11Product management process with Trello
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4- The product management process with [ Trello] ( http://trello.com ) spans multiple
4+ A Trello board is a software equivalent of a physical wall with columns of
5+ sticky notes. In Trello terminology, the wall is called a "board." The columns
6+ are called "lists." The sticky notes in columns are called "cards."
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8+ No two products are the same, so flexibility in the product management process
9+ is important. Trello responds well to changing the structure of the process
10+ "on the fly."
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12+ Our product management process with [ Trello] ( http://trello.com ) can span multiple
513Trello boards:
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715* Bugs
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1220![ Current] ( http://f.cl.ly/items/3H3i1M0Q1G1s2V3I433S/Screen%20Shot%202013-02-25%20at%209.08.22%20AM.png )
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22+ "Current" is an example of a board. "In Progress" is an example of a list. "Set
23+ up Splunk for logging" is an example of a card.
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1425Cards from Product Design, Bugs, Engineering boards are pulled into the Next Up
1526list on the Current board as described in the "Weekly Product Meeting" section
1627below.
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4354If a bug is labeled Critical, then it is pulled immediately into Next Up. If the
4455bug is not critical, it stays in Bugs until the next product meeting.
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46- A bug has steps to reproduce the bug and optionally a screencast.
57+ A bug has steps to reproduce the bug and optionally a screenshot or screencast.
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4859Product Design
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@@ -81,6 +92,7 @@ Hangout. They load the product on a screen, focus on recent changes to it, and
8192use the working app and Trello boards to plan the upcoming week's iteration. The
8293product manager runs the meeting like this:
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95+ * Archive the two-week old "Live (Week of [ date] )" list.
8496* Review the Product Design board. Pull what we estimate to be an appropriate
8597 amount for this week into Next Up.
8698* Re-sort the entire Next Up queue according to priority. Cards that were at the
@@ -139,5 +151,5 @@ on staging and are ready to be deployed (but not necessarily rolled out).
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140152There is no central chokepoint for releasing to production: everyone can do it.
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142- The cards in the Live (Week [ date] ) lists have been released. Each week has its
143- own Live list so we can follow what got released when.
154+ The cards in the Live (Week of [ date] ) lists have been released. Each week has
155+ its own Live list so we can follow what got released when.
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