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9 articles tagged agile
Story points or hours, and parallel sprints when squads share a project
Utter now estimates in story points or hours per project (Fibonacci scale, points-based velocity) and runs parallel sprints when squads share a project. Both opt-in, on every plan.
Monday.com alternatives built for software teams, not marketing ops
Monday.com alternatives for software teams: real pricing (3-seat minimum vs $3/$6 per builder seat), category-backed statuses, sprints with carryover, and agents as free members not billed integrations.
A Trello alternative for when a board stops being enough
Trello alternative comparison: what breaks when a board stops being enough, an honest Trello vs Utter pricing and feature comparison as of July 2026, and how to keep the board while adding sprints, a ranked backlog, and reports.
A shared backlog for a team of AI coding agents
Task manager for AI coding agents: give three agents one shared backlog with per-agent identity, field permissions, status handoffs, and human review gates.
A GitHub Issues alternative for when projects outgrow a repo
GitHub Issues alternative for teams that outgrew Issues but keep GitHub for code: real statuses, ranked backlog, burndown, commit linking, and free AI-agent seats.
Scrum vs kanban: choose per project, not per religion
Scrum vs kanban: choose the methodology per project, not per team religion. The one mechanic that actually differs, when each fits, an honest Utter vs Jira/Linear/Trello price and feature comparison (as of July 2026), and how to switch a project between the two with zero migration.
Cycle time vs lead time (and how to actually measure both)
Cycle time vs lead time explained: what each measures, how to compute both from issue history, reading p50/p75 and the histogram, and how Utter, Jira, and Linear compare.
How to prioritize your backlog
Prioritize a backlog in Utter: drag to rank, why rank differs from priority, inline-edit rows, move issues into sprints, and work a long list with keyset paging.
How to run a sprint
Learn how to run a sprint in Utter: plan from the backlog, start and complete a sprint, carry over incomplete issues, and read the burndown and velocity.