7 May 2012

This release delivers the following enhancements to the Rapid Board:

This release also includes a number of fixes. For full details please see the GreenHopper 5.9.5 Release Notes.

Note that Plan mode is currently in Labs and is only available when your administrator activates the "Scrum" option in Labs. Also note that Plan mode is only available for Scrum boards — see Creating a Board.

23 April 2012

This release delivers the following enhancements to the Rapid Board:

This release also includes a number of fixes. For full details please see the GreenHopper 5.9.3 Release Notes and GreenHopper 5.9.4 Release Notes.

Note that Plan mode is currently in Labs and is only available when your administrator activates the "Scrum" option in Labs. Also note that Plan mode is only available for Scrum boards — see Creating a Board.

Instant Filter on Issue Key, Type or Summary

In Plan mode, type an issue key, issue type, or part of the issue summary, and GreenHopper will instantly start searching for matches and filtering the displayed backlog, letter by letter as you type!

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Issue Count shown on the Sprint Marker

The sprint marker now shows the total number of issues (as well as story points) in your planned sprint. If some issues are hidden by your current Quick Filter, then two sets ot totals are shown on the sprint marker: one for all issues, the other for visible issues only.

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Issue Actions available in Plan & Work Modes

All issue actions (e.g. Edit, Log Work, etc) are now available via a 'Cog' menu in both Plan mode and Work mode.

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Status shown in Detail View

The Status field is now visible in the Detail View in both Plan mode and Work mode.

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Sprint Retrospective Report

For completed sprints, a Sprint Retrospective Report is now available (via Report mode).

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Make Agile your Home

Now you can choose to set GreenHopper as your default homepage in JIRA — so you will go straight to GreenHopper whenever you log into JIRA or click the JIRA logo at the top left of the page.

This will result in exactly the same effect as if you had clicked the 'Agile' menu immediately after logging in (i.e. automatically take you to the most recently used board in GreenHopper)

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View Sprint Info in JIRA View Issue

A new 'Agile' panel is now shown on the JIRA View Issue page that contains Sprint information. If the Issue is in an active or completed Sprint the Sprint name is shown along with the end date of the Sprint. Clicking the Sprint will allow you to view the relevant Sprint details, for active sprints this will take you to the Work mode (with focus on the relevant issue), for a completed sprint, you will be taken to the Sprint Retrospective Report.

Note that this feature is only available if you have enabled "Scrum" in Labs.

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Jump from JIRA Issues

When viewing an issue within JIRA, you can now jump to the relevant GreenHopper board(s) by selecting More Actions > Rapid Board or clicking the View on Rapid Board included in the Agile panel discussed above.

If your issue is present on more than one board, you will first be prompted to choose the board of interest:

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View Data Points in Control Chart

The Control Chart will now give you data at each point on the graph. Hover over the graph at any point to display actual values of the moving average.

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2 April 2012

This release delivers the following enhancements to the Rapid Board:

• Stories (ie. issues) can now be added to an in-progress sprint — drag and drop the issue in Plan mode onto the active sprint.
• Quick Filters are now available in Plan mode.
• Attachments are now visible in the Detail View (e.g. useful when you are in a sprint planning meeting).

• Sub-tasks are now visible in Work mode.

This release also includes a number of fixes. See the GreenHopper 5.9.1 Release Notes for full details.

Screenshot: Adding an issue to the active sprint

Note that Plan mode is currently in Labs and is only available when your administrator activates the "Scrum" option in Labs. Also note that Plan mode is only available for Rapid Boards that were created using the Scrum preset — see Creating a Board.

20 February 2012

This release introduces the Rapid Board, which was launched in GreenHopper 5.8 and brings multi-project support to GreenHopper. This release also includes a number of enhancements to the Rapid Board since its launch.

Screenshot: multiple projects in a single column on the Rapid Board

Rapid Board features from GreenHopper 5.8:

• Support for multiple JIRA projects.

• Global Rank — teams can now rank issues from multiple JIRA projects.

• Kanban Improvements — swimlanes, a control chart, and a Kanban preset to help teams get started quickly.

Rapid Board enhancements from GreenHopper 5.8.3:

• Quick and easy creation of Rapid Boards with presets or do-it-yourself options.

• Ability to copy a Rapid Board.

• Performance improvements for the Rapid Board.

• Ability to configure the Rapid View Wallboard Gadget with Quick Filters.

Rapid Board enhancements from GreenHopper 5.8.4:

• The ability to select a different filter for a Rapid Board.
• Improvements to the Getting Started screen.

Rapid Board enhancements from GreenHopper 5.8.6:

• Scrum support is now available via the Plan mode (currently in Labs).
  
• CFD chart is now real-time and configurable.
• Story Points field is now displayed in Work mode and Plan mode.
• Detail View has been enhanced — new tabs (Description, Details, Comments), plus core issue information shown at top.
• Refinements to the whole Rapid Board UI.
• Significant performance improvements — Rapid Boards with a large number of issues will now load up to 80% faster.

Rapid Board enhancements from GreenHopper 5.9:

• Total estimate (in Story Points) for the sprint is now shown in the sprint marker, and will update when you drag the marker.