Refined! Scrum Agile vs Lockit

Refined! was designed to be simple yet functional. It is a software as a service and is subscription based. The idea is that a team member of a scrum team (product owner, scrum master, developer or even a manager) can have at their finger tips an easy way to add backlog items into a sprint, amend their refinement attributes, be assisted with their prioritization, track changes and report progress of each sprint through the relevant charts. Choose from a variety of prioritization methods, whether it is story points, priority ranking, Weighted Shortest Job First (WSJF), MoSCoW (Must Have, Should Have, Could Have, Won't Have this time) and others. Keep track of the defects of each sprint, the team mood. View all metrics via several dynamic charts. There are other software out there, but iOS applications on Scrum and Agile have limited functionality, and whilst browser based systems are overly complicated and expensive. Also, most can only be used with internet access. Refined! stores information on the device and simultaneously syncs with your iCloud account when internet access is available. So you can continue the refinement even if your device is off the grid! Refined! is designed and built by Jim Kandias, a current agile coach and product owner with over 20 years of working in all aspects of software delivery. Traditional software development of course started off with the Waterfall model, these days he works almost exclusively with Scrum agile. He has delivered software for companies in Europe, North America, Asia and the Middle East. Due to the fact that he was a software engineer for many years, who progressed into a team leader, scrum master, a product owner and agile coach, he has has a deep undestanding of the software lifecycle and the different aspects of a sprint. Most of the terminology used here are part of the "Scrum.org" agile framework which he has studied. However, to cater a little for those of you using SaFe we have added "Weighted Shortest Job First" (WSJF)" as it is a useful prioritization technique which provides additional flexibility. Contact us with your suggestions and we will review and implement if it will benefit other Refined! users, thank you! The standard end-user license agreement (EULA) can be found at: https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/

Take Control of Your Screen Time Ever opened an app for 5 minutes... and then realized 30 minutes were gone? Ever tried to study, work, or sleep, but your just opened the same distracting app again? Or maybe there are private apps you do not want others to open easily. Lockit helps you pause before opening an app. It does not try to stop you from using your phone forever. It simply adds one small step before access. First, protect the apps you want to manage. Then, when you want to open one, Lockit can ask you to finish a small task first. It could be a math question. It could be a simple checklist you create yourself: Drink water. Review 5 words. Clean your desk. Finish today’s first task. After the task is done, you get temporary access. When time is up, the app is locked again. This helps you ask: Do I really want to open this right now? Can I do one better thing first? Lockit is useful when: You want to focus while studying. You want fewer phone breaks while working. You want to use your phone less before bed. You want to hide and protect private apps. Your child wants to play on the phone, and you want them to answer questions before unlocking apps. This way, learning and entertainment can stay in balance. Less impulse. More focus. One small pause before the next app. Privacy is simple too: Lockit does not read content from your managed apps. Your settings, tasks, and progress stay on your device. Passwords are stored securely using Apple’s Keychain. Biometric authentication is handled by iOS.