Assembla's Ticket Tool allows you to add estimates to tickets and show estimated size on milestones and status columns (cardwall view). You can show estimates in Time, Points, Size (Small, Medium, Large), or hide them altogether.
To display estimates
In Assembla, go to Tickets Settings > Ticket Fields.
Choose how you want to show the estimates for tickets.
Click Update.
Displaying estimates for tickets
The following options are available for displaying estimates in tickets:
Do not estimate. This hides the estimates and sets every ticket to 1 point. As a result, the capacity measures equal ticket counts, which is useful for a Lean methodology.
Small / Medium / Large. This gives you a popup widget for estimating "Small" (1 point), "Medium" (3 points), or "Large" (7 points).
Show point estimates / Show time estimates (hours). This gives you an integer field for entering estimates.
Assembla matches these points with a Capacity or the approximate number of points that your team can work on at one time. If you do not enter a capacity, and you do some work, the system calculates capacity from historical velocity or the number of points in tickets closed in the past week.
Estimates do not need to be accurate. Even simple estimates help you work on approximately the right number of tickets. It is more important to sort your tasks in priority order. If your tickets are sorted correctly, you will always be working on the most important tasks.
Estimates in the cardwall
In the Cardwall view, the bars in the estimate icon represent the size of the estimate. For example, three bars represent a Large size. If you wish to change the estimate you can do so by either going to Ticket edit view or by clicking on the estimate icon.
If you have any questions or need assistance, please email us at support@assembla.com.