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[#JRA-6482] Strict priority for all open issues - Atlassian JIRA

For planning the work on open issues we need to set a strict priority for every open issue. That is, every open issue must either be more important or less important than every other open issue. It is not enough to set one of a finite set of priorities since we need to determine which issue to solve first even if both are Critical. These priorities are global per project. This way of strictly prioritizing issues is at the core of every agile methodology like XP, Crystal, and Scrumm.

This issue is very important to us, and I hope you will give it serious thought.

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4. Real-time collaboration - Like it or not, workers throughout your company are using outside collaboration tools, such as Google Docs. That means sensitive corporate information may be sitting on outsider servers, rather than behind your firewalls. People are drawn to these tools because they’re easy to use, says Andrew McAfee, an associate professor of business administration in Harvard Business School’s Technology and Operations Management department. IT’s job is to help formulate a policy for using these tools or to implement internal alternatives that are equally user-friendly, McAfee says.

5. Web 2.0 - Lots of people spend their personal time blogging and using other Web 2.0 technologies. Many expect to use the same tools at work, and some already are, with or without IT’s blessing. IT needs to be a leader in championing these tools, McAfee says, by folding them into the existing infrastructure in a way that is convenient for users and works in conjunction with corporate security and privacy requirements. “The smart choice for both the line and IT side is to be positive about this development,” McAfee says.

6. Ideation - The knowledge economy grows on good ideas, and IT needs to provide the tools to help foster and manage them. The good news is that those kinds of tools are increasingly available. “There are online tools that let people post ideas and work on each other’s ideas, and we’re seeing more and more organizations put together platforms to push and develop ideas,” says Jackie Fenn, an analyst at Gartner Inc. in Stamford, Conn.

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