ScrumDesk.com http://www.scrumdesk.com/ ScrumDesk, application for management scrum teams and projects en-us http://www.scrumdesk.com/forums/templates/subSilver/logo_phpBB.gif New version 4.5 http://www.scrumdesk.com/Articles/Change%20Logs/v4.5.0.0.html After few months we published new ScrumDesk update 4.5 that offers Pomodoro to get things done and related stories to better track requirements. We also optimized speed especially for editing operations. Capture part of your screen as story's attachment. ScrumDesk is now much more easy to manage using shared connection and integrated backup/restore. Let us know what YOU need! Reference: Spanish Society for Reumatology http://www.scrumdesk.com/Customers.html#SER Spanish Society for Reumatology is using ScrumDesk Reference: Advanced Electronics Company http://www.scrumdesk.com/Customers.html#AECL We are proud to announce a new reference - Advanced Electronics Company. AEC is leader in high technology engineering and manufacturing in Saudi Arabia Kingdom. AEC is involved in a number of significant national defense, telecommunication, Civil and Industrial projects and providing its products and service to leading international companies. Planning Poker cards in Italy http://blogs.ugidotnet.org/Nick60/archive/2009/11/21/scrumdesk-planning-poker-e-una-misteriosa-lettera-da-un-paese.aspx Nicolò asked us for planning poker cards. He is very valuable member of our community who brings new ideas and helps us to provide features focused for you, user of ScrumDesk. Thank you Nicola for your post. Hotfix update 4.1.0.7 is published! http://www.scrumdesk.com/Articles/Change%20Logs/v4.1.0.7.html Thanks to your submissions we were able to identify the most critical defects and now we are releasing the fix. We have added a new document Sprint stories too. Version 4.1 is published! http://www.scrumdesk.com/Articles/Change%20Logs/v4.1.0.html Have you been asking us about some feature? We listened all of you and have tried to implement as much as possible. And we prepared ScrumDesk to be extended. New version is now published as an automatic update. Do not forget to upgrade the database! Read Change Log please. On-Demand Databases are upgraded now! http://www.scrumdesk.com/Articles/Change%20Logs/v4.1.0.html We would like to inform you we started upgrade of On-Demand databases to support new ScrumDesk version 4.1.0. Thank you for your patience (there are more than 550 databases now). We will inform you when upgrade process will be completed. Prepare for new version 4.1.0! http://www.scrumdesk.com/Articles/Change%20Logs/v4.1.0.html Automatic update will be released tomorrow. Read more about changes in change log. Get Planning Poker Cards http://www.scrumdesk.com/PokerCards.html Are you doing Planning Poker game? Do you like real cards? You can get them for free! Get AgileEE discount code http://www.scrumdesk.com Are you going to Agile Eastern Europe conference to Kiev? Do you want to get special discount? Write an email to sales@scrumdesk.com and get your promo code. Meet with us in Kiev! Reference: Nevo http://www.scrumdesk.com/Customers.html#Nevo We are proud to announce new reference - Nevo company. Release: Version 4.0.5 http://www.scrumdesk.com/Articles/Change Logs/v4.0.5.html New version 4.0.5 is available. Read more in change log. Join Eastern Agile Conference http://www.scrumdesk.com/Conferences/agileee.html ScrumDesk is proud to announce sponsorship of Eastern Agile Conference in Kiev organized by Alexey Krivitskij. Join Agile@Slovakia group to get cheaper registration! Release: Quick fix 4.0.0.14 http://www.scrumdesk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=42 Quick fix v. 4.0.0.13 has been published. Task description was unavailable prior current release. Release: Quick fix 4.0.0.13 Quick fix v. 4.0.0.13 has been published. Some installations crashed in special case. Release: ScrumDesk v.4 On-Site and On-Demand available http://www.scrumdesk.com/Articles/Change%20Logs/v.4.0/v.4.0.html On-Site and On-Demand v.4 are available now. Announcement: Upgrade of hosted databases started! We have started an upgrade of all hosted databases to a new version supporting ScrumDesk v.4 that is going to be released later today. Announcement: Automatic upgrade published on March 10 http://www.scrumdesk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=30 Version 4 of On-Site and On-Demand edition are going to be published on March 10! Databases hosted on our servers are goig to be upgraded on March 9. Release: ScrumDesk v.4 On-Site Preview version http://www.scrumdesk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=30 Preview of On-Site edition v.4 is available now. An automatic upgrade of your current on-site or on-demand installation is going to be published on March 10. Forum: Scrum http://www.scrumdesk.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=9 We created Scrum discussion forum to discuss any question about Scrum experience. Reference: MakeMusic http://www.scrumdesk.com/Customers.html#MakeMusic We are announcing a new reference for ScrumDesk - company MakeMusic. Announcement: Study Community Partner http://www.scrumdesk.com/News.html#StudyCommunityGroup ScrumDesk is supporting partner for Study Community Group. Read more about the group. We are back online We are back online now. We are very sorry for problems due to our outage. Servers outage We are very sorry, but our demo database, hosted databases and licensing server are not reachable now. We are working on this problem. Thank you for your patience. New Release: ScrumDesk Demo Edition v.4 http://www.scrumdesk.com/Articles/Change Logs/v.4.0/v.4.0.html New ScrumDesk Demo Edition ver.4 is available now. Read more in Change Log. This version offers many new features including online planning poker, enhanced task board, prioritization of stories based on financial values, new team manager etc. On-Site and On-Demand edition will be available next week. Reference: University of New England http://www.scrumdesk.com/customers.html#UNE We are proud to announce a new reference for ScrumDesk - University of New England. Quick Tip: How to split a story http://www.scrumdesk.com/Screencasts/QuickTips/StorySplit.htm

Your sprint is near to finish.

But, you have few uncompleted stories. What to do in such situation?

You can move your story to next sprint or to split it. See how to do it in ScrumDesk.

 Holiday - January 6 We are sorry, but we will be out of office tommorow (on January 6). This day is holiday in Slovakia. Socialize with us: LinkedIn Group http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=107610&goback=%2Eegp_107610 Talk with us on LinkedIn group. Socialize with us: Twitter http://twitter.com/scrumdesk Listen about us on Twitter. Conference: Agile Processes 2009 http://www.scrumdesk.com/Conferences/AgileProcesses2009.html Meet us at Agile Processes 2009 conference! March 18th - 20th, 2009, Sheraton Hotel, Stockholm. Review: See it at Scrum4You (by Boris Gloger) http://scrum4you.wordpress.com/2008/11/30/scrum-tools-scrumdesk-review/ ScrumDesk is a big tool with many details and it’s not possible to cover them all on this review, but you can see that it’s a tool that can compete with the most known ones in the market and for the amount of features they provide the price it’s not high as some people may expect....if you look for a high tech tool, ScrumDesk is one that you can consider. We are working on (November 2008) - Task Board http://www.scrumdesk.com/weareworkingon.html#November24 Task board has been enhanced in new release - zooming, status indication, cards minimalization We are working on (November 2008) http://www.scrumdesk.com/weareworkingon.html#November19 New features - teams, prioritization, daily meetings support, risk vs. value, project logo Article - Daily Scrum and ScrumDesk http://www.scrumdesk.com/Articles/RSS Reader/9-DailyScrum.html ScrumDesk provides access to sprint backlog by task board and helps with progress visualization by burn down and burn up charts. Case Study - Management Discovery Ltd. http://www.scrumdesk.com/Download/Documents/CaseStudies/CaseStudy-ManagementDiscoveryLtd.pdf How Scrum and ScrumDesk helped in Management Discovery Ltd. ScrumDesk Review by Rob Higher - Goodbye Mr. Gannt http://blog.une.edu.au/robbi/2008/10/18/goodbye-mr-gantt/ Rob Higher from Australian and New Zealand Higher Education wrote the review of ScrumDesk. Thanks Rob! We are working on: Some selected features we are working on currently http://www.scrumdesk.com/weareworkingon.html#Nov6-2008 Usability enhancements, Scrum Advisor, Business Value, Risk, Kano, Hub and others. We are working on: Online Planning Poker http://www.scrumdesk.com/weareworkingon.html#PlanningPoker Next version of ScrumDesk is going to support online planning poker. See few screenshots. Document: How to Set Up TFS Synchronization v.2 http://www.scrumdesk.com/Download/Documents/HowToSetUpTFSSynchronization.pdf Guide to set up the synchronization with Team Foundation Server (version 2) explains question gathered during the beta program. Presentation Scrum Fundamentals http://www.scrumdesk.com/Download/Documents/ScrumFundamentals.pps Our theme for Business Analyst Forum in Wroclaw was "Scrum Fundamentals". Award: by product review Ronda Roberts http://www.brighthub.com/office/project-management/reviews/3755.aspx ScrumDesk is awarded by Ronda who is product reviewer at Bright Hub. Thank you Ronda for positive review. Workshop: Scrum and ScrumDesk http://www.scrumdesk.com/Conferences/BAF.html October 6: Torin and Aion are announcing workshop Scrum and ScrumDesk that will presents fundamentals of Scrum and ScrumDesk at Business Analyst Forum in Wroclaw (Poland). Announcement: Full edition - new version 3.6.2 is available http://www.scrumdesk.com/Articles/Change Logs/v3.6.2.html Version 3.6.2 contains fixes (taskboard) and two new features: support for planning poker and absences evidence. The Full Edition is published for all who are running local database installation. Before the installation do database upgrade, please! Screen cast: Planning poker http://www.scrumdesk.com/Screencasts/PlanningPoker.htm Planning poker view provides support for estimation proces and planning poker. Announcement: demo version 3.6.2 is available today http://www.scrumdesk.com/Articles/Change Logs/v3.6.2.html Version 3.6.2 contains fixes (taskboard) and two new features: support for planning poker and absences evidence. Nomination for Epsilon Award http://www.euroconference.org/Epsilon_Vote.htm ScrumDesk is nominated for Epsilon Award by The European Software Conference. Click to vote! Thank you. Screen cast: Task board in ScrumDesk http://www.scrumdesk.com/Screencasts/Taskboard.htm Are you using wall mounted task board known from Agile books? Try our solution. "We are working on" updated. http://www.scrumdesk.com/weareworkingon.html Read more about features and bug fixes planned for next version. Screen cast: Treemap in ScrumDesk http://www.scrumdesk.com/Screencasts/Treemap.htm Version 3.6 supports displaying backlog in treemap. See your backlog in a new way! Annoucement: demo version 3.6 is available today http://www.scrumdesk.com/Articles/Change Logs/v3.6.html Demo version 3.6 is available now. This version provides access to new backlog visualizations like treemap and task board, support for export to Microsoft Excel and others features. Version 3.6 includes features of 3.5 which was not available to public community. Annoucement: ver. 3.6 available at late August http://www.scrumdesk.com/weareworkingon.html#ver3-6 New features planned and currently developed for version 3.6 is interesting for many of our customers. We decided to release version 3.6 at the late of August. This version will contains features of version 3.5. Version 3.5 will not be released as stand alone update. Article: RSS Reader - Sprint planning meeting http://www.scrumdesk.com/Articles/RSS Reader/8-SprintPlanning.html Development team of RSS Reader sample is going to meet together in their first sprint planning meeting. Read more how to use ScrumDesk to plan your sprint. Article: Effort vs. Time http://www.scrumdesk.com/Articles/EffortVsSize.html Are you starting Scrum? Do you want to know what it is difference between the size and duration? What it is story point? Read more in article Effort vs. Size. Annoucement: Version 3.6 features http://www.scrumdesk.com/weareworkingon.html#ver3-6 Version 3.6 is focused on new backlog's visualizations and top customers requests. We are developing the Treemap view, new Taskboard view for daily stand up meetings, BurnUp chart and more! ScrumDesk Synchronization Hub (beta): How To Set Up TFS Synchronization http://www.scrumdesk.com/Download/Documents/HowToSetUpTFSSynchronization.pdf This document describes steps required to be done if you want to synchronize artifacts changes between ScrumDesk and Microsoft Team Foundation Server. EveryAngle is ScrumDesk implementation partner http://davidlaing.com We are announcing new partner. David Laing from EveryAngle company became ScrumDesk implementation partner. David (based in UK, http://davidlaing.com) is available as an agile coach to help your team get up to speed with ScrumDesk and agile project management techniques to ensure your new project is a resounding success. Presentation: Scrum http://www.scrumdesk.com/Presentations/Scrum.pps Basics of Scrum and the project planning. Screen cast Integration with Microsoft Team Foundation Server http://www.scrumdesk.com/Screencasts/TFSIntegration.htm ScrumDesk is able to synchronize artifacts with Microsoft Team Foundation Server. We are looking for beta testers! Screen cast Export to Microsoft Excel http://www.scrumdesk.com/Screencasts/ExportToExcel.htm Export to Microsoft Excel is done. This feature will be released in coming ScrumDesk version. New ScrumDesk version 3.1 available! http://www.scrumdesk.com/Articles/Change%20Logs/v3.1.0.html New ScrumDesk version 3.1 is available. Summer discounts! http://www.scrumdesk.com/pricing.html#SummerDIscounts We are pleased to announced summer discounts! Buy your license during July and August and get the ScrumDesk for discount price. See more in ScrumDesk Pricing. Version 3.1 will be available on June, Friday 27 http://www.scrumdesk.com/weareworkingon.html#June25 This will be required to install version. We are upgrading our infrastructure. As a benefit we are publishing few features required by customers. Read more in We are working on page. Method and Tools - new issue! http://www.methodsandtools.com/ New issue of Method and Tools (software development magazine) is available. You can read more about UML, iterative process, TDD and about keeping control over projects. Case Study - COOPEX Soft http://www.scrumdesk.com/Download/Documents/CaseStudies/CaseStudy-COOPEX Soft.pdf Read about ScrumDesk and Scrum implementation story in COOPEX Soft, Slovakia. We are working on... http://www.scrumdesk.com/weareworkingon.html We are working on ScrumDesk integration. Read more in this post. Article: Project Backlog Stories http://www.scrumdesk.com/Articles/RSS Reader/6-Stories.html RSS Reader - Product owner is defining backlog stories. ScrumDesk process poster http://www.scrumdesk.com/pictures/ScrumDesk process poster.png To quick overview how ScrumDesk supports Scrum processes check this poster. Article: Planning project sprints http://www.scrumdesk.com/Articles/RSS Reader/5-PlanningProjectSprints.html Our article serie describing how to manage RSS Reader development continues with sprints planning. 300+ customers! End of May is here and our registered customers base grows up to 300+. What's more, 100+ users are running local project databases. Thanks to all. Method and Tools magazine is our partner! http://www.methodsandtools.com/ We are proudly announcing our partnership with development magazine Methods and tools. Methods and Tools is a free global software development magazine with practical knowledge, information and resources on software development and software engineering. Local database installation screencast http://www.scrumdesk.com/Screencasts/DatabaseInstallation.htm Another one screencast required by the customers is local database installation screencast. Take a look how easy it can be. SideView screencast http://www.scrumdesk.com/Screencasts/SideView.htm Based on customer requirements we prepared screencast about SideView. New pricing model! http://www.scrumdesk.com/pricing.html We have changed princing model. We offer a new Package distribution model. Prices for a subscription model had changed too. New ScrumDesk version 3.0 available! http://www.scrumdesk.com/Articles/Change%20Logs/v3.0.0.html New ScrumDesk version 3.0 is definitely available. New ScrumDesk version will be available on next Monday. http://www.scrumdesk.com/weareworkingon.html New ScrumDesk version will be available on next Monday, May, 19. We are working on... http://www.scrumdesk.com/weareworkingon.html Look what we are currently working on. We were awarded! http://www.scrumdesk.com/Awards.html Today we got first awards! Thank you. New release 2.9.1.10 is available! http://www.scrumdesk.com/Articles/Change%20Logs/v2.9.1.10.html This release provides a new status tracking capabilities, retrospective enhancements and more. Administrator's Manual available! http://www.scrumdesk.com/Download/Documents/AdministratorsManual.pdf One hundred registered customers! http://www.scrumdesk.com/News.html#AnnApr2008-4 Thanks to all registered customers we have reached 100 registrations in first month of the public release version available. Thank you. Example RSS Reader (doing SCRUM with ScrumDesk) - Part 4 http://www.scrumdesk.com/News.html#AnnApr2008-3 Part 4 is about the release planning. To read more, go to <a href=/Articles/RSS%20Reader/4-PlanningProjectReleases.html>Step 4 Planning project releases<a> Example RSS Reader (doing SCRUM with ScrumDesk) - Part 3 http://www.scrumdesk.com/News.html#AnnApr2008-3 Part 3 is about the story templates. To read more, go to <a href=/Articles/RSS%20Reader/3-StoryTemplates.html>Step 3 Defining Story Template<a> Fixed some screencasts http://www.scrumdesk.com/screencasts.html Some of the screencasts were broken when playing in Firefox. We have fixed them. Example RSS Reader (doing SCRUM with ScrumDesk) http://www.scrumdesk.com/News.html#AnnApr2008-2 Try our example for project management with SCRUM. We are starting with two articles, <a href=/Articles/RSS%20Reader/1-Project%20defining.html>Project definition<a> and <a href=/Articles/RSS%20Reader/2-Team%20definition.html>Team definition<a>. To read more, go to <a href=articles.html>Articles section<a> New release is coming in early April! http://www.scrumdesk.com/News.html#AnnApr2008-1 In few days we are going to release new ScrumDesk version. Changes includes story templates, export to XPS and PNG, printing, retrospective and user interface enhancements and more. New screencast: Planning http://www.scrumdesk.com/Screencasts/Planning.htm How ScrumDesk supports product planning, planning sprints and releases. New screencast: Retrospective http://www.scrumdesk.com/Screencasts/Retrospective.htm How ScrumDesk supports retrospective, writing ideas and voting for the best ideas. New screencast: Reports http://www.scrumdesk.com/Screencasts/Reports.htm Get the project status overview, sprints and releases status. New screencast: Integration http://www.scrumdesk.com/Screencasts/Integration.htm ScrumDesk integration to supports IP Phone, emails, personal pages,.... Tool to check licensing server accessibility! http://www.scrumdesk.com/faq.html#LicenseConnectTesting If you have problem with connection to the ScrumDesk Licensing server, read please the FAQ article and download this tool. Pricing is available! http://www.scrumdesk.com/Pricing.html Pricing and editions description is available. ScrumDesk Release is available! http://www.scrumdesk.com/News.html#AnnMar2008-3 <p>ver 2.9.0.25 (March 6, 2008)<p> <p>This version is the first public release version that offers towards beta speed optimizations and also new features. ScrumDesk Release is coming http://www.scrumdesk.com <p>In next few days we will release ScrumDesk. This version is not just optimized. Besides, release will provide:</p> <ul> <li> a new reports with statistical support (mean 3 weeks, mean 8 weeks, maximum velocity) values for better estimation process</p> <li> release state overview</p> <li> quicker access to projects database over the internet</p> <li> validation to story/tasks tracking process</p> <li> integration with Microsoft Office Live Communicator</p> <li> story can be created by easy drag and drop from bugtrack systems</p> <li> easy access to backlog in Sprint view </p> <li> better release description and release overview (percent completed, stories count,...) </ul> ScrumDesk Forum available http://scrumdesk.com/forum/index.php Forum for ScrumDesk is available. ScrumDesk FAQ available http://www.scrumdesk.com/faq.html Frequently asked questions and answers are available. Beta version available http://www.scrumdesk.com Beta version is available. Quick Start Guide http://www.scrumdesk.com/Download/Documents/ScrumDesk%20Quick%20Start.pdf To get more detailed description about ScrumDesk, please read this guide. Screencasts http://www.scrumdesk.com/screencasts.html Today we are announcing four screencasts: Project backlog, Story card, Project details and Administration. Updated web pages http://www.scrumdesk.com As a beta version is getting closer to the release, we have updated the web pages. We hope that you will get more information about ScrumDesk. Beta version release in February! http://www.scrumdesk.com For February we are preparing first public beta version. We will also provide free demo projects database access. New screenshots http://www.scrumdesk.com/screenshots.html Now we are showing You more screens from our ScrumDesk. Take a look!