Drew McKinney • Friday, September 9, 2016 • Productivity

Velocity is a Measure of Pace, Not Productivity

When we first introduced Pivotal Tracker Analytics, we put a big Send us Feedback! button at the top of the screen. And to our delight, it worked! We received lots of feedback from customers all over the world. The requests were extremely varied, but one request we heard frequently stood out amongst all the others. With 22% of all customer requests, reporting on points completed (or velocity) per individual developer was by far the most requested feature. Read more...

Drew McKinney • Monday, April 18, 2016 • Productivity

How Customer PMs Helped Us Design Tracker Analytics v1

Of all of our customer requests, improved reporting and analytics is one of the most popular, consistently ranking near the top of the most requested features on our marketing and exit surveys. Read more...

Drew McKinney • Wednesday, March 25, 2015 • Updates

Weve Got New (Beta) Charts, and We Need Your Feedback

Tracker has just released its new (but still in beta) Charts to a limited number of customers. If you’re interested in checking out the new Charts for your projects, and are willing to send us feedback to help improve the design, please email our beta support. Read more...

Drew McKinney • Thursday, February 26, 2015 • Pivotal Tracker

How We Manage Design Work in Pivotal Tracker

Long ago, way back in the early 2000s, Pivotal Labs was a growing Agile project management and engineering consultancy. Business was good, but organizing and visualizing project work was arduous. In response, Pivotal engineers created Pivotal Tracker, the project management tool we all know and love today. Read more...

Drew McKinney • Friday, April 4, 2014 • Updates

Beta Enabled for All Tracker Users, Plus Email Updates

Exciting news! All users now have access to the redesigned Pivotal Tracker, which includes an improved UI, multi-project workspace, cross-project search, in-app notifications and so much more. Read more about the Tracker Beta here. Read more...

Drew McKinney • Monday, March 24, 2014 • Updates

Threaded Emails and Project Notification Muting

We’ve streamlined the way email notifications are sent from Tracker, reducing inbox noise and improving email readability. We’ve also given you more control over which notifications you see in-app and in email. Read more...