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edward replied on December 01, 2008 02:20 to the question "Can't unstart wrongfully started stories." in Pivotal Labs:

You can unstart stories by "opening" the story (i.e. clicking the black caret on the left of the story title) and using the "state" pulldown (4th pulldown from the top). Change the state to "unstarted". Once it's unstarted, you can drag it back in the icebox, or wherever else you like.

edward replied on November 18, 2008 22:02 to the idea "API - state change dates" in Pivotal Labs:

This doesn't answer your question directly, but have you seen Tracker's progress report?

http://www.pivotaltracker.com/reports...

It lets you do what I think you're looking for.

edward replied on November 09, 2008 21:46 to the question "Is there a demo project in Tracker for use in demoing Tracker's features to a new user and/or for training purposes? (there was in fact such a project in Tracker in the past)" in Pivotal Labs:

Greg,

There's not one available for just anyone to use, mainly because demo projects quickly get pretty messy. During demos, stories get moved all around, and after a while you have to do some work to clean it up. (In fact, I clean up my demo project after each demo). If the project were public I think it would quickly become very messy, and not a good example project.

So, for now you'd need to make your own. I like the idea, though, of the ability for Tracker to generate a dummy project on demand per user.

edward replied on October 14, 2008 20:34 to the question "why can't I add attachment to icebox item?" in Pivotal Labs:

Hi,

You actually can add an attachment to a story in the icebox. The restriction is that you can't add an attachment until you *save* the story.

edward replied on October 02, 2008 20:54 to the idea "Automatic change of owner upon Deliver" in Pivotal Labs:

Got it: the change you're asking for is to just not have it be in your "my work" list after it's delivered.

I think the reasoning for the way it behaves right now is that it's partly your "job" to make sure the requester (a) knows it's ready to accept it and (b) to have a conversation with the requester as he/she is accepting in case questions/issues come up. Also, until it's accepted, it's "hanging in the balance" and Tracker doesn't really consider it done.

However, I can understand not wanting to see it any more if you're working through a long list of stories in "my work" and you want the feeling of knocking them off one by one.

edward replied on October 02, 2008 20:17 to the idea "Automatic change of owner upon Deliver" in Pivotal Labs:

Actually, it does :)
"My Work" shows:

1. Any story you are the owner of
2. Any story you are the requester for AND are in the "delivered" state

Done stories don't appear in either case.

edward replied on September 02, 2008 15:08 to the discussion "pivotal for fixed budget projects?" in Pivotal Labs:

Concerning deadlines: yes, Tracker lets you add a deadline to a release marker. Once you have a release with a deadline, the release will go red if you're projected not to meet the deadline; also, in the "charts" tab you can see a release burn-down chart. To set a deadline, first create a "release" story, then prioritize it in the backlog, and finally open it up and enter a deadline date.

edward replied on July 31, 2008 00:14 to the idea "Sprint burndown chart" in Pivotal Labs:

Hi Heidi,

It's not exactly what you're looking for, but have you seen the "Current Iteration Burn-up Chart" in the charts tab? It shows how you're progressing in the current iteration compared with the expected progress given your velocity.

edward replied on January 08, 2008 17:29 to the idea "How about custom point values" in Pivotal Labs:

Just to make sure everyone knows, Tracker gives you the option of choosing from one of three different scales for your project:

Linear (1/2/3)
Powers of 2 (1/2/4/8)
Fibonacci (1/2/3/5/8)

As Dan says, we're also working on totally custom point scales.