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Quickly Open Source Members In Rational
I've been using Rational to edit CLLE and RPGLE source for some years now, but if I wanted to quickly view a specific source member I would often fall back to a Client Access session, and use one of...
View ArticleGenerate Unique Barcodes Using Autohotkey
I love Macs, but unfortunately there are times that I have to use a PC, and what makes that time more bearable is an excellent program called Autohotkey. Autohotkey is a cross between Text Expander and...
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Pimp Your Trello Cards
Version 2.0 of Pimp Your Trello Cards is now available - Details here As you can probably tell from my other posts I love Trello. It looks great, is a joy to use, doesn't prescribe how you should use...
View ArticleAutomatic Trello Backups Using a Google Spreadsheet
I posted last year about backing up the Trello Boards that we were using for our Scrum backlogs. There's been a fair amount of interest in the post, and some requests for the data to not be displayed...
View ArticleUpdating Google Apps Scripts
As you can probably tell from my previous posts, I’m quite fond of using Google Apps Script as a tool for communicating with various web services, such as Trello or Jira.I’m sure that there are better...
View ArticleAdd Enhanced Workflow To Trello
About a month ago I released a Google Apps Script that allowed you to Pimp your Trello cards by automatically adding checklists, descriptions and Google Docs (based on a template card), and assigning...
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Automatically Import Jira Backlog Into Google Spreadsheet
The Scrum Guide says that the Product Owner should ensure that "the Product Backlog is visible, transparent, and clear to all, and shows what the Scrum Team will work on next". Since our Development...
View ArticleGmail Snooze Update 1.4
I had some great feedback to my original post about the Google Apps Script to snooze Gmail. One was a feature request for emails to be unsnoozed at a specified time, rather than at midnight. I thought...
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Get More Accurate Burndown Chart For Jira
When we first started scrum we used a simple Google spreadsheet to track the sprint and produce a burndown chart.This worked well until the team decided that they wanted to try using Jira - it was a...
View ArticleFlexible Trello Backup and Story Card Printing
My Trello Backup Script just got a whole lot more flexible.I've received a few requests to backup certain fields, or put particular checklists in certain columns, so in Version 2.0 I've changed the way...
View ArticleMy RPG Unit Test Journey
ApologiesBefore we get started, an apology, there is no code in this post. Not a single line. Partly because there is too much to show, but also because it's tightly coupled to the Change Management...
View ArticleTrello Backup 3.0
When I created the original Trello Backup a little over 2 years ago, it was primarily to ensure that we had a copy of our data, in the event that Trello was ever unavailable, but I've copied and...
View ArticleTrello Backup 3.1
The Trello Backup Script has been updated to version 3.1:To convert it to the new Google Sheets (which was supposed to have been done in version 3.0, but somehow wasn't!)To improve the matching between...
View ArticleTrello Import From Google Spreadsheet - V2.0
I've had a few requests to improve the Google spreadsheet that allows you to import data into Trello, and this has culminated in Version 2.0 of the spreadsheet.The new version has the following...
View ArticleTrello Backup 3.4 Supports Consumed Points
The Trello Backup Script has been updated to version 3.4.This update adds support for Consumed Points in the excellent Scrum For Trello.
View ArticleTrello Import From Google Spreadsheet - V2.2
I've updated the Trello Import spreadsheet to version 2.2 as the api it was using to create checklists is being deprecated.
View ArticleUncover More Impediments With "Retro Up"
The Scrum team I'm a member of had never been all that good at raising impediments during the Daily Stand Up - I have no idea why - I think perhaps people got fed up of saying "No impediments" so they...
View ArticleMocking In RPGLE Unit Tests
We’ve been using RPGUNIT to write unit tests for around 5 years now, and we’re constantly updating it to ensure we can get feedback on whether our code is working as quickly as possible.There are...
View ArticleNew Version (2.4) Of Trello Scrum Backlog Upload
There is a new version of my Trello Scrum Backlog spreadsheet available. It will now add lists if they don't exist, and can be used to just add empty lists to a board.If you're new to the script you...
View ArticleNew Version (1.3) Of Jira Backlog Google Sheet
There is a new version of my Jira Backlog Google Sheet available. It will now handles multi choice fields like labels correctly, and defaults to display name or name fields for fields if they exist.If...
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