HPE Agile Manager

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HPE Agile Manager
SoftwareVersion:2.55
On Premise User Guide
DocumentReleaseDate:October2016|SoftwareReleaseDate:October2016
OnPremiseUserGuide
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Contents
HPEAgileManager 1
Gettingstarted 10
What'sNew–AgileManager2.55 10
Sprintscopechangereport 11
Storyboardenhancements 11
Featureboardenhancements 12
Hideirrelevantreleasesinreleaselistsandfilters 12
Administrationenhancements 13
API enhancements 13
Additionalenhancements 14
Newlysupportedversions 14
AgileManagerlifecycles 14
Releaselifecycle 15
Backlogitemlifecycle 17
Basicsandgridactions 20
QuickActions(Ctrl+1) 20
Watchbacklogitems 21
Mailnotifications 22
Importbacklogitems 22
Prepareabacklogimportfile 23
ImportthebacklogitemsintoAgileManager 23
Importguidelines 23
Fieldsandvalidations 25
Exportbacklogitems 29
Rankthebacklog 29
Createagroupstory 31
Breakauserstory 32
Browsegroupstories 32
Gridactions 32
Edititems 36
Inlineediting 36
Editinformlayout 36
Updatemultipleitemssimultaneously 37
QuickActions 38
Detailsview 38
Userrolesandpermissions 43
Indexofactions 47
Backlogitemactions 47
Dashboardactions 52
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Taskactions 52
Sprintclosureactions 53
Defectmanagementactions 54
Favoriteactions 54
Draganddropactions 54
Gridactions 55
Helpactions 55
Supportedbrowsersandresolutions 56
MigratetoAgileManager 56
Userhelp 62
Dashboardandanalysistools 62
Commonlyusedwidgets 65
Productbacklog 77
Applicationinheritance 78
Workwithapplications 79
Planandtrackthemes 81
ConfigureWSJF settingsandsetupyourgrid 81
Addthemes 81
Prioritizethemes 81
Setstorypoints 82
Attachadocumenttoatheme 82
Associateathemewithapplications 82
Drilldowntoatheme'sfeatures 82
Trackthemeprogress 83
Planandtrackfeatures 83
Setup: ConfigureWSJF settingsandsetupyourgrid 83
Step1–Defineafeature 84
Step2–Prioritizefeatures 84
Step3–Setstorypoints 84
Step4–Plantorelease 84
Step5–Managefeaturelifecycle 85
Step6–Analyzefeatureprogress 85
Step7–Splitfeature 86
UsetheFeatureBoard 86
Whatdoyouwanttodo? 88
Prioritizethemesandfeatures 91
Rankingthemesandfeatures 91
PrioritizingbyWSJFcomponents 92
Buildtheproductbacklog 93
Definethemesandfeatures 93
Createandmanagebacklogitems 93
Planarelease 95
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Releaseplanningprerequisite 95
Planfeaturestoarelease 95
Planbacklogitemstoarelease 96
Understandingthereleasebucket 96
Balancingreleaseandsprintworkloads 97
Setsprintvelocities 97
Setstorypoints 98
Planreleaseandsprintbacklogs 98
Breakauserstory 99
Howtoincreasethesprintandreleasecapacity 100
Archivebacklogitems 100
Synchronizedarchiveditems 101
Productbacklogreference 102
Applications 102
Themes 102
Features 103
Backlogitems 103
Userstories 103
Groupeduserstories 104
Defects 104
Tasks 104
ProductbacklogQ&A 105
Q&A–Themes 105
Q&A–Features 106
Q&A–Backloggrid 107
Q&A–Releaseplanning 109
Releasemanagement 110
Managethereleasebacklog 110
Usetheplanningboard 113
Planteamsprints 115
PlansprintsontheReleaseBacklogpage 115
PlanthereleasewiththePlanningBoard 116
Analyzearelease 116
ReleaseBacklogpagewidgets 116
ReleaseManagerdashboard 116
ALI analysis 118
ALI:Analyzereleasequality 118
ALI:Analyzeapplicationquality 119
Sprintmanagement 121
Prepareforasprint 122
UsetheTaskBoard 125
Trackandanalyzethesprint 129
Sprintretrospectivetools 129
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Dailysprinttracking 129
Splitauserstory 130
Whathappenswhenyousplitauserstory? 131
SprintScopeChangereport 132
Sprintretrospectiveandclosure 134
Kanbanstoryboard 136
Setthestoryboardmode 138
Storyboardmode—detailedcomparisons 139
Customizethestoryboard 140
Storyboardlanes 140
Storyboardrules 141
Cycletimemeasurement 141
Statusmapping 142
Usethestoryboard 143
Yourfirstvisit 143
Defectmanagement 145
Analyzedefects 148
Developmentmonitoring 148
ALIdevelopmentplug-ins 149
ALIusernotifications 150
Analyzebuildtrends 150
Viewbuildreport 153
Reviewabuildrangereport 154
Analyzesourcecodetrends 155
Browsethesourcecodelibrary 157
Viewchangesetdetails 159
ALIQ&A 160
TipsandTricks 161
Navigation 162
Content 163
Drag&Drop 163
Dashboard 164
Gridactions 165
HelpCenter 166
Configuration 167
Configuresitesettings 168
Manageworkspaces 169
Definesiteusers 169
Viewlicenseusagestatistics 173
Configureworkspacesettings 173
Configurepreferencesandnotifications 174
Workspacepreferences 174
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Workspacenotifications 176
Configuretemplates 176
Defineworkspaceusers 177
Defineapplications 180
Configurecustomandrequiredfields 180
Whatdoyouwanttodo? 181
Managecustomfields 181
Maximumnumberofcustomfields 182
Customfieldtypesandvalues 184
Trackcustomfieldsovertime 184
Movesite-levelcustomfieldstospecificworkspaces 184
Definerequiredfields 185
Configureteamsandreleases 187
Manageworkspaceteams 188
Configurereleases 189
Configurereleasesprints 191
Manageteamsforarelease 192
Configureteamsettings 194
Configurefeatureworkflow 197
Customizeyourfeaturestatuses 198
Suggesteddefinitionsfordefaultfeaturestatuses 199
ConfigureALIintegrations 199
ALItroubleshooting 201
ALIsupportedenvironmentsandframeworks 203
Buildsystemintegration 205
SetupTFSforALI 206
HPEALITFSServicesinstallation 206
SetupHudson/JenkinsforALI 208
HPEALIHudson/Jenkinspluginconfiguration 209
Addandeditbuildservers 210
Addandeditbuildconfigurations 213
SCMsystemintegration 214
Defaultcommitpatterns 215
SCMagents 215
SupportedOperatingSystemsforSCM Agents 216
SCM AgentDownloadandInstallation 216
Addandeditrepositories 216
Configurethelinksforanexternalrepositoryviewer 225
Addandeditbranches 227
Viewthesynchronizationlog 230
Force.comintegration 230
PrerequisitesforForce.comandALI 231
Projectdeployment,testing,andreportgeneration 231
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Hudson/JenkinsForce.comconfiguration 233
ALIExtensibility 234
DeployyourcustomALIplugin 234
APIintegration 235
Generalresources 235
Uniqueresources 235
ObtainclientdetailsforAPIaccess 237
APIauthentication 239
Getatokenmanually 239
Accesstokenresource 241
GETqueryspecifications 242
Queries 242
Pagination 244
Fields 245
Ordering(Sorting) 246
APIexceptions 246
Glossary 248
SendUsFeedback 252
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Gettingstarted
Getting started
AgileManagerisaprojectmanagementsolutionthatenablesyoutoplan,executeandtrackAgile
projects.
Definereleasetimelines,sprints,andteams.
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Createyourproductbacklog,prioritizeandassignit,andtrackyourdevelopmentprocess.
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Usethedashboardtogainvisibilityandinsightintoyourprocessandfindwaystoimproveit.
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NewtoAgileManager?Getstartedinthefollowingareas:
"AgileManagerlifecycles"onpage14takeyouthroughthelifecycleofareleaseoraspecificbacklog
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item,withlinksformoredetailselsewhereintheHelpCenter.
Browsethroughthe"Basicsandgridactions"onpage20sectionforsomebasicactionscommonly
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usedwithbacklogitems.
l FromeachpageinAgileManager,selectHelp on ThisPagefromthe Helpmenuontheupperright
totakeyoutotherelevanthelpcentertopic.
ThesetopicsarefoundthroughouttheHelpCenter,suchasinthe"Productbacklog"onpage77,
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"Releasemanagement"onpage110,"Sprintmanagement"onpage121,andDashboardsections.
l Fromthe HelpmenuinAgileManager,youcanalsoshoworhideproductcalloutsthatcanhelp
findyourwaythroughAgileManager.
Teammember?WatchourBuildtheproductbacklogvideo.
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Planningandtrackingreleases?WatchourReleaseplanningandtrackingvideo.
UsingthenavigationheadergivessometipsaboutgettingaroundAgileManager.
See also:
l "What'sNew–AgileManager2.55"below
l "Detailsview"onpage38
l "Indexofactions"onpage47
l "Supportedbrowsersandresolutions"onpage56
l "MigratetoAgileManager"onpage56
What's New – Agile Manager 2.55
ThistopicdescribesthefeaturesthatwereintroducedorenhancedinAgileManager2.55.
Inthistopic:
"Sprintscopechangereport"onthenextpage
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"Storyboardenhancements"onthenextpage
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"Featureboardenhancements"onpage12
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"Hideirrelevantreleasesinreleaselistsandfilters"onpage12
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