TargetProcess Product Blog

Customize Cards Team is actively discussing implementation details. Initially everybody was standing near the board, but after two hours of intensive communication depletion took’em all.

TargetProcess v.3 Lists Feature Team is waiting for Nadia (who is enjoying her vacations in NYC)

Max fixed one more bug in the upcoming targetprocess iOS app.

We want to share more about company life, how we work and what we do. Meet the new Weekly Photo rubric.

Our lead developers are resolving last problems in a new super-fast search feature in the upcoming TargetProcess v.2.24 release:

This minor release includes several improvements to the Views. We are going to drop the old views very soon, so we’re catching up on the missing features.

Assign as many people as you want

Now you can assign many developers, many testers, etc. There are no limitations:

However, these multiple assignments can be seen only in the Views. For example, in a List there will be just the “…” sign showing that more than 2 people are assigned:

Fast Assign/Edit for Project

Now, if you’re in the User Story view (or the view for a Bug, Feature, etc.), you can quickly assign or change Project in the Info box on the right:

Tags Auto-Complete and Tags Cloud

It’s been pretty confusing with the tags before: one couldn’t easily identify which tags belong to this entity, and which don’t. Now the auto-complete options are suggested in the ‘add tag’ field:

You can also click on the Tags Cloud to see the most used tags:

New custom field type: multiple related TP entities

This is a multi-select custom field: bugs, user stories, requests, test cases, impediments etc. can be shown as related to some entity. There’s no strict dependency, just a relation. Names appear as you click “add item” and start typing, then you can make a selection. See the entities related to this user story in the Related tab:

Installation

Windows 8 & Windows Server 2012 with IIS 8 supported.

Other Improvements and Fixes

• TFS Plugin cannot connect if Team Project name contains space
• URL custom field: URL is truncated after space (%20)
• Edit user: Developer is preset as a default role in Projects
• Prioritize screen does not show the last rows with browser zoom other than default
• Unable to add a URL with ‘-’ in the request part
• New Look: replace the term Priority with Business Value for Bugs
• Non-admin user with the ‘Edit user’ permissions can grant admin permissions to another user
• Exception fixed: An item with the same key has already been added
• ‘Generate and Send Password’ stops working from Requester view as soon as TargetProcess grows up to #32767 General ID
• Users get duplicate emails if assignments change, and a certain notification workflow is set

This year we are focusing on the next big thing — targetprocess3. It took more time than expected, but great things always take more time.

I personally believe targetprocess3 is a fantastic product with great potential.
Until now we’ve revealed close to nil information about targetprocess3, but now we are ready to show something real, and to prove that we are on track. We are going to run live usability test sessions with targetprocess2 customers to ensure that (or to correct our path).

So what is ready? Here is the set of functionality we want to check right now:

• Plan and track work for Multi-projects and Multi-teams context
• Quick Add everything
• New Board: create various boards using cards, columns, rows and flexible filters.
• Batch Drag and Drop on board
• Switch between Board/View mode
• Zoom
• Collapse and focus on rows and columns
• Customize navigation
• Comet (async live update)

There are still no reports,  nor timeline,  nor many other exciting possibilities we plan to work on soon.
Still we are eager to show you what we have already and to receive valuable feedback.

If you are interested in a targetprocess3 usability test session, please fill in the form.
The session will be personalised and may take up to 1 hour, it will be run via GoToMeeting or WebEx in any convenient time.

A minor release with several bug fixes.

New Release Burn Down chart

In addition to the new Iteration Burn Down chart, we’ve re-designed the Release Burn Down chart as well.

REST API Improvements

Milestones added to the REST API
Role added to EntityState in the REST API

Bug Fixes

The retrieve request for add-ons still sent although it’s been removed from the UI
The Mercurial plugin cannot establish connection with the repository
The user who makes an update gets email notifications
Duplicate email notifications
The Visual Studio add-in not working for VS 2012
User Story effort wouldn’t update if a new task is added

This is a minor release with some nice enhancements.

Clone Process

Do you want to be able to copy a process quickly? Click the Clone button and copy practices, workflow, terms and custom fields.

New Burn Down Charts

New cases added. Now you can use Burn Down charts for Points and Hours when time tracking is off.
Also,  the  ‘Weekends’ and ‘Include Bugs’ options retain their last state now.

Security Fixes

• User receives the password change  link instead of a plain text password
• You can switch off JSONP access in Settings to prevent possible attacks

Fixed Bugs

• Redirect to HTTPS page: hide the “allow http” button for the On-Demand mode
• Server Error in Application on first login for a user with no add/edit project permissions
• REST: bugs list is not available if a bug name includes line break
• Incorrect user story effort when current Iteration finishes with Split

New build is out and will be available to all the customers in the next few days.

Quick assign people to any project

Now it takes less time, screens and clicks to assign a person to several projects.
It’s on one page now. Just put in ticks for the projects you want to add this person to.
This option is available for Admin users only.

Release Plan in “Days”

Sometimes weeks and months are too high-level, especially for shorter releases.
That’s why we’ve added an option to break down your Release Plan into days.

REST API

• REST API available via System User
• REST: the api/v1/Userstories/null/ request throws internal server error
• REST: IsCurrent field added for Iteration / Release

Other Fixes

• Non-admin users don’t see inline images in requests
• Requesters (non-owners) can not see attachments in private requests
• Failed to sort custom report for Request by ID or custom field of entity type
• Kanban Board fails for any project
• CSS loading in IE9 if compatibility view is on
• Attachments cannot be opened if an entity is converted (if attachments stored in database)
• Custom field of type “Number”: allow decimal numbers