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Overview

Workflow for managing implementation and support projectsAt New Verve, we are big fans of simplicity. Complexity provides excess and unnecessary stress.

This workflow is useful for software projects where ongoing increments and quick wins are released to production.

Workflow

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is why for operational tasks, we keep things simple and only have two workflows with minimal statuses:

  1. one for initiatives and epics
  2. one for everyday tasks

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Workflows

Epic and Initiative

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Operational Tasks

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Workflow configuration

Post functions

Post functions carry out additional processing after a transition is executed.

We advise that the following post functions are added to the workflow:

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Start StatusEnd StatusTransitionPost Function
AllBacklogBacklogUpdate Issue Field: Resolution = cleared
AllResolvedResolvedUpdate Issue Field: Resolution = Fixed; Remaining Estimate = 0
ClosedAwaiting SignoffAwaiting signoffUpdate Issue Field: Resolution = Fixed
AllClosedClosedUpdate Issue Field: Resolution = Done; Remaining Estimate = 0

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titlePrerequisites

The following resolutions need to be setup:

ResolvedResolved

The Remaining Estimate of the issue will be set to 0

AllTo DoTo DoThe Resolution of the issue will be cleared.
AllIn ProgressIn ProgressThe Resolution of the issue will be cleared.
ResolvedIn ReviewIn ReviewThe Resolution of the issue will be cleared.
ResolvedBacklogBacklogThe Resolution of the issue will be cleared.

Transition screens

TransitionStart StatusEnd StatusScreenFields to add
ResolvedAllResolvedScreen to capture information about the closureResolution