ScrumWorks 1.8.3 (Download)

• Updated installer

ScrumWorks 1.8.2

• Bug fixes.

ScrumWorks 1.8.1

• API bug fixes.
• Import bug fixes.

ScrumWorks 1.8.0

• Revised Product Export, added Product Import.
• Task estimate history is editable.
• Uncommitted Backlog Items can be left unestimated. See the documentation
• Performance enhancements.
• Bug fixes.
• Cosmetic fixes.

ScrumWorks 1.7.0 beta

• Grouping Backlog Items using Themes.
• Added ability to work on Backlog Items from different Releases in a Sprint. (See the forum).
• Easy to use backup procedure.
• Batch operations on Backlog Items using the context menu.
• Option to hide past Sprints.
• New installations include sample products.
• Cosmetic fixes.
• Desktop client bug fixes.

ScrumWorks 1.6.1

• Mac OS X is now supported (client and server).
• Linux is now supported (client and server).
• Several Mac and Linux cosmetic issues and UI annoyances were fixed.
• Fixed a bug where data would get overwritten if two clients accessed the same thing at the same time.

ScrumWorks 1.6.0

• Created a SOAP API to enable users to access ScrumWorks data.
• Backlog Items and Tasks can be imported from an Excel spreadsheet.
• Improved performance when idle clients become active again.
• Cosmetic fixes.
• Desktop client bug fixes.
• Web client bug fixes.

ScrumWorks 1.5.4

• Deleted sprints no longer cause problems in the web client.

ScrumWorks 1.5.3

• Fixed a problem with creating impediments.

ScrumWorks 1.5.2

• Fixed a problem with the server caching old web client content.

ScrumWorks 1.5.1

• Fixed a problem when trying to launch the Desktop Client from Internet Explorer.

ScrumWorks 1.5.0

• Support for entering release dates (especially useful for reports).
• New Reports
  • Product Dashboard: easily see the status of many products in one place. A URL is provided for easy access without ScrumWorks.
  • Sprint Change Report: view a summary of product changes during a sprint. Backlog items added or removed to the product, estimate changes, and work completed are all included.
• In the Product Burndown, Sprint bars are only combined for different teams.
• Added a cut/copy/paste context menu on text fields.
• Incremental search bar at the bottom of the Backlog Scheduler.
• 'View Impediments' button applies to the currently displayed team.
• User interface and usability improvements.
• Automatic upgrader handles migrations from version 1.2.0.
• Lots of bugs and annoyances fixed.

ScrumWorks 1.4.2

• The upgrade procedure has been greatly improved. The installer available from the download page now detects an upgrade and migrates your installation to ScrumWorks 1.4.2. Note that the upgrader only works for users upgrading from the 1.3.0 and later versions.

ScrumWorks 1.4.1

• Product export - entire products can be exported to Excel. This will help with creating custom reports
• More responsive user interface
• Improved user manager UI
• Fixed memory leaks
• Easier way to enter URLs in description fields. There is no more 'Edit' checkbox that needs to be clicked! Simply enter the URL and it will automatically be converted to a clickable link.
• Aggregated sprints no longer skip numbers in the Product Burndown Chart
• Sprint numbers always start with 1 in the Product Burndown Chart
• Dates in the Sprint burndown chart don't run together in short (< 1 week) Sprints
• Hovering over points in Sprint burndown charts shows the date and effort
• 'OK' is the default button in most of the dialogs (finally)
• Updater checks whether it needs to run
• Many more bug fixes

ScrumWorks 1.4.0 RC1

• Searchable backlog -- searches titles of backlog items, tasks, sprints, and releases. Supports keyboard shortcuts of course.
• Improved team manager UI.
• Product Burndown Chart aggregates multi-team Sprints in same product when dates within one week.

ScrumWorks 1.4.0 Beta

• Much faster response time while manipulating products with large backlogs.
• First cut at features to support organizations with multiple teams. Multiple teams can work off one backlog. (NOTE: Issues remain with the user/team management UI and the Product Burndown Chart when multiple teams on one backlog.) (FIXED IN 1.4.0 RC1!)
• Auto refresh idle clients.
• Fixed context menus (right click) bug on Mac and Linux clients.
• Minor bug fixes and enhancements.

ScrumWorks 1.3.0 Release

• Collapsing Backlog Items, Sprints, and Releases.
• Multiple Backlog Items can be selected for dragging and dropping.
• The Web Client automatically opens up to the last Product and Sprint you were viewing.
• The "unassigned" team member has been renamed to "unspecified" to reflect that, in Scrum, people volunteer for tasks.
• Backlog Items can be marked as done by right clicking on the item.
• Backlog Items can be added by right clicking on the Sprint line in the backlog planner.
• After dragging and dropping, editing, or creating a new item, the changed item remains selected.
• Enhanced, more informative Product chooser for opening Products.
• When a Product is opened, it automatically scrolls to the currently running Sprint if there is one, or a Sprint which was recently active or will be active soon.
• Enhanced "View Impediments" button (added # of Impediments).
• Fixed bugs which caused some URLs in description fields to be parsed incorrectly or truncated.
• Allow many non-HTTP URLs including FTP, mailto, and file.
• Fixed bugs when pasting rich text and HTML into description fields.
• Added .xls extension to exported Excel files if it's not already specified.
• Minor performance enhancement for Products with many Tasks.
• More informative error messages on startup.
• About ten other bug fixes.

ScrumWorks 1.2.0 Release

• Basic Product Burndown - The product burndown chart shows how much work is left to do in the product. It shows the amount of backlog effort remaining at the beginning of each sprint. This is a product burndown chart as defined by page 11 of Agile Project Management with Scrum.
• Enhanced Product Burndown - This chart distinguishes between work completed and work added/removed. This can help forecast product completion.
• Velocity - The amount of work a team can do in a sprint. This is shown on either Product Burndown chart.
• Done Product Backlog Items - Product Backlog Items should be marked as done for creating burndown charts and calcuating velocity. See also: Product Backlog Item Status
• Product Backlog Item estimate history editor - Supports creating correct burndown charts. Estimates and dates can be changed for backlog items created after a sprint start date.
• Clickable descriptions - URLs in Wiki format can be used in detail and description fields. This could be used to reference a web-based bug-tracking system, Wiki requirements, or other web or ftp based documentation.
• Bug fixes - many irritating bugs and several minor annoyances have been fixed in this release.

ScrumWorks 1.1.1 Release

• User Management re-written. As of 1.1.1, we did away with the distinction between ScrumMaster and TeamMember users. All users may now log into both the Desktop and Web Clients. There is also a single Administrator user that can add, edit and delete users. The license file provides a maximum number of users and a company name that appears in the title bar.
• User Restrictions. Admins may now enable or disable user login into the various clients. Admins can also control whether users simply have login access or if the user shows up in drop-down lists throughout the application.
• Edit Tasks via the Web Client.
• New and improved Windows Installer. The windows installer now installs its own Java and instructs ScrumWorks to use it to avoid JRE/J2SDK conflict issues. The installer also installs ScrumWorks as a service by default. Trial licenses can now be directly requested from the installer wizard; licenses are sent automatically by the server, rather than via manual intervention.
• Delete Sprints. Users can now delete empty sprints.
• Delete Releases. Users can now delete empty releases.
• Delete Products. Users can now delete empty products.
• Fixed multiple bugs. Many annoying bugs in both the ScrumWorks Desktop and Web Clients have been fixed.
• Refresh Window. A file menu item and shortcut key (F5) has been added to refresh screen data from the server. This feature will make multiple user access more convenient and lessen the likelihood of write conflicts.
• Hide Completed Tasks: In both the Desktop and Web Clients, users may select options to hide completed Sprint tasks.
• New Backlog items attach to historic releases. Logic implemented to associate new backlog items with the most likely release, not just the first release in the list.
• Support for new app server/database combinations: JBoss-MySQL, JBoss-SQLServer, and IBM WebSphere.

ScrumWorks 1.1 Release

• Task Status Field: To help clearly identify the status of various tasks, ScrumWorks now has a status field column that can be selected from a drop-down list.
• Sprint Names: It is useful to designate overlapping sprints with a name. The name field is especially useful in cases of multi-team scrums.
• Task Prioritization: Team Member may wish to prioritize the tasks once they have been decomposed. In holding with the relative prioritization paradigm, Tasks can be assigned relative priorities using drag-n-dop.
• Fixes various bugs: Several bugs identified in verion 1.0 have been resolved. Most notably, the off-by-one error in task burndown histories that did not let users see estimate values for the first day of the sprint has been resolved.

ScrumWorks 1.0 Release

• Dual Column Product Backlog UI: this is a major UI enhancement. Rather than scrolling through a very large list of backlog items, we've separated the list into two scrollable columns, one contains committed backlog items (in Sprints) and the other uncommitted backlog items (in proposed releases or groups). Drag n' drop works across the columns. Now you can prioritize the uncommitted backlog on one side and move things into sprints on the other.
• Team Member Role and Login: added authenticated web pages outside the Desktop Client for each Team Member user in the system. Team Members may log in and find summary information about the current iteration, such as "My Tasks", "All Tasks", "Burndown Chart", and "Impediments".
• Sprint Detail by Day: Added option to view the history of task estimates, day by day, in the Sprint Detail window. This is reminescent of ADM's spread sheet application.
• Drag n' Drop tasks: tasks can be moved from PBI to PBI. The task will associate to the new PBI on release.
• Customizable backlog effort units: select any unit you desire to track your backlog effort estimates (days, function points, hours, big/med/large, etc.)
• User Management: A new dialog to manage existing users. Update user login and password information easily.
• Simple license activation: new users are created in the system by importing license files. Use the file upload utility to easily activate your license or add new users.
• Task Level Effort Summation: Sprint and Release headers now display a sum of associated task hours.
• Export/Print Sprint Burndown Chart: right-click the burndown chart for robust menu options including the export to PNG file format and print dialog.
• Drag n' Drop Enhancements: major UI enhancements to the original DnD system. Drop targets are now between items and are indicated to the user before dropping.
• Internationalization support: the client application automatically determines whether to use en_US or international date formats based on locale. Cross-national teams can work with the date formats to which each nationality is accustomed.
• Server-side installer: makes installing the ScrumWorks server-side component easier, even without systems administration experience. Installer installs the supporting files, application server, and database package needed to run ScrumWorks. Install on any Windows 2000/XP/2003, Mac, or Linux computer.
• A number of bugs were fixed in this release.

ScrumWorks 0.9 (Beta) Release

This is a public beta release of ScrumWorks. We invite the Scrum community to try ScrumWorks and provide feedback. Please contact us to arrange for a beta trial for your organization. Current features include:

• Rich client GUI for the "ScrumMaster" user role. Launches over the network using Java Web Start.
• Support for multiple projects. Create new Projects/Products from "File" menu. Open existing Projects/Products from "File" menu.
• Management of Product Backlog Items (PBIs): create new, edit existing PBIs, and delete existing PBIs.
• Drag 'n Drop Prioritization of PBIs: drag PBIs on top another PBI to displace it's priority. In the near future, this will be enhanced greatly and the GUI will provide feedback about your drop target before you drop.
• Add Sub-Tasks to PBIs: right-click feature to add Tasks to PBIs, whether or not the PBI is part of sprint.
• Sprint Management: Create and delete Sprints. Edit Sprint start date, end date, and goals.
• Drag 'n Drop Sprint Population: drag PBIs into Sprints. PBI sub-Tasks move with the parent PBI.
• PBI Level Effort Summations: The Backlog Effort column is the estimated effort remaining for individual PBIs. There are also some cumulative summary rows: The Sprint Rows and the Uncommitted Product Backlog Items rows. These values are the summed total of PBI estimated effort remaining for PBIs in specific Sprints as well as uncommitted PBIs (respectively).
• Separate Sprint Detail Window: focus on the tasks at hand and block everything else out.
• Add Sprint Tasks from Sprint Detail View: conveniently add new tasks as they surface
• Edit Sprint Tasks: title, estimated effort remaining, description, point person.
• Robust Task Sorting: Sort and sub-sort using the ctrl key.
• Sprint Burndown Chart: real-time burndown chart, an effective information radiator to see the "estimated effort remaining" for the Sprint tasks defined.
• Re-size Sprint Detail Panels: customizable view that allows re-sizing and collapsing of panels.
• Impediment Tracking: add new impediments (project wide scope). Edit and resolve impediments, too.
• Client side Support for Win98/2000/XP, MacOSX, Unices.
• Server runs on Win98/2000/XP, MacOSX, Unices. Deploy as a single J2EE "EAR" file.