Elena Pishkova & Anastasia Bartasheva
7 tips for releasing on a Friday afternoon: YouTrack to the rescue
#1about 3 minutes
Preparing for Friday releases with the right tools
Successful releases, even on a Friday, depend on thorough preparation and using a project management tool to mitigate common risks.
#2about 2 minutes
Document all discussions in a knowledge base
Writing down meeting minutes and decisions in a shared knowledge base ensures the entire team is synchronized and avoids misunderstandings.
#3about 3 minutes
Customize your tools and automate repetitive tasks
Adjust your project management tool to fit your team's process and automate routine tasks like creating sub-tasks for a new release.
#4about 4 minutes
Integrate development tools for a single source of truth
Connect your IDE, version control system, and build server to your issue tracker to centralize all code changes and development context.
#5about 2 minutes
Centralize team communication within the issue tracker
Keep all discussions and approvals within public issue threads rather than private messages to maintain visibility and a shared context for the team.
#6about 3 minutes
Visualize release progress with agile boards
Use agile boards to get a clear overview of all tasks, track their status, identify bottlenecks, and use the board as a final checklist before release.
#7about 3 minutes
Use Gantt charts for effective release planning
Plan your release timeline using a Gantt chart to account for task dependencies, team capacity, and fixed deadlines to predict the final delivery date.
#8about 3 minutes
Collect and analyze metrics to improve future releases
Track key metrics like time statistics and issue distribution on a dashboard to learn from each release and make future planning more efficient.
#9about 7 minutes
Q&A on centralizing communication and tool integrations
The speaker answers audience questions about migrating to a single source of truth in existing projects and YouTrack's integration capabilities with test management systems and IDEs.
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