We have released our first public version in 2012 - TeamCompanion v4.4. As promised, we added new features to our Agile Project Management module and kept on working on the native support for the approaching TFS vNext release. Additionally, we improved some of our basic features and implemented various fixes.
The list of new features is as follows:
- Search results highlighting
- Quick search results (available in each query folder) are now highlighted
- Highlighting is visible in both result grid and HTML work item preview
- Added ability to switch between HTML preview and work item edit form
- Enhanced support for creation of work items in the Agile Project Management tool
- Implemented support for quickly adding new child work items in iteration backlog
- Added support to undo newly created PBI item(s) or child task(s)
- Improved support for MS Scrum 1.0 and 2.0 Templates
- Implemented support for mapping sprint work item types to team iterations when using MS Scrum 1.0
- Added native support for Scrum 2.0 process template in tfspreview
- Various fixes and improvements
1) Search results highlighting
TeamCompanion's full-text search now highlights found search terms, both in the search result grid and in the HTML work item preview. In this way, you can quickly and easily determine why a particular work item appears in the search result.
As part of the implementation of this feature we offer you the possibility to quickly switch between the editable embedded work item form and HTML work item preview with highlighting.
Search highlighting is available in the product and iteration backlog lists in the agile project management tool Plan and Prioritize as well.
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2) Enhanced support for creation of work items in the Agile Project Management tool
In the previous version, we added the possibility for quickly adding new top level work items (PBIs) to the product backlog. In this version, we added the equivalent ability to quickly add new child level work items (tasks) related to product backlog items (PBIs) directly in the iteration backlog view. This feature supports efficient sprint planning meetings.
The header of the iteration backlog list now contains a set of controls for adding new child level items to PBIs assigned to that iteration. Click on a PBI in the list to which you want to add the child task. Then type the child item’s Title and Remaining Work and press enter or click on the Add button. The new task appears in the iteration backlog list and has a negative value in the ID field. It is placed as first child of the initially selected PBI and is currently selected.
This item is not automatically saved to TFS and is therefore shown in italics. After you add all your new child tasks in the described way, you can save them all at once using the ribbon controls. If you want to discard all your changes, simply undo your additions.
In this version we also added the possibility to undo the addition of a single new item in product and iteration backlog lists, that has still not been saved to TFS. This means that you can remove a newly added PBI item from the product backlog list and that you can remove a newly added child item in the iteration backlog list. Simply right click on the item you want to remove from the list and select Undo Work Item from it’s context menu.
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3) Improved support for MS Scrum 1.0 and 2.0 Templates
TeamCompanion v4.4 now fully supports the MS Scrum 1.0 template for TFS 2010.This means that for team projects using this template you can map the appropriate Sprint work item type to team iterations. TeamCompanion recognizes if you are using the default version of this template and sets the right mappings for you. If you have customized your process template, please check your settings for related mappings in the configuration settings of the agile project management tool Plan and Prioritize.
After these settings have been configured, all changes to capacity settings of your iterations are synchronized with the corresponding Sprint work item types.
TeamCompanion’s agile project management tool Plan and Prioritize in v4.4 natively supports the MS Scrum 2.0 template in Team Foundation Service Preview (tfspreview, Microsoft's TFS in the cloud). We are able to recognize that your project is using this template, and adjust by default all required configuration settings.
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4) Various fixes and improvements
We are constantly solving issues and problems reported through feedback from our customers. Thank you one again for your effort to improve TeamCompanion.
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