Scrum Masters Workbench version 2 released.

Today we have released the next version of the popular project dash board application: Scrum Masters Workbench.

• Blog Announcement: Workbench v2 goes gold
  
  
• Download at: Workbench Products
  
  
• Guidance: Workbench Guidance

Release Highlights:

• Hierarchy mode
• Search
• Highlight
• Change Polling
• Improved common template support
• Multi-select editing
• TFS Web access integration

A fix for the SfTS v3 release date rollup bug.

The below linked blog post describes how to implement a fix for the Scrum for Team System version 3 Release work item date roll-up bug.

• http://consultingblogs.emc.com/crispinparker/archive/2010/09/07/scrum-for-team-system-v3-release-dates-rollup-fix.aspx

A new edition of the Scrum Masters Workbench has been released.

Today we have launched a new beta edition of the popular Scrum Masters Workbench application Version 1.1.0.0.

What's New?

• New Hierarchy Mode:
  
  You can now interact with work items and their related sub item via a rich UI interface. Complex hierarchies are displayed in simple interactive trees and you can define your own views with a click of a checkbox.
  
  
• TFS Web Access integration:
  
  The applciation now provides links to the TFS Web Access pages for each work item.
  
  
• Online Guidance Links:
  
  Context links to the online guidance pages have been added.
  
  
• Improved Support for Common Templates:
  
  Native support for the most common TFS templates has now been added. You no longer have to define the default relationship views or adjust the swim lane states. You can also update you existing projects layout information by selecting the File -> Reset project Layout option.
  
  Improved Support for:
  
  • Scrum for Team System v2
  • Scrum for Team System v3
  • MSF Agile v5
  • TFS Scrum v1 (Beta) 

Click below to get your free copy:

• SMW v1.1 Beta 1 x86
• SMW v1.1 Beta 1 x64

Scrum for Team System site maintenance

The Scrum for Team System web site will be offline for approximately 1 hour for essential site maintenance Thursday 5th August 2010 09:00 - 10:00 BST.

Edit - Maintenance is now complete (06/08/2010).

Two new posts about Scrum for Team System version 3

Two new posts regarding scrum for team system have been posted. Check them out below:

• Scrum for Team System Version 3 – How to model BUGS
  
  In post you will discover how to manage bugs in a SfTS v3 project.

• Scrum for Team System v3.0, MSF Agile v5.0 and Team Foundation Server Scrum v1.0 (beta)
  
  A comparitive feature view between SfTS, MSF Agile and TFS Scrum process templates.