This is a mind map of the main features (current and future) of XPlanner ![]()
Planning
Story elaboration/workflow
- Story owner changes during its lifecycle: Customer/BizAnalysist->Dev->Tester->EndUser/UAT). This could be done by attaching a state to the story:
State
Owner
Draft
Biz
Defined
Biz->Dev
Estimated
Dev->Biz
Planned
Biz->Dev
Implemented
Dev->Tester
Verified
Tester->EndUser
Accepted
- Story ATs must be better expressed. Most people are using free form text in the description to capture acceptance tests. If ATs were better expressed semantically, we could
- Enable linking (from a test tool like Fitnesse),
- Extract status from a continuous integration tool that would run the ATs and automatically complete a story that passes all ATs.
- Track "scope creep" by bumping back to Defined the state of an Estimated story if the ATs were modified (maybe shooting an email to the tracker/developer).
- Estimation validation through comparaison: using google suggest type async search, provide a popup with stories of similar estimate.
Release planning
- Add the notion of Release
- Allow easy (re)assignment of stories to iterations
- Tracking of iteration budget
- Release big visible charts (burn down, velocity)
- Prioritization (Value+Risk/Cost)
Iteration planning
- Better reordering and re-assignment of stories
- Velocity calculation
- Tracking of iteration/developer budget
References
- Mike Cohn's upcoming Agile Estimating and Planning book
- AgilePlanner
Tracking
Integration
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7 Comments
Hide/Show CommentsMay 26, 2005
Anonymous
We really need a a way for our grand boss to get a summary of all projects, their iterations and the state of the stories. Call it a master burndown and summary.
So far we've used SOAP to provide a summary page (we had to or we wouldn't be allowed to use it) but its pretty crusty.
Oct 17, 2005
Anonymous
What I am looking for is a tool that can keep stories, tasks, and acceptance tests all in one place. How hard would it be to add acceptance tests to XPlanner?
Oct 18, 2005
Jacques Morel
This sounds interesting. Would you care to elaborate a little more. You could create an issue and describe what you have in mind in it. Read how to file an issue
May 16, 2006
Anonymous
Hi guys,
At one point, I found the mind map for the future features. I no longer have that file and can't find it on the net. Can you point me to it?
Merci!
plaplante@vanteon.com
Sep 14, 2006
Sanika Zee
We really need some kind of a summary report for a project across iterations and also across related projects. This will be real help. Are there any plans on this?
Aug 05, 2007
Parthasarathy Gopalakrishnan
what is the mind mapper tools used? Looks neat, would love to use the same.
Aug 06, 2007
Jacques Morel
The mind mapper tool I used is MindManager from Mindjet.