Stay updated with the latest development progress nearly every week. This Preview edition is published to get your feedback earlier so we can improve the implementation of your requests before an official release.

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Change log: January 9, 5.2.6.73

New features

  • Rule: Impediments are not solved
  • Coach – filter issues by role to better focus on improvements
  • Number of calendar days till the end of current sprint displayed near Impediments button

Fixes:

  • Beta auto-update source location fixed
  • Fixed Coach menu item color
  • The incorrect version is displayed in Beta upon upgrade.

Notice: Reinstall ScrumDesk from ScrumDesk Beta installation page in case beta auto-update doesn’t work.

Change log: January 4, 5.2.6.71

New features

  • I would like to copy text from index cards once the sprint is done.
  • Impediments might be entered for tasks
  • Estimated duration of stories displayed in Planning
  • Team members sorted according to name in tasks and windows
  • Upload an attachment that is open in another application
  • Project logo should be possible to clear
  • Projects logos are loaded in separate threads to not block the Project window
  • Absences, impediments, and other information not related to the current sprint are loaded in the background

Fixes:

  • Application freeze if a team member is selected
  • Import progress is not hidden after the import is completed
  • Click on Restore in administration will log out user unintentionally
  • Missing team members in Send connection window (Administration mode)
  • Filter by default color doesn’t work in some cases
  • The backlog should be selected by default in Side View/Backlog
  • Display of different sprints after Refresh will freeze application
  • Adding the retrospective idea after Refresh doesn’t work in some cases
  • The name od tab change to “Desk 0” upon refresh
  • Fast creation of the story and then immediately task create the story with id=0
  • Storie disappeared after double refresh
  • The story is not added to a sprint in planning view  if refresh has been done before
  • Tasks are not related to the same sprint as the story leads to errors in the timesheet report
  • Search in administration doesn’t work in some cases
  • Some issues identified by the Agile coach can not be fixed due to missing historical values min, max, last 8
  • The title of the issue in Coach does not display the whole text

Changelog: December 18, 5.2.5.63

New features

  • Refresh menu item refreshes all data, not just the current sprint backlog. Refresh will, therefore, take more time now, but sprints, releases impediments and absences are updated now.

Fixes:

  • Adding the first user crash in some computer configuration
  • Large project picture breaks loading of the project. Size limited to now.
  • Filter: Reset will set a filter by color to the default color
  • Filter: Highlight not always works by the first click
  • Filter: Modified not cleared on reset
  • Planning on the right side doesn’t display stories (in beta only)
  • Yellow status circle missing in Reports above burn down chart

Change Log: December 11, 5.2.4.60

New features

  • Coach
    • Retrospective ideas displayed as cards
    • Rule Over-planned sprint
    • Rule Over-committed sprint capacity
    • Rule Capacity very low
    • Rule Sprint under-planned
    • Rule Big team
    • Rule One product owner
    • Rule No retrospective idea
    • Rule Retrospective ideas not solved
    • Rule No retrospective idea
    • Validation of capacity compared to previous velocities Worst 3, Maximum, Minimum, and Last 8 sprints

Fixes:

  • Large project picture breaks loading of the project. Size limited to now.
  • Crash if Community news page is blocked by network infrastructure
  • Tab Sprint is visible sometimes in case a sprint has been deleted
  • Highlight in Filter doesn’t work for Retrospective view in some cases
  • SideView should be available in case of Homepage and BugTrack views are displayed
  • Attachments for not active sprints are sometimes not available
  • Incorrect warning if splitting of a story is canceled
  • Progress should be displayed for all sprints in the planning view
  • Repository login name is changed to repository name upon Load of connection file.
  • Tools menu item available in more cases

Changelog: December 3, 5.2.3.58

New features:

  • Agile coach

Fixes:

  • Slow refresh once the filter is reset
  • Double-click on release attachment in Search results do not open release detail window
  • Double-click on sprint attachment in Search results do not open sprint detail window
  • It is not possible to cancel the split of stories
  • Make  stories splitting question more clear + provide Split and Move buttons, not Yes, No
  • Filter by MoSCoW doesn’t filter correctly in all cases
  • Filter by Customer satisfaction doesn’t filter correctly in all cases

November 27, 5.2.2.55

New features:

Fixes:

  • The category written in retrospective idea is correctly saved now
  • Search in Poker planning fixed
  • Fixed availability of commands while switching tabs
  • The filter is possible to turn on/off by clicking on the Filter button in all views
  • Color of combo boxes for Sprint and Release in Documents
  • The highlight of the filter edit line is not cleared once the filter is not applied
  • Taskboard – tasks is not possible to move if Sprint is not started
  • Team Manager – search for team members in the hierarchy doesn’t work properly
  • Double click on comment incorrectly opens links. It should be disabled.
  • Spell checker settings are ignored in the Sprint Notes field
  • If  link format is incorrect, ScrumDesk says “File not found”
  • Not updated statistics in Planning if the project is switched
  • Button X should not be available in the Relations chart in story detail
  • Community News window not closed correctly
  • Change of MoSCoW or Satisfaction in the filter will hide stories until the filter is not reset
  • Search in Retrospective doesn’t indicate filter by the orange color
  • Release indicator in Planning is not updated when the story is assigned to release
  • Sprint indicator in Planning is not updated when the story is assigned to a sprint

Changelog: November 20, 5.2.0.49

Fixes:

  • Deletion of retrospective idea Idea if sprint is done
  • User name changed after Repository window is loaded
  • Options  are not possible to change Spell Checker configuration
  • Burn Down chart in SideView is not updated if the project is switched
  • The deleted project appears in the projects list
  • Search in Add Team Member window
  • Change of role in team grid should be allowed for Scrum Master only
  • Blocked ScrumDesk if no Non-working day is selected
  • A new story based on a new story template is not correct
  • Fill in Planning ends in crash
  • Incorrectly allowed drag in task board if sprint is planned

Change Log: November 13, 5.2.0.47

The database is not necessary to update, only the client application needs to be installed.

  • Retrospective ideas are possible to add, modify and delete even the sprint is closed
  • Fix of Repository window, login name has been changed after window is shown