[Event Follow-up] 🏉 Learn: Intro to Scrum with Adobe Workfront

[CynthiaBoon]

Hey there, Workfronters in the Wild!  

Huge THANK YOU to all customers who took the time to participate in yesterday's workshop, Learn: Intro to Scrum with Adobe Workfront, hosted by Workfront Product Managers, Natalie Mitchell @NatalieM27 and Patrick Muir @PatrickMu1!   

We had loads of engagement and questions in the chat, so we've added some highlights as replies to this post. If you have a specific question that was not addressed, please let us know.  

For those who missed the session, you can watch the on-demand recording here and download a copy of the slide deck. (Attached.) 

Additional events are being added to the Events page each week, so keep checking regularly to ensure you don't miss out.  Here's what is coming up in the next month! 

• Tomorrow! May 25 at 10:30am MT – Ask: Resource Management in Workfront Office Hours  
• June 2 at 10am MT – Connect: Admin Chat for Marketing & Creative 
• June 6 at 3:00pm MT - Learn: Getting Started with Resource Management in Workfront 
• June 8 at 10:30am MT – Ask: Leverage the no-cost Adobe Workfront + Creative Cloud integration 
• June 12 at 7:00am MT - Connect: Workfront Strategic Admin Chat 
• June 13 at 2:00pm MT - Ask: Resource Management in Workfront Office Hours 
• June 20 at 11:30am MT – Ask: Customer Panel – Benefits & Best Practices with Native Integrations 
• June 28 at 10am MT - Ask: Establishing a Center of Excellence Webinar Follow Up 

And special thanks to all the customers who asked questions and shared their experiences and recommendations. You are the magic in our events!  

[CynthiaBoon]

First and possibly the most important question – how do I access Boards? 

The Boards feature is available to all licenses, but you'll need to have your system administrator make it available on the Main Menu on the user’s Layout Templates.  For more info, here’s the article: 

Customize the Main Menu using a layout template 

Interested in new Boards features? Here’s the article for Early feature opt-in for Adobe Workfront Boards. 

Bonus Tip: Looking to understand more about each type of Board Template? Check out the definitions here: Create or edit a board 

[CynthiaBoon]

Common Question – How do I pull in cards from existing projects? And how to I link the column progress to the tasks progress? 

We had several “How to” questions in the chat, and one of my favorite resources are these pages with all of the hyperlinks you need to turn existing projects into Boards. (I have these bookmarked myself. )

• Get started with boards in Adobe Workfront 
• Agile planning tools overview 

For our specific questions, we’ve provided the links here: 

• Manage board columns 
• Use connected cards on boards 

Bonus tip: For Importing Requests: Consider experimenting with Workstreams. (Also a great feature for your Sprints.) Workstreams allow you to pull in tasks and issues directly from Workfront just like other Boards do using sources and filters. You can also connect cards back to tasks after creating the card. 

Here’s more detail: 

• Add an intake column to a board 
• Create an iteration in a workstream 

Bonus Q: When a task's status is updated within a project (e.g. from New to In Progress), the task does not automatically move on the board (from the New column to the In Progress column). Is that expected behavior?  

A: It is expected, though we are going to be adding dynamic update functionality that will allow for an option for these to move automatically. 

[CynthiaBoon]

What's coming soon with Agile Enhancements, you ask? The 23.3 Release is on it's way!

23.3 Release Overview 

The 23.3 Release is tentatively scheduled for the week of July 17th. For more details, don’t miss the release event:  

June 29 Webinar - What's New in Adobe Workfront 23.3? 

In the meantime, check out these 23.3 Agile Enhancements:

Enhancements to the Boards tag manager  The tag manager interface has been improved, allowing you to create new tags quickly and apply them to cards. You can also create tags for workstreams.	Available on these dates:  Preview release: May 19, 2023  Production release: May 19, 2023
Simple filters available on board intake columns  Simplified filters have been added to the intake column setup to allow you to define the intake column more quickly. The available filters are Workfront projects and assignments by team or user. You can switch to the advanced filters if you prefer.	Available on these dates:  Preview release: May 10, 2023    Production release for early opt-in: May 10, 2023 This feature is available in Production only through the early feature opt-in for Workfront Boards.  Production release for all customers: With the 23.3 release
Simple filters added to the dynamic board template  The filters on the dynamic board template have been simplified to allow you to create a board more quickly.	Available on these dates:  Preview release: April 27, 2023    Production release for early opt-in: April 28, 2023 This feature is available in Production only through the early feature opt-in for Workfront Boards.  Production release for all customers: With the 23.3 release
Dynamic board template  A new template, dynamic board, is now available for standalone boards. This template is not available for boards inside of a workstream.	Available on these dates:  Preview release: April 20, 2023    Production release for early opt-in: April 28, 2023 This feature is available in Production only through the early feature opt-in for Workfront Boards.  Production release for all customers: With the 23.3 release
Migrate agile team Kanban cards to Boards  A new Add to Boards button on agile team Kanban boards allows you to add all cards from the Kanban board to a Workfront board. You can choose to create a new Workfront board or add the cards to an existing board.	Available on these dates:  Preview release: April 20, 2023    Production release for early opt-in: April 28, 2023 This feature is available in Production only through the early feature opt-in for Workfront Boards.  Production release for all customers: May 18, 2023
Left navigation added to card details on Boards  As more field options are added to cards on Workfront Boards, the card details have grown longer. A new navigation panel on the left of the card details allows you to select a section and move automatically to that group of fields.	Available on these dates:  Preview release: April 20, 2023    Production release for all customers: April 27, 2023
Boards email notifications and preferences  Email notifications are now available for Adobe Workfront Boards. The notifications are turned on by default and you can select in your preferences which emails you want to receive. You will receive an email when you are added to a board and when a card is assigned to you.	Available on these dates:  Preview release: April 13, 2023    Production release for early opt-in: April 13, 2023 This feature is available in Production only through the early feature opt-in for Workfront Boards.  Production release for all customers: With the 23.3 release

[CynthiaBoon]

Tips for Scrum Ceremonies?

Many of us have worked in organizations with vastly different approaches to Agile, so the only “rule” is to find what works best for your collaborative teams. 

Daily Stand-ups: Keep them short and consistent, with only the Scrum team sharing. Tip shared: 

• One of my prior team's just gave everyone 2 minutes. When your two minutes were up, that was it. We also had a safe word (tippy-toe) that anyone could use when someone's update was drifting into Problem-Solving 

Planning Meetings: Typically, the longest, most intensive ceremony.  

• Tip shared: this meeting must take priority over any other meetings 
• Bonus tip: for Story sizing, there are several approaches, including “Planning Poker” with a Fibonacci scale, T-shirt sizing, and even estimated hours. Use the approach that works best for your team and be consistent.  

Reviews/Retrospectives: Just a great idea to implement for all types of projects and collaborative teams, not just Agile teams. And the Retrospective Board template is an easy way to get started with Workfront Boards as well as to implement Scrum ceremonies into your current processes. The key is to create an environment of psychological safety.  

• Tip shared: Consider using the Workfront Retrospective Board and connecting any “Action Item” card to the applicable project. 

[aenr]

Hi Cynthia,

Good day,

Do we have velocity metrics for Kanban included in the new metrics report in Boards?