Release date: May 19, 2008

ChangeLog for previous version 2.9.1.10

Proxy support

In some cases our license service was unavailable due to a proxy settings. ScrumDesk supports now the proxy with authentication. Internet Explorer proxy settings are used by default. If you are using proxy password, set it by a click on a Proxy hyperlink in a login dialog.

Set proxy URL, port, login name and the password. If you want to use Internet Explorer proxy settings, click Use Default button. In this case, password can not be used from Internet Explorer settings!

Story impediments

Work on a story can be interrupted in any time by an unexpected reasons. This is an impediment. Impediments are entered by a team member. Impediments can be in different state: new, processing or solved. Impediments are indicated as a circle indicator in a story chart, sprint burn down chart and the story card. Indicator is displayed for a date when the impediment has occurred.
Impediments in a story detail
Impediments in a story card	Impediments in a burn down charts

Story attachments

Every story can have attached files. This can be any type of the file. Typically attachments are stored in a place that is accessible to all team members. In advance, ScrumDesk supports attachment upload into a project database. This way the attachments are accessible for all even the team members can't use file sharing based on a operating system.

Attachment can be opened by a double click or by Open button .

SideView

SideView has been significantly enhanced. In a previous version this view displays burn down chart and the statistics for a current sprint. From the version 2.9.5 SideView becomes centralized place for project related assets.

SideView - Project

Tab Project displays basic information about the current project: project name and server and database containing this project.

All team members are displayed in a list. For every member is displayed picture, name, project role and a team name. Team members can be filtered entering text.

Member of the team can be directly contacted by IP phone or an email. These buttons are enabled if the user has filled corresponding information.

Story assign by a drag and drop

You can assign the user to a story or a task just by using drag and drop. Drag a picture to the story or vice versa.

SideView - Backlog

Next Sprint View, known from previous ScrumDesk versions, has been integrated into the SideView. Functionality of the panel doesn't change. Just drag a story from the panel to main board or vice-versa.

SideView - Search

ScrumDesk supports search now. As a result is displayed name of the founded asset and an attribute name in which searched text has been found. Result are grouped by the assets type.

To display more details, double click on the row. Details are displayed only for a sprint, release, story, impediments and attachments.

Tags

To better categorize stories, tags can be used now. Any story can be tagged by one or more tags. Tags must be separated by ";" character.

Stories can be easy filtered using a tag cloud, a feature known from a many web sites. To displays all stories, click Show all stories  button.

Filter dialog has been enhanced to support tags also.

If Backlog or Sprint view displays only tagged stories, information panel displays the tag name.

SideView - News

When a story or an idea has been changed in previous ScrumDesk version, notification appeared in a screen right bottom corner. Now, these notifications are displayed in a News panel. In advance, after the ScrumDesk starts, it will displays all changes from a last user's logout.

To display more details, double click on the row. Details are displayed only for a sprint, release, story, impediments and attachments.

SideView - About Me

SideView panel  About Me enables to a logged user to change contact details. First name, last name and login name are not allowed to change due to a ScrumDesk licensing policy. Only ScrumDesk administrator can change these details.

 Picture can be changed by a click.

Reports

Version 2.9.5 offers new reports requested by a customers.

Parking Lot

Parking lot displays themes statistics view. Every theme is displayed as a card with:

• theme name,
• count of the theme's stories
• number of completed story points for theme stories
• total number of story points for theme stories
• progress indicator with % of completeness

If no theme exists, one card with overall statistics is displayed.

Time sheet

This report displays sprint progress in a form of the time sheet. The time sheet is generated for all team members and selected sprint.

On a row are displayed stories and a tasks. The stories are displayed with yellow background.

Under a story's or task's name is displayed name of the team member who is working on given tasks. In second column is displayed duration estimated before the task starts. Following columns displays values entered in a given day by the team member.

In advance, for some values is displayed small arrow. Color of the arrow indicates exception of the estimated value.

Green arrow   indicates advance in a progress.

Red horizontal arrow indicates that in given days no progress has been recognized. This can indicate some unexpected problems with implementation or that the user doesn't update value.

Orange up arrow indicates that value has not decreased, but increased.

Values displayed with a gray color are values for other team member who participates on the given task.

Stories and tasks can be easy filtered by a click on the team member.  Multiple team members can be selected. Team members can be easy filtered by a filter text box in the right upper corner of the screen.

Sprint can be selected in a combo box from left top corner.

Detail of the story can be started by a double-click.

Other significant changes

Story card

• displays team members name who are working on the story
• creating a story from a task by drag and drop on the desk

Stories grid

• theme support included
• displays team members name who are working on the story

Retrospective

• idea category - user can enter free text (i.e. What can be better, What was wrong,...)