Measure Agile Metrics that Actually Work
I think the Agile community needs to change how it measures success for Agile teams. The ways that we gather metrics and the information we seek out of those metrics is actually getting in the way of...
View ArticleVideo: Two Startups in Thirty Days
Watch Two Startups in Thirty Days on YouTube “What does not kill me, makes me stronger.” Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher (1844 – 1900) Let’s face it: we all spend a lot of time doing the same...
View ArticlePure Chat (Live Website Chat) is Now 100% Free!
You might have seen our announcement in August about the launch of a new hosted web chat tool that we created as part of Axosoft’s 30-day annual projects. Pure Chat makes installing and communicating...
View ArticleOnTime 13 is Here!
I’m excited to announce that we have released OnTime 13 for OnDemand customers (and will be releasing it for OnPremises customers this Friday). It’s a tremendous upgrade that adds lots of new features...
View ArticleAxosoft at ‘VS Live 360!’ in Orlando 2012
A few of us just got back from sponsoring the Visual Studio Live 360 conference in Orlando, FL last week. Now that the jet lag has worn off and we are back in our comfy offices in Scottsdale, Arizona,...
View ArticleNew OnTime OnDemand Status Page
Recently, we set up a status page for OnTime OnDemand customers. This provides a quick and easy way to see how OnTime OnDemand instances in data centers around the world are performing. Most of the...
View ArticleOnTime API App Contest & Great Prizes
If you’re anything like me, you’ve been wanting one of the new, almost-MacBook-Air-thin iMacs since the moment you laid your wide eyes on one. Someday, I’ll justify the purchase. The good news for you...
View ArticleHow to add a Free Live Chat Widget to Your WordPress Website
We have received quite a few enquiries about how to install Pure Chat on WordPress websites, so I decided to create this quick tutorial. This simple step-by-step guide applies to installing Pure Chat’s...
View ArticleAgile and Scrum Q&A Webinar
We are hosting a free live agile webinar (Agile and Scrum Q&A Webinar) on March 28, 2013 at 11:00 AM PDT that is going to consist of questions sent in from the agile community. The content of what...
View Article94 Expert Tips for Agile Teams
Here are 10 articles from 10 different authors that provide valuable advice for Scrum teams. These articles are in no particular order, so feel free to skim down the list and start with the ones that...
View ArticleStaying Agile Webinar – How to Grow High Performance Teams
If you missed last month’s webinar on How to Grow High Performance Teams Through Mentorship by Peter Saddington, we have attached the audio and slide deck below. Enjoy! A few problems came up when...
View ArticleAxosoft, an Award Winning Place to ‘Work’!
We are excited to announce that Axosoft has been listed in the CareerBuilder’s 2013 Top Companies to work for in Arizona, and we’re thrilled to have been chosen by their editorial panel as a recipient...
View ArticleJIRA to OnTime Migration Tool
An increasing number of teams have been switching from JIRA to OnTime and taking advantage of our unified agile/Scrum experience, so now we’ve decided to make the transition easier! Our new...
View ArticleHow Amazon has Ruined Shipping Products for Small Businesses
Coming up with the idea for our Agile Notetaker was a fantastic ‘light bulb’ moment. Creating and designing the notebook was exciting and involved some seriously talented people. Building the notebook...
View ArticleThe Making of Axosoft’s “Logotype in Water on Leaf”
Have you ever seen a word created from actual water drops? I hadn’t either until one day I came to work to see this beautiful picture of our company name made from water drops. Yes, a picture of the...
View ArticleHBO’s “Silicon Valley” Shows Off Axosoft Scrum Dashboard
Did you watch Silicon Valley last night? The popular, critically-acclaimed HBO show has done a great job depicting trials of software development teams, and recently portrayed a transition to Scrum....
View ArticleAxosoft Team Building: Much Love, Many Bruises
Working at Axosoft has numerous perks. I mean there are catered lunches, weekly workout classes, tons of snacks, and our sacred Super Smash Bros skirmishes in the library. Everyone gets to be...
View ArticleAxosoft Shortcuts and Tips: The Legendary Subitem Triangle
There are lots of little things that can boost your experience within Axosoft. Today we’ll talk about this little triangle. Pythagoras! You’ll see this right triangle with all its 45-45 degree glory in...
View ArticleRanking your Backlog with Axosoft
Dogs are creatures of joy. They love you, they play with you, and did I mention they love you? However, dogs can be hard to handle if you don’t groom them (definitely not letting a stinky dog into the...
View ArticleAxosoftAPI.NET Wrapper
Axosoft’s API is a powerful tool that allows developers to build custom applications and extend the functionality of Axosoft Suite. Because of this, we decided to build a .NET API wrapper. This wrapper...
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