Introduction to Zoho Sprints
Topics covered in this article
This article covers Zoho Sprints, the Zoho app used to work with projects that are developed based on agile frameworks.
Who is this article for?
All employees.
Prerequisites
Before proceeding, ensure you:
- Have access to Zoho Sprints. You can access the app directly by typing sprints.zoho.com in any web browser
Working with Zoho Sprints
As soon as you access Zoho Sprints, you will see, to the left, a menu that gives you access to all the projects and related sprints options:
From here, you can select a project or create a new one, by clicking on the "All" section and then on "Create":
Define all required information. When the project is ready, you will have to work with the following elements:
1. Project: this is the main working area. For Rimova HK, this is the equivalent to your job's position
2. Sprint: this is a time-limited event. You will be using sprints to represent your working week
3. Releases: this are objetives that you want to achieve during a spring
4. Histories / tasks: these are specific actions you have to finish in order to complete a release
Sprints
When working with Sprints, you can start by creating your sprints, which are the working weeks. To do this, select the project [1], make sure you are located in the backlog tab [2] and click the arrow next to the "Create" button, to add a new sprint [3]:
Now, enter the basic information and press "Create":
Bear in mind that you can assign a name, a sprint owner (the person that's going to be working on it) and the start date and end date. At any time, you can start a sprint to tell Zoho Sprints that you are going to start working in those week activities:
Specify the dates and click the "Start" button:
From the board, you can click on any task to check its information:
From here, you can make changes to the status, dates, people assigned, etc:
Also, you can use the upper tab to add a description, comments, attachments, log hours, create subitems, checklists and so on:
Releases
Releases are weekly goals that we define to guide the work through the week. To create a new release, click the "Release" menu and then "Create":
Now, enter all required information, including the name of the release, the goal, the start and release date, and the stage. Press "Create" when ready:
Once the release is created, you can click on it to access more details:
From here, you can see information related to the release: details, dashboard, comments, etc. Also, from here, you can add tasks that you need to complete in order for the release to be finished:
Now, enter all the required information:
Enter the item name, add it to the appropriate sprint, assign it to your user, change the status, start and finish date and, also, ensure to change the "Item type" to "Task". Once done, press "Create".
The progress of the release will update automatically It as the status of tasks changes to "Done":
Click on the name of a task to access more of it's details:
You can change the details, the status, description, comments, attachments, etc.
Additional resources
Please check the related video as it illustrates with more detail this information:
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