Redmine and Scrum [closed]

StackOverflow https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1459325

  •  12-09-2019
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Question

What is the best support for Scrum in Redmine?

  • Best practices?
  • Plugin support?

All plugins I've tried are either not that active anymore and/or not up to the task of managing a major project using Scrum.

I've googled to no avail...

Was it helpful?

Solution

Scrum best practice is to avoid using too many tools.

Agile methods put individuals and interactions first. Tools aren't important. Read this page to see what the real background of scrum is: http://agilemanifesto.org/

Read this to see more about Scrum. http://www.controlchaos.com/old-site/Scrumo.htm

Note that tools aren't really necessary.

Scrum is a series of sprints (managed with a simple backlog and burndown chart).

Scrum is a daily stand-up meeting (managed with no tools at all).

OTHER TIPS

Thought I'd make mention of the Redmine Backlogs plugin again. It's been getting some TLC lately. product backlog view, taskboard view, real-time updates, reports, task colors unique to the user's preference, etc.

http://www.redminebacklogs.net

I don't really know Redmine but it looks like the Scrum Alliance Development Team has several Scrum plugins for it. Others potentially useful plugins are the Scrum dashboard plugin, the Todo Lists plugin, the Backlogs plugin but I can't say if they conflict or overlap with the Scrum Alliance plugins. This requires IMO some further investigations and testing.

My advices:

  1. If the team is collocated, don't use a web based tool, use sticky notes on a wall and a spreadsheet.
  2. If there are good reasons to use a web based tool, don't use Redmine if it's not satisfying.

You don't need a scrum tool to use redmine in a scrum way, however, it can at least help with acceptance. Redmine Backlogs isn't too bad. I have evaluated it and the product backlogs screen is a little raw, but useful. The task board is good. I recommend you take a look at it.

Redmine Backlogs

Redmine_scrummer is a plugin developed by BadrIT to facilitate scrum processes, it easy to use and follows the all practices you apply while in a scrum process i.e. scrum board, burning charts, etc..

Scrum PM is a decent, current Scrum plugin for Redmine. It's fairly basic, and the UI leaves something to be desired, but it works.

It has a Backlog where you can create stories, and a Dashboard where you can drag and drop tasks for stories through status to done.

Redmine Issues are Tasks, and Versions are Sprints. There is no strong correlation between tasks and stories, and there are a few (non-blocking) bugs, but it's the best scrum plugin for Redmine I've seen.

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