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From: Ian Culling <ian.cull...@versionone.com>
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Date: Fri, 27 Mar 2009 08:45:48 -0700
Subject: RE: Progress bar not showing completed work
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Whether you're tracking effort or not, the progress bars will indicate prog=
ress, but need to calculate it differently.

No Effort Tracking:
If you're not tracking effort, the progress bars will display the differenc=
e between the total 'Detail Estimate' and total remaining 'To Do'.  For ins=
tance, if you have 3 tasks with a total 'Detail Estimate' of 7 (hours, for =
most people), and the total remaining 'To Do' is 3.5, the progress bar will=
 be 50% across. =20

NOTE: if you didn't enter an original Detail Estimate for your tasks, there=
's no way to track progress - this may be the issue in your case.  When you=
're entering tasks, you should enter the estimate in the 'Detail Estimate' =
field, and the 'To Do' field will auto-populate with that estimate.


With Effort Tracking:
For others listening on the thread that do track effort, the progress bars =
will display progress as a combination of total 'Done' (i.e. effort) versus=
 remaining 'To Do'.  So, if you've logged 3.5 hours of effort/done on some =
tasks, but there's a total of 3.5 hours of 'To Do' remaining, the progress =
bar will be 50% across.

I hope this helps,
Ian

-----Original Message-----
From: versionone-users@googlegroups.com [mailto:versionone-users@googlegrou=
ps.com] On Behalf Of Michael Hirsch
Sent: Friday, March 27, 2009 11:28 AM
To: versionone-users@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Progress bar not showing completed work


On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 7:41 AM, Ian Culling <ian.cull...@versionone.com> w=
rote:
>
> In addition to setting the status to whatever your final value is, you al=
so need to 'Close' (or 'Quick Close', if that's configured) Stories to ensu=
re that your release burndowns reflect that progress. =A0Closing tasks will=
 automatically zero out any remaining effort, but it will not increment eff=
ort (assuming you're tracking effort) - you still need to log the effort sp=
ent prior to closing a task out (or as part of that process).

We are not tracking effort, only work left to do.  Are you saying that
if effort isn't tracked the progress bars will show no work done?

> If you're still unclear or having issues, supp...@versionone.com can help=
 clarify - we want to ensure you get up & running as efficiently and succes=
sfully as possible.

I've sent mail to support.  Thanks,

Michael
>
> Cheers,
> Ian
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: versionone-users@googlegroups.com [mailto:versionone-users@googlegr=
oups.com] On Behalf Of grayaii
> Sent: Friday, March 27, 2009 9:28 AM
> To: VersionOne-users
> Subject: Re: Progress bar not showing completed work
>
>
> Hi David,
>
> Marking something as "done" does not modify how much time you've spent
> to accomplish a task.
> When working on a task, you have to (this is all under the "Iteration
> Tracking" tab):
> 1) Mark the task as "In progress"
> 2) Enter how much time you've spent working on the task, under
> "Effort".
> 3) Update how much remaining time you have left to complete the task.
>
> Once the task is complete, you mark the task as Complete.
> Once all the tasks are complete for the User Story, mark the User
> Story as complete.
>
> Hope this helps!
> -alex-
>
> ps. =A0For me, I update all all my time ("Effort" and "To Do") 1 or 2
> times a day :)
>
> On Mar 26, 7:08=A0pm, Michael Hirsch <mdhir...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> We're in our first iteration with VersionOne. =A0We're the first team to
>> try it--if we are successful, the rest of our teams will probably use
>> it. This means I have no one more experienced to ask questions of
>> except this list.
>>
>> I just noticed that none of the process bars show any work as being
>> completed. =A0I suspect that I'm doing something wrong.
>>
>> For instance, in the "My Work" page, my personal personal Member
>> Summary bar is all black. =A0When I mouse over it is says "Done: 0.00 To
>> Do: 3.44". =A0I had much more than 3.44 which I have done. =A0I would
>> expect something like "Done: 6.56 To Do: 3.44".
>>
>> I've marked tasks as Done, I've marked backlog items as Done. =A0I've
>> quick-close items, but nothing changes my progress bar.
>>
>> Is there another step I need =A0to do to get these progress bars working=
?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Michael
>
>
>
> >
>
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