Project :: ScrumDesk – scrum project management tool

Project

Project is defined by scrum master:

  • Project name
  • Description of the project
  • logo used to indicate project
  • Possibility to mark project as private. In this case team members only are allowed to log into project.
  • Default sprint length defines iteration length in working days for every newly created sprints.
  • Bug tracking system address for easy, integrated access (see more in Integration).
  • Address to project documentation server, for example Microsoft SharePoint or Wiki pages (see more inIntegration).

But basic part of every project are team members.

Every team member has contact information that enables easy collaboration. Project members can be selected from company user list. This list can be populated by administrator manually or importing from company LDAP server.

Project team members

Scrum Master can customize colors used to indicate state of stories, tasks and retrospective ideas.

Teams

ScrumDesk supports multiple project teams. Teams are managed by  scrum master. Team members can be assigned to team easy by entering name of  the team or by user picture draginto the team .

Integrated Team Manager is unique feature able to design organization chart of your teams even they are hierarchical and  distributed. Teams can be organized in multiple levels.

Drag and drop team member to team and that it is!. Drag sub-team to other team! Doublclick to display details of clicked team or team member.

Teams can be viewed as list too.

Customization

Scrum as method is adapted to current project environment.

Templates make daily life easy as many details are predefined for team already. ScrumMaster is able to prepare templates that can be used to create new stories by any team member based on them.

ScrumDesk provides posibility to customize and configure:

  • Release types
  • Release statuses
  • Stories types
  • Stories templates
  • Roles name
  • Colors used for status indication
  • Time units
  • Non-working days
  • Default stories priority
  • Email server used for email notifications

Scrum process

ScrumDesk supports agile project management  from planning to release phase, through all Scrum ceremonies supporting all Scrum roles .

Process poster