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ScrumDesk Windows (retired) 5.0.2: Changes
ScrumDesk update v.5.0.2 contains following improvements: [*] [Dashboard] Product Owner can change status of the task in Dashboard [+] [Dashboard] Possibility to change from state Done to Solved [+] [Dashboard] Information displayed if change of task status is not possible [*] [Dashboard] Adding/Deleting new subtask doesn't change the number displayed in story legend [*] [Dashboard] Saved resources improve slightly performance with a big number of stories [*] [Dashboard] Name of the story, priority and effort is possible to edit in small card in-line [*] [Absences] First item not saved if window is closed [*] [Planning] Fix of assigning stories into sprint [-] [Planning] Removed animation after refresh/update of list of stories [*] [Planning] Anyone can plan, not just ScrumMaster or Product Owner [*] [Planning] Buttons +/- are hidden for backlog, release and releases [*] [Planning] Detail of , and is not possible to display [*] [Planning] Name of the story, priority and effort is possible to edit in small card in-line [*] Fixed New 0 subtasks while adding them, now 'New task + count' [+] Asynchronous save of subtasks in detail window & dashboard [*] Opacity of cards is not changed if stories are changed [*] Changed approach to use default proxy credentials due to 407 error [*] Message strings [...]
ScrumDesk How-To: Ep.3 Project and Team
After the project is created it should be configured. ScrumDesk allows ScrumMaster to assign a name to the Project page. Except that ScrumMaster can describe the project in the Description edit line to provide general information about the project to other people in a company. ScrumDesk provides a way to visually distinguish the project in the projects list by the logo. More information about the project, contract, meeting notes, [...]
Scrum Checklist
Scrum is a lightweight process framework. As it is just a framework, you can find the same implementation in the world rarely. Even at the company level scrum implementation will be different project by project. To validate our coaching effort we use Scrum Checklist (originally written by Henrik Kniberg). Henrik's checklist is a paper-based survey easy to use during meetings. Coaches however need to validate more teams than [...]
Real life episode: Speed Boat game helps improve
Successful companies are looking for the ways how to improve processes all the time. Sources of improvement, in companies driven by traditional management, are mostly selected people from senior management and/or process engineers. The problem is, as we in agile community see, that source of improvements are not the people directly doing the job in many caes. Of course, these people are questioned (at least) by different surveys with [...]
Real life episode: Product review
Sprint review (or demo, demonstration) is fundamental Scrum ceremony providing a visibility of results to a product owner, stakeholders or anyone invited. For an agile team, a review is a key event as commitment they agreed on must be demonstrated as a real functionality. We spent a couple of few days on-site with teams we coach. The focus of our sessions was a review of stories developed during the last sprint. [...]
Testimonial by Ving
We are working in Scrum and ScrumDesk is a unique task manager. The main advantage relative to other utilities for Scrum is that it is strictly consistent with the methodology, at least in the sense that we understand Scrum. This suggests that there is sufficient flexibility ScrumDesk - if any opportunity is not needed, it can simply not use it, and vice versa, the tool can be used [...]
ScrumDesk for Windows: Register and Configure
Registration ScrumDesk is available in two editions: Demo edition is available for anyone interested in trying ScrumDesk for free a on shared database. No registration is necessary, just install Windows client application. .NET 3.5 SP1 is required. 5 Free users Edition is fully featured edition for companies willing to have data located in the separate database. This edition is provided in two forms: on-site and on-demand. On-Site edition [...]
Agile Consultancy Services
We help companies in Europe to improve and grow through agility improved by our services. Our coaches are in your country. Our coaches speak your language. Our coaches have real life experience. We offer: Training and workshops Agile coaching and support by our certified Scrum Masters and Product Owners Agile transformations Audits of implemented practices We are ready to help you with: Agile principles Scrum framework and its adoption [...]
ScrumDesk 5: Release and Sprint Planning, Autofill, Multiple tabs
ScrumDesk just gets better!We invest a lot of effort to bring this release, but only now we are delighted to see how much we have done!We would like to thank all people sending us feedbacks, comments, and requests. Let us send our 'Thank you' to Nicolò Carandini, people from Coopex Soft, to Giavinh and many others that did not forget to ask us about improvements!New featuresTop three features?New grid [...]
ScrumDesk Windows 4.0.5
Version 4.0.5 is focused on top critical problems, a few new features, and performance optimization. We are using .NET 3.5. platform now. Version 4.0 is not upgrading previous ScrumDesk installations! You have to uninstall previous versions and install v.4.0.5. Offline license mode for 29 days We've changed our policy and let users run ScrumDesk in an offline mode not just for 5 days, but for 29 days. You [...]
ScrumDesk Windows 4: Team Management, KANO, Timeline
How to upgrade On-Site edition Database upgrade Back up your database before upgrading! Download ScrumDesk Database Manager. Click the Upgrade radio button. Login to your SQL Server. Choose your database from the Databases combo. Click the Update button. In the case of error, copy error text from the error window and send it to our support, please. ScrumDesk client upgrade Run ScrumDesk as usual. You should see a [...]
ScrumDesk Windows 3.6.2: Planning Poker
Planning Poker ® Planning Poker ® window provides access to all unplanned stories with support for: move around the backlog stories that are not started yet timer for poker round Fibonacci numbers + customer effort value view on smaller, equal, and bigger stories Planning Poker ® can be used during the estimation meeting. Team members select the story to estimate. Scrum master set time for poker round and then click button [...]
ScrumDesk Windows 3.6: Product Backlog in Treemap
Release date: August 19, 2008 Version 3.6 is a major upgrade. This version makes version 3.5 changes available to the 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 a database upgrade is required. Only database version 2.13.0 is supported. Stories Treemap Treemap is a great way to visualize a [...]