🏃 Progress

It is important for tasks to have the proper STATUS and SWIMLANE attribute declared appropriately.

  • ❗ When tasks are incorrectly attributed they run the risk of becoming forgotten / neglected, thus eating into a deadline and putting pressure on a team.
  • 🙌 When tasks are correctly attributed it is clear who needs to work on what and when.

☎️ HAND-OFF

  • 👍 IT IS VERY IMPORTANT AND EASY TO SEND A MESSAGE ON SLACK TO THE NEXT PERSON WHO NEEDS TO "OWN" THE TASK!
  • ️ℹ It is entirely possible for Task to have a bug or for a teammate to have cluttered notifications.
    • 🆗 It also gives you an opportunity to provide context to the task.

♻️ QA TASK FLOW

When a task is assigned to the QA Analyst it should have the following STATUS and SWIMLANE attributes:

  • STATUS 👉 IN QA
  • SWIMLANES
    • DESIGN 👉 DONE ( 📝 if necessary, ignore if blank )
    • DEVELOPMENT 👉 DONE ( 📝 sometimes CODE REVIEW is okay if task is simple)
    • QA 👉 TO DO
    • DESIGN QA 👉 WAITING ( 📝 if necessary )

🏗️ IN PROGRESS

While QA works on the task, it should have the following STATUS and SWIMLANE attributes:

  • STATUS 👉 IN QA
  • SWIMLANES
    • QA 👉 IN PROGRESS

🛑 QA FAIL

When a task Fails, it should be assigned back to the Developer and should have the following STATUS and SWIMLANE attributes:

  • STATUS 👉 IN DEVELOPMENT
  • SWIMLANES
    • DEVELOPMENT 👉 IN PROGRESS ( ⚠️ not "To Do", because then they will think it has never been touched )
    • QA 👉 QA FAIL

✅ QA PASS

When a task Fails QA, it should be assigned back to the Developer and should have the following STATUS and SWIMLANE attributes:

  • STATUS 👉 RELEASE READY or IN DESIGN QA ( 📝 if necessary )
  • SWIMLANES
    • QA 👉 QA PASS
    • DESIGN QA 👉 TO DO ( 📝 if necessary )

🛑 DESIGN QA FAIL

When a task Fails Design QA, will go back to the Developer the same way a task would go to the Developer when failing in QA, however after that the task can go back to QA to verify the design failures were fixed if the designer desires.

  • STATUS 👉 IN DEVELOPMENT
  • SWIMLANES
    • DEVELOPMENT 👉 IN PROGRESS
    • QA 👉 QA PASS ( This will remain "QA PASS" to make the progress of the task clear and because often a Design QA Failure was unforeseen. )
    • DESIGN QA 👉 DESIGN QA FAIL

✅ DESIGN QA PASS

When a task Passes Design QA, either the designer or QA who passes the task can put the task in Release Ready.

  • STATUS 👉 RELEASE READY
  • SWIMLANES
    • DEVELOPMENT 👉 DONE
    • QA 👉 QA PASS
    • DESIGN QA 👉 DESIGN QA PASS
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