Project & Story Management

This page covers the essential features of Velocity Tracker, including project management, velocity tracking, GitHub integration, and user roles & permissions.

1. Click "New Project" to create one on the dashboard.

2. Enter a Project Name and click Create Project.

3. Set your default iteration length (e.g., 1 or 2 weeks). 

4. Click Create Project.

When you first create your Project, the velocity points are set to 10pt. More about Velocity Tracking.

1. Navigate to your Project Backlog.

2. Click "Add Story" and enter a short description.

3. Choose a Story Type:

   • Feature

   • Chore 

   • Bug

   • Release

4. Assign the story to a team member.

5. Set Story Points (Unestimated, 0, 1, 2, 4, 8) to estimate effort.

6. Click Save to add it to the backlog.

• Feature – New functionality.

• Chore – Maintenance or infrastructure work.

• Bug – Fixing an issue.

• Release – Milestone marker to track progress toward concrete goals (e.g., stakeholder or investor demos, software launches, etc.).

Each story moves through the following workflow and [button showing]:

• Unstarted → The story is in the backlog and not yet active. [Start]

• Started → The story is being worked on. [Finish]

• Finished → Development is complete. [Deliver]

• Delivered → The story is ready for review. [Accept] [Reject]

• Accepted → The story has been reviewed and approved. (Move to Done)

• Rejected → The story needs further changes. [Start]