VIDEO: The Best Agile Software For Any Team

if you work on an agile team you probably learned pretty quickly that trying to manage and plan your sprints using spreadsheets is basically zero fun but thankfully when it comes to agile software tools there are so many options to choose from so let's take a look at a few hey agile developers i'm meredith and in this video we're going to be checking out five different agile software tools that your team can utilize in order to stay organized flexible and informed first up is jira software a top-rated tool from atlassian jira software is made specifically for agile teams and comes with customizable views like scrum boards kanban boards and roadmaps the tool also offers agile reports like sprint reports and burn up charts indira software integrates in with the atlassian marketplace where you can download apps for like it service management and time tracking and monitoring the standout feature here is definitely the product roadmaps which lets you plan out the entire scope of your software development project but in the same token some users are reporting that they find their reports to be a little basic and they're looking for some more complex features like velocity and process discovery next up we have asana asana lets you see project tasks and different views like lists timelines and kanban boards portfolios burn up charts and workloads provide top level visibility and there are templates for bug tracking where you can add your own custom fields asana integrates with slack and github and there's a rest api for everything else asana's standout feature is automations it provides you a list of recommended rules or you can create your own custom rules this is great for auto assigning tasks to team members and preventing bottlenecks there's a lot to like about asana but it's not the best for bug and issue tracking you can use the forms feature to intake these types of requests from other team members but currently asana doesn't support adding a bug or issue id or adding a priority level to tasks now we're looking at target process which is a powerful agile software tool this tool also offers kanban boards and progress tracking just like jiren asana but it also includes custom dashboards workflows terms and rules reporting is great for agile teams with portfolio reports like horizon budget guardrails burn down charts and solutions by horizon the system features an idea intake form and tight security for cloud on-prem and private cloud hosting the standout feature for target process is the service desk feature it works for both internal and external support so you can keep both your co-workers as well as your customers happy however one drawback of target process is that it can be a little overwhelming to new users it's a super robust system that gives users a lot of control which is great but it can take a little more upfront training to get up and running with your team activecollab is a project management software built specifically for dev teams it probably has the cleanest user interface of any of the other tools on this roundup and it offers advanced task management you can view your tasks in different views like lists kanban and gantt charts it also plays nicely with other tools it has apis and web hooks and integrations with other platforms like dropbox and google drive slack quickbooks and paypal the most exciting feature about activecollab is the built-in time tracking and invoicing tools this is especially useful for software development agencies that need to build their clients one downside of activecollab is that some users report that it can be a little buggy with unreliable uptime for various features last but certainly not least let's look at zoho projects you may know zoho from their budget-friendly top performing software products and zoho projects is no different this system works well for agile teams with task management bug tracking milestone tracking and advanced reporting the milestone tracking is especially useful for keeping up with all those code variations zoho projects also comes with some gamification features which encourages just a little friendly competition between your colleagues and it also integrates seamlessly with all the other zoho products while this isn't really a feature the standout note about zoho projects is the value while other agile tools can become expensive zoho projects stays relatively inexpensive while still packing a mean punch and being a solid product while the system works really well zoho projects is not winning many points for their slick design the graphical interface looks a little dated which can impact user experience when you're first getting started alright guys that ends this roundup of five different agile software tools ultimately the best tool is going to be the one that works the best for the individuals on your team so i hope this gave you a really good starting point when you're thinking those through for more project management 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