By editing a few fields in your admin pages, you can integrate
Betaboard into just about any existing workflow. Here are some
of the settings you'll be able to modify on your account, their
default values, and some customization possibilities:
Categories
(Text, Graphics, Media, Functionality, Performance, Suggestion,
Compliment)
The default categories roughly correspond to the job roles
on a web development team. You can add to them, or completely change them
for a different purpose. For example, you might categorize notes according
to the phases or modules of a large project, or according to the team divisions
in larger organizations.
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Statuses
(New, In progress, In review, Shelved, Completed)
The default statuses mirror the steps in the development
cycle. You can add to them, or edit them to fit into your existing processes.
For example, you might replace the general In progress with Design, Development,
and Testing. Or, you might add billing-related statuses such as Requested
and Approved.
Priorities
(Urgent, High, Medium, Low)
Priority flags help everyone on your team plan their work
sessions for the greatest effectiveness. If you like, you can rename the
items in this set to be more descriptive, or just replace them with the
terminology your team already uses.
Difficulties
(Mind-bending, Hard, Medium, Easy)
Prioritization is much easier if you know the difficulty
of each task. Developers can set the difficulties as
they review QA notes, and can even enter an estimated
number of hours to complete each task. This gives your
project managers a unique ability to take the best
advantage of the time available.
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