Release date: August 19, 2008

Download it here, ChangeLog for previous version 3.5

Version 3.6 is a major upgrade. This version makes version 3.5 changes available to public +  new features listed below. We focused on a better visualization and features requested by our customers.

If you are using a local database installation, then database upgrade is required.
Only database version 2.13.0 is supported!
Ask us for updated ScrumDesk Database installation tool, please.

Stories Treemap Treemap is great way to visualize a project backlog or sprint backlog. ScrumDesk in next version will provide view using three parameters: group size of a rectangle displayed in a treemap color of the rectangle Using these parameters you can change a perspective of the treemap's view.	„ Features on 3.6 look great can't wait to upgrade from our 3.1, at least to 3.5 for the exports. Showed the team the features, they were equally excited to try them out. ”
		Kevin Jones   Technical Samurai Twisted Studio Ltd
	„That treemap looks awesome!” Cecilia Abadie LinkedIn profile

Treemap enables to analyze all backlog's stories in one place. Concentrate on the size and you will see your top stories. Concentrate on colors and you can see priority, more darker orange, higher priority, white is lowest priority.

Concentrate on size and color and you can quickly find top priority (dark orange color) story that is hardest to complete (it is biggest because size is effort).

You can group stories by Release or Sprint and size of the group is size of your work that must be done.

Detail of the story can be displayed by click on the rectangle.

You can read more about the treemap's usage in blog entry by Mike Cohn.

No groups, size of rectangles by story points, color by cards' color	Group By release, size by estimated duration, color by story state	Group by theme, size by estimated duration, color by story state
No groups, size by effort, color by priority	Same as on the left picture, grouped by sprint	Group by team, size by remaining duration, color by story's state
Group by theme, size by remaining, color by team	Group by sprint, size by effort, color by priority	Group by month, size by estimated duration, color by story card's color

Taskboard

Taskboard is useful to display current sprint status during the daily meeting. Tasks are displayed in swim lines by state.
Story is displayed in a first column.

State of the task can be changed by drag and drop between columns. If it is now possible to change status, stop cursor appears.

Stories and their tasks, tasks are not started

Some tasks are checked out, some are solved and one is completed

This view enables to users to add new stories and task, remove them and to display details.

New task can be easy added by pressing button that is displayed if mouse is hovering on the column ToDo.

If user hover mouse over the task, delete button and task operator's picture will appears.

Double click on the task will displays Task detail.

Header of the task board displays name of the state, overview of remaining/estimated duration and number of tasks.

Task detail

Customizable status colors

Status indicator's color can be customized.  ScrumDesk supports customization story's, task's and retrospective idea's state color. Color can be changed to default value by click on Default button.

Colors are customized by a project.

Setting a new color - blue - for state ToDo

Blue color is displayed in card's top left rectangle indicating ToDo status

Blue color is displayed in new Taskboard as column background also

Impediments list

Start impediments list by click on button I	Impediments list is displaying impediment's status, date, which story is related to impediment, subject, author and other impediment's properties

Splitting

Story and task can be split by drag and drop to next sprint (rectangle in timeline). State of the non completed tasks is changed to ToDo.

Example: Dragged story contains 4 tasks. Completed task will not be split. State of other tasks is changed to ToDo and remaining time is adjusted (uncompleted part of work is set as estimated duration).

Not completed story which is going to be split

ScrumDesk is asking if you want to move whole story to next sprint or you want to split this story

After drop is new story created in next sprint. This story contains only non completed tasks.
Estimated duration of tasks is adjusted.

Other improvements

	Quick Filter On the upper right side below the project's name is accessible QuickFilter. If stories are filtered, orange glow effect will indicates this situation.  Button X can be used to remove filter.
	Burn Up chart Some customers prefers Burn Up chart. Burn up chart is displaying sprint's duration and work done in given day. We will publish some screenshots soon. Burn Up chart is accessible by SideView and Reports
View Filters Every view (backlog, sprint, retrospective) can have defined its own filter. Filter is automatically applied by switch to view. Last display mode Backlog, Sprint and Retrospective can be displayed by different mode - grid, board, task board and treemap. View automatically displays stories by last used mode. This modes are stored into settings. User workspace ScrumDesk is saving view's filter and current view for every board (Backlog, Sprint, Retrospective). Saved workspace is applied after the ScrumDesk start. Member's remaining time indicator Version 3.5 displayed member workload relative to each other team member. Version 3.6 is indicating by progress color: Green color - remaining time of assigned tasks will fit to end of the sprint Orange color - remaining time of assigned tasks will fit to up to 90% of sprint time Red color - remaining time of assigned tasks will not fit to sprint  Planning view It is possible to fully manage stories in Planning view. You are able to create new stories, delete them or to create copies by drag and drop (+Ctrl). Commands New and Delete are enabled by sprint state. If sprint is done, it is not possible to use them. Minor changes Search result - click on task will display task detail window Administration - crash after image was set to newly created user Card - text is scrolled to begging after text box lost focus