Scrum and Fogbugz [closed]

Answer 1

Check out the new version of FogBugz. There is a blog article here which summaries the improvements to support Scrum. We use it and it works well for us.

http://www.fogcreek.com/FogBugz/blog/post/Scrum-Friendly-Features.aspx

Answer 2

The open source tool trac has a FogBugz integration, and for the Scrum part you can use Agilo for Scrum, which is based on trac and supports Scrum comprehensively.

Answer 3

We use Scrumworks and JIRA.

SCRUM doesn't really cover how you implement QA/QC procedures, part of agile is being able to define, improve, iterate processes.

Answer 4

After using FOGBUGZ and JIRA for agile, i have decided that neither tool is really ideal to support the model. Can you get either to work. Yes. JIRA is actually a little better because of the ability to customize more (Create user stories, etc) But if you really want your team in SCRUM mode, you need to have everyone looking at a burndown chart and everyone looking at a backlog and i think you should look at tools like SCRUMWORKS. The basic version is free and it will give you what you want. Use JIRA and Fogbugz for what they were meant to do, keep track of bugs and requests but not be a full SCRUM management tool.'

Update: You can use Greenhopper plugin to JIRA which is a little better to support agile projects.

Answer 5

We had been using FB for a long time, but recently started formalizing our use of Scrum.

Found the following things PRETTY helpful:

1. Used a tag for each Scrum sprint.
2. The sprint tag is entered into each FB case in that sprint.
3. We have a Wiki called "Scrum Sprint Reports"
4. Within that Wiki, we add an article for each new sprint (we have them by weeks). That article has the same tag as that of the sprint.

Then, the following things help:

Firstly, if you simply search by the tag, you will find: all cases and the specific Wiki article (which even in headline view will show you the goals)

Secondly, we create two filters: one filter for showing the cases of that scrum in a list view, and second filter for showing cases open/closed in a pie chart. As you go through the week, you hope to have eaten more of the pie.

The only thing that I don't like about this is that I have to modify my two filters every Friday, but at least TGIF.

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PS: Just feel like mentioning that FB Wiki Editor is better than one in 7.0, but really should be versioned 0.8. It is at least 2 editions away from being something stable.