Agile Project Management: Comparing Agile Tools

Explore the strengths and weaknesses of different agile software tools, including Microsoft Excel, Atlassian JIRA, Trello, Microsoft Azure DevOps, and GitLab.

Introduction

• How to evaluate agile tools
• What you should know
• Remember agile values

1. Staying Lightweight with Microsoft Excel

• See the benefits of Excel
• How to create a spreadsheet backlog
• Ways to show the team's progress

2. Plugging into Atlassian Jira

• Log into Jira
• How to build a Jira backlog
• Set up team sprints
• Create tasks from user stories
• Configure your task board
• Use epics to group your stories
• Complete Jira sprint
• Summary of Jira

3. Collaborating with Trello Cards

• Log in to Trello
• Create a product backlog with Trello cards
• What to put on your Trello cards
• How to prioritize cards on your board
• Plan out your sprint
• Break user story cards into tasks
• Track cards across the board
• Close out boards at the end of a sprint

4. Going Big with Microsoft Azure

• An overview of Azure DevOps
• Create an Azure DevOps account
• Select the scrum process
• Start an Azure product backlog
• Organize Azure stories on a backlog board
• Add Azure stories to sprints
• Create Azure tasks for the sprint task board
• Track progress with Azure dashboard

5. Embracing Open Source with GitLab

• The GitLab download and initial install
• Set up GitLab groups to mirror your organization
• List GitLab stories on a backlog board
• Add labels to keep track of GitLab stories
• Prioritize GitLab stories in the backlog
• Set up GitLab sprint milestones
• Add tasks to GitLab User Stories
• Use a wiki page to run GitLab retrospective
• The benefits of open source GitLab

Conclusion

• Tools needed to support the agile mindset