So I’ve gotten really used to the idea of thinking in terms of individual stories/tasks when I work, and I like the visual cue of a task board. I haven’t been able to convince everyone that this is the best idea yet, so I’m leading by example. Here’s a shot of my “personal task board” that I have in my workspace.

Personal Taskboard

You can see several columns from right to left: NR (not ready/undefined), Rdy (ready to implement), WiP (work currently in progress), and Done. The tasks are written on individual sticky notes with a description, the ID number from our defect tracking system (if any), and the product release it is assigned to (if any). They’re assorted roughly in priority order with higher priority items towards the top of the board.

posted on March 23rd, 2009 at 11:14 am

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