are you looking for a report that tracks progress by users? Well, here's 'User Profile' that helps you track progress of the user from a single location. Track the total, completed, and pending work items and estimation points assigned to the user. Using this feature, managers can evaluate user work load and allocate resources. Velocity meter helps users evaluate their performance by tracking the progress of the completed sprints. Using this chart, managers can evaluate the performance of
Few enhancement requests for Epic feature in Zoho Sprint
Hi Zoho Team, We have started using new "Epic" feature and found it really useful. If you could plan to add following enhancements to this feature then we think that it will make it more useful. 1). Add search feature for Epics where a user can search for a particular keyword in "Epic Name" or filter Epics based on "Epic Owner". 2). Currently, there is a character limit of 50 characters in "Epic Name". Can you increase it to say 100 or more characters because sometimes it is difficult to fit Epic
We are migrating from Quickscrum, can stories have other stories as parents?
We have big stories and small stories part of the big stories. Importing our work items there is a parentid. I tried to put there the parent stories id. Still when looking for the small stories inside the big ones there is nothing. I suppose the parent id is only for tasks and bugs? Have you plan to allow to have stories as subitems from other stories?
Tip #9 - Epics in Zoho Sprints
Hello all, It's been a while since we launched 'Epics'. Hope you have explored it already. Here's a short blurb about this new feature that will help you get started with it. In Agile project management, all the requirements from the client are created as user stories and stored in the product backlog. These stories are further broken down into tasks and run across a sprint. What if the user stories are larger and cannot be accomplished in a single iteration? Instead of creating multiple user stories,
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Can you please provide a filter on "Item Type" for Swimlane filter?
Tip #8 - Velocity Chart
Hello all, We are back with an informative tip on - 'How to measure your team's performance?'. Evaluating the performance of your team on a periodic basis will help the team deliver quality outcome at the end of every iteration. Why do you need a velocity chart? In Scrum, the effort of every iteration is measured by the total number of points that the team estimates. This estimation is defined based on the effort that is required to complete the work items in the sprint. The maximum effort
Tip #7 - Scrum settings
In Zoho Sprints, right after you create a project, by default you can start only one sprint at a time and once the sprint starts you will not be able to add or move work items to it. To overcome this limitation, we have introduced "Scrum Settings" to help you with two things: Add new work items or move existing work items from the backlog to your active sprint on board. Start multiple sprints at the same time. (You can start only 5 sprints in parallel). Say, you run a big team and you've got multiple
Focus Group #1 - Epics in Zoho Sprints
Hello, everyone! As a part of our community learning series, we kick-start "Focus Groups" where you'll get a chance to have a look at a feature that's in its beta phase. "Epic" has been one of the most requested features of late. So, our first focus is on epics. Our engineering team has developed a module for Epic in Zoho Sprints and the feature is in its testing phase now. We've planned to show a small demo to the folks who register with us through this post. You can also evaluate this feature
Tip #6 - Five benefits of using export in Zoho Sprints
Hello All, We're back with a cool tip. Exporting the data and taking a backup of the work you do is very important when it comes to any business. In Zoho Sprints, you can schedule an export, view the active schedulers, and track the export history - everything in a single place! Backlog - Exporting all the work items from the backlog will help in prioritizing during the sprint plan meeting. Scrum Board - All the project members can benefit from this export. They can export their work items from
Tip #5 - Create custom work item type and priority
Every business has a bundle of requirements to be targeted and these requirements are categorized into different work item types called 'Stories', 'Tasks', and 'Bugs'. What if your business expands and you get busy handling multiple projects at the same time? Well, your requirements are mounted and you will look out for different work item types to track different types of work. In Zoho Sprints, you can create custom work item types to segregate your requirements based on the type of work you
Tip #4 - Status Timeline
This week let's have a quick understanding of the interesting enhancement in Zoho Sprints. Did you happen to see something called 'Status Timeline' in your work item details section? - Yes? - Then you are ready to know what it actually does. No? - Quickly navigate to your work item details page and click Status Timeline from the top navigation bar. What does it do? Tracks the time taken by a work item to move across statuses on the scrum board. It also helps you know the number of days the
Tip # 3- Working on the Scrum board
Continuing from our Tip #2 on leading to a sprint, let's see how to manage the work items on the Scrum board. Once you start the sprint your work items are automatically displayed on the Scrum board where you will actually manage the work items. It is a snapshot of the backlog items identified for the current sprint. The layout of the Scrum board Simply put, the scrum board is just like a physical board with sticky notes on which the work items of the active sprint are displayed. The scrum board
Import from Trello
Hi guys, great tool, thanks for adding scrum to Zoho. I currently use Trello cards, is there any chance you have a way to import those into Zoho Sprints? Ive tried a couple of different ways, but no luck so far.
Zoho Sprints kb
I'm Zoho One ID user 104897 and I'm happy to use Sprints. I'm reading the kb on https://help.zoho.com/portal/kb/zoho-sprints/scrum-guide but I have an error "Unable to process your request". Furthermore I can't create an account in help.zoho.com. how can I read all knowledge and guide? Thank you
Export Feature - Is there a way to export the backlog or Sprint into any format?
Is there a way to export the backlog or Sprint into any format?
Sprints/Projects Integration
Is there an integration between sprints and projects? Can we create projects in sprints that have due dates and milestones?
Zoho Sprints integration with Zoho Projects
Is there a way to integrate Zoho Sprints into the Zoho projects? I'm trying to avoid the need to create a separate project for each application.
Launching the API Guide for Zoho Sprints
The term "API" stands for "Application Programming Interface". It is a set of rules that help you create and integrate applications that can access the data from a different server or an application. Breaking this definition further, it is a medium for two different platforms to interact with each other without any glitches. How important is an API to a customer? APIs play a significant role in our daily routine. Right from booking a cab to one's workplace, making an online money transfer to a friend,
Zoho Invoice integration
Is there any integration with Zoho Invoice available? Or planned?
When I sign into sprints it just hangs .. I cannot create a team .. any help.
When I sign into sprints it just hangs .. I cannot create a team .. any help.
Tip#2- Leading you to a Sprint
Product Backlog After the user stories are written and finalized, they are sorted to create the Product Backlog for the project during the Backlog Grooming meeting. This is a master list of all the work items that have been identified for the project and sorted by priority. Requirements are not constant during this period.The Product Backlog is dynamic and is an ongoing process. Every user story in the Product Backlog is customer centric. The Product Backlog includes: User centric stories based on
Is it possible to bulk assign tasks?
Hi, I've created a set of tasks but did not assign users. Is it possible to assign a user to all subitems of a task? Or an easy way to bulk assign tasks to a user?
Tip #1- Why swimlanes?
Lanes define a clear path to reach your destination. In Agile, swimlane is one such concept that sets a simple and clear process of the work that you do. The concept of swimlane can be related to the pool, where the swimmers gather in their respective lanes to start off. Similar to the pool, work items are grouped in different categories. Each category is referred as a lane and is displayed in horizontal format. Swimlanes are effective in categorizing the work items with respective to specific
Why choose Agile project management?
"We still have bugs to be fixed, and we hardly have two days for the release" - The often heard scream from your project manager. What failed? Why did we slip the deadlines? Next, you queue up for the back to back meeting sessions. Proper planning and regular meet up during the process can help meet deadlines. Let's get started by understanding what's Agile and how it works. Agile is a process where you will not plan for a big deliverable, but you will break it down into smaller units and deliver
Problem during sign in through android Mobile app
I am facing during signin through mobile. it is showing some error every time I try. I uninstalled the app and reinstalled it alteast 5 times but the same problem is persisting
How does Sprints fit with together with other Zoho apps?
For example: How do you associate a Project in Sprints with an Account in ZohoCRM? How do you export billable hours in Sprints with an Invoice in Zoho Invoices? How do you sync Meetings scheduled in Sprints with Activities in ZohoCRM and Events in Office 365 and/or Google Apps?
Add "Sprint Icon Link" to Zoho Mail
Hello I use Zoho Mail and today add Zoho Sprints, every time i need go to "https://sprints.zoho.com" for login, maybe can be add the icon acces in Zoho Mail Menu apps like the other zoho apps. Thanks.
Zoho Sprints - Your team is all set to sprint ahead
Hello there, It's been a week since we launched the Zoho's only agile project management tool - Zoho Sprints. I guess you guys are loving it! Bringing agility to your team has never been this easy because you will be able to inspect, iterate, and adapt. You have a requirement; break it down into smaller units; get the work done in parallel; receive the deliverables in shorter phases called sprints. The best part of Agile is you get a chance to quickly respond to change and not stick to a fixed plan.
Is Zoho Sprints part of Zoho One
I have already subscribed to Zoho One. I would love to use Zoho Sprints. I would like to know if Zoho Sprints is part of the package ?