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Questions tagged [tracking]

This tag should be used to questions about observing project metrics for deviations from plan.

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Would gamification increase employee engagement with time tracking?

A typical difficulty in implementing time tracking in companies is that employees are rarely engaged with time tracking tasks, seeing them as a waste of time. I'm wondering if a gamification approach to time tracking would help, or if it's possible…
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What are some commonly tracked metrics in Kanban?

I'm currently working with a development group that has a variety of project management approaches. They use a Kanban board for tracking work with a constantly re-prioritized backlog, they have iterations and a burn-down chart like scrum, and they…
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Individual accountability on agile projects

My organization has been doing waterfall for many years, but we are dipping our toes in the agile pond currently. So far we have had a couple successful projects using agile so everyone is gung ho about it. However, upper management has some…
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What time tracking / time management software do you use?

I made a few searches for such a question and I did not discover any. So... have you tried implementing and actively using a software that is tracking employees time spent on different assignments? If so, could you please refer me to some useful…
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Do you track the cause of bugs?

I was thinking of tagging resolved cases by their (probable) cause, e.g. incomplete feature specification last-minute fix after test typo ... Maybe common causes might show up in this, so we get feedback and take precise steps to prevent these. Or…
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What are best practices for bug tracking?

I was looking for some information on bug tracking best practices, but the Google search on this topic wasn't as helpful as I wished; I mainly found about software issues such as writing good bug reports, however I found two great discussions on…
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Should a Scrum team formally track daily commitments?

Should a Scrum team be tracking the daily commitments each team member makes during the Daily Scrum? We write them down in a kind of a mini task manager, and then we mark them as done during the work day. Is there any benefit to this process? Or is…
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Is there a clear benefit to separating "issues" from "tasks" when working in larger teams?

Is there a clear benefit to separating issue from task when working in larger teams? When working with sizable teams of developers in addition to a number of external clients, QA, and any other form of testers for the development of a software…
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Can bug trackers be used for tracking tasks other than programming?

I work as an electrical engineer, and sometimes when work gets busy (read: most of the time) there are so many various tasks and things to remember to take care of later that it can get difficult to track. In the past I've tried using a notebook,…
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How can I track team member utilization across a range of projects?

I have a fixed-sized team (with fixed-hours) and products, more than the team can handle. At any given time, while my resources are working on one product, requests keep flowing in about work on other products--most of them with conflicting…
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Communicating weekly goals amid uncertainty

If a project's inherent uncertainty prevents accurate planning or resourcing of task effort more than a month into the future, how can project managers best communicate, coordinate, and track employees' progress on a weekly basis without this…
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Software for task tracking

I'm remotely managing a team of about 10 persons, and it becomes difficult to track every task and its status. I'm looking for a solution for task tracking. There are already a few of such applications which seem to respond to my…
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How to manage very small, easy tasks in Agile?

Let's say you have a bug on your website. Your developer needs to fix some CSS or something. He estimates it will take him one minute to fix. What is the best way to manage these kinds of tasks? Do you create a User Story for it and create a task…
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How often should risk management be analysed and tracked?

I have analysed the possible risks of my project, and I do intend to get back to them from time to time and make sure that the project is safe. I am trying to figure out how often I should check them, trying to avoid risks as much as possible, while…
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What should I do in my weekly updates to project plans

Project plans don't update themselves, sadly. So I'm trying to figure out what I need to do to keep them up to date. I can update work complete as tasks get done, but what should I be doing to ensure that we're on schedule according to the plan?
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