Release date: September 12, 2008

Download it here, ChangeLog for previous version 3.6

 

Only upgraded database version (2.14.0) is supported! You can download ScrumDesk Database installation tool here. If you are using a local database installation, then database upgrade is required. Full edition is going to be released in September 19.

New features

Changed role Programmer to Developer

We are changing name of the role Programmer to Developer.

Planning poker 

Planning poker window provides access to all unplanned stories with support for:

• move around the backlog stories that are not started yet
• timer for poker round
• Fibonacci numbers + customer effort value
• view on smaller, equal and bigger stories

Planning poker can be used during the estimation meeting. Team members select the story to estimate. Scrum master set time for poker round and then click button Start. Timer starts running and clock will be displayed.

During this time every team member estimate size of the story. After clock hides they can start to talk about their estimation.

Result on which they agreed is entered by click on planning card button or entered directly as own value.

After the button has been clicked, size of selected story is set to given number and product backlog is divided into three lists displayed at the bottom of the window: smaller stories, equal stories and larger stories.

Absences 

It is possible to manage information about team members absences. These absences are displayed as a list, some kind of calendar view is planned later.

User is able to set planned date when absence is going to start, how long this absence is going to be and the reason for absence.

It is possible to delete logged user's absences only.

Release end predictions

Prediction will be displayed as 4 lines (using Worst 3 Mean velocity, Maximum velocity, Last 8 Mean velocity and Average velocity) in Release burn down chart.

Settings transferred during upgrade

This feature is required by many customers. Settings are now available after the upgrade

Task description

It is possible to enter description for every task.

Enhancements and bug fixes

Task board

Task board enhancements:

• Task delete and float numbers UI glitches. Fixed.
• Stories sorting by priority
• Tasks filtering
• Statistic for every story, not only for columns
• Assigning users to a task by drag and drop

Other

• Sprint End date and displaying average velocity.
• Automatically selected last used project in Projects window
• Workload displayed on more places
• Detail of story and task can be displayed everywhere
• Stories split sometimes duplicated tasks in original story. Fixed.
• Button Impediments displays number of opened impediments
• Login dialog  - it is possible to save password
• Login dialog - focus is automatically set to password