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Version 3.5 is a major upgrade. The most important reason for this build is support for ScrumDesk Synchronization Hub. If you use a local database installation, then database upgrade is required. Ask us for updated ScrumDesk Database installation tool, please.Synchronization and tools integrationScrumDesk supports synchronization with 3rd party tools (such as Microsoft Team Foundation Server). [...]
Infrastructure upgrade The main reason for a new version is an infrastructure upgrade. We moved licensing server to a new provider with higher capacity. Unfortunately, this change requires an update for all ScrumDesk demo or local installations. Users are not required to update the locally installed database. User assignment In previous versions, a task [...]
Proxy support In some cases, our license service was unavailable due to proxy settings. ScrumDesk supports now the proxy with authentication. Internet Explorer proxy settings are used by default. If you are using a proxy password, set it by a click on a Proxy hyperlink in a login dialog. Set proxy URL, port, login [...]
We are very proud to support TEDxBratislava conference. May 29th, 2010, Heineken Tower Stage, Bratislava, Slovakia. Let us use words of organizers about it: Riveting speakers, perceptive audience, diversity of topics, lively discussions among the participants – this is what you can experience at TEDxBratislava. If your mind is wide open, enquiring and looking for [...]
We would like to invite you to learn more about agile during the Open Agile Romania conference that will happen in Bucharest at Hotel Golden Tulip Times. Conference is organized by Maria Diaconu and Alexandru Bolboaca. You can meet a lot of important speakers (Rachel Davies, David Hussman, Robin Dymon, Janet Gregory, Michel Goldenberg) and interesting [...]
New version 4.5 has been published. It contains stories relations, support for Pomodoro TechniqueTM , speed optimization, and more than 50 other enhancements.
The Spanish Society of Rheumatology (SER) is a scientific association aiming to promote the study of rheumatic diseases, musculoskeletal system and connective tissue diseases, dealing with problems related to the medical specialty always focused on the benefit of rheumatic patients. Currently, the SER represents about 1,500 professionals in Spain. SER develops works, studies and [...]
We are proud to announce a new reference for our tool: 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 & Industrial projects and providing its products and service to leading international companies. Advanced Electronics [...]
Release date: October 16, 2009 Few days after the new version we are releasing a quick fix of problems found by the community. As an addition is a new document available in Reports/Documents. Document Sprint Stories This document provides an easy access to all stories in selected Sprint. It can be helpful if you [...]
ScrumDesk for Windows(retired): Step 1 - Create a new project This articles series is an example of how to start using SCRUM in your projects with help provided by ScrumDesk. Our example project will be an RSS Reader, an application that will provide easy access to RSS articles provided by many websites. And we [...]
ScrumDesk for Windows (retired): Step 2 - Define a team Who Product Owner Work that needs to be done can be easily distributed in more development teams. ScrumDesk connects teams in one virtually connected social community. This community is notified by the ScrumDesk notification system about any change. Teams can be distributed over the [...]
In Step 3 we will define story templates according to company process requirements. If your process is not requiring precisely defined steps, go directly to Step 4. Who Scrum Master Story Templates Are story templates required? No. But they are great when you have defined the required development process steps. This is the typical [...]
In this step, the Product Owner and development team will try to plan project releases. Who Product Owner Scrum Master Planning in SCRUM SCRUM is based on development in timeboxes called Sprint. Sprint is the time needed to complete selected stories (features, bugs, requirements, tasks,...). The length of the sprint is typically 30 days, [...]
In this step product owner and development team will try to plan project sprints. Who Product Owner Scrum Master Planning in SCRUM In Step 4 Planning product releases we defined sprint as time box for developers to complete selected stories. Product Development Product Backlog Release A Release B Sprint 1 Sprint 2 Sprint 3 ScrumDesk: Planning [...]
In this step product owner and development team are going to plan project sprints. Who Product Owner Creating stories The target for this step is to create backlog stories. Product Development Product Backlog Stories in scrum are mainly created by the product owners. As a first step let's log in as product owners. The product [...]
In this step development team is going to estimate stories. Who Scrum Master Developers Planning Poker® Our backlog contains all known stories which has to be developed for product. Team sits down together around the table and they starts to discuss size of each story. Product Development Product Backlog Every developer will get cards [...]
In this step product, owner and development team will plan sprint. Who Product Owner Scrum Master Developers Visitors Sprint planning meeting Development team meats with the product owner on sprint planning meetings. The product owner shows the team his plan for the first sprint. Product owners chose stories by top importance (priority). Planning View [...]
Who Scrum Master Developers Visitors Starting the sprint Scrum Master login to ScrumDesk before the Daily Scrum Meeting. The first thing he must do is start the sprint. To start it display SideView/Sprint and press the big red Start sprint button. If a sprint is started all changes made to remaining and duration time, changes [...]
How to do Agile estimation with story points? Agile estimation is based on simple principles: apply relative comparison as people are better in relative estimation not absolute, compare items with estimation references included in the estimation catalogue, use a simple scale based on the modified Fibonacci scale numbers of which are known as the [...]
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