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TargetProcess v.2.20.4 Released
Posted by Michael Dubakov in release on August 17th, 2010
Features
Brand new TP.Tray
Fixed Bugs
#29896 Comment field appears in Add form after ‘Save and Add New’.
#29860 System.InvalidOperationException: There is an error in XML document.
#29778 Permission violation in ‘Move or Copy’ action.
#29627 User can’t create impediment.
#28302 [HelpDesk Portal]“Request not found” error in attempt to view request by requester (not owner) in Private mode.
TargetProcess 2.20.3 Released
Posted by Michael Dubakov in Uncategorized, release on July 23rd, 2010
Features
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#28765 Help replaced with on-line version
#25023 Tools section with available add-ins added
Fixed Bugs
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#29777 Exception on export selected rows in lists
#29768 FCK editor doesn’t work in IE7
#29763 Iteration Burn Down chart in ’show completed stories only’ mode doesn’t work as expected
#29590 Sort states in alphabetical order in State drop down list on Add/Edit User Story/Bug page
#29572 Wrong set of predefined reports is generated in some cases
#28811 Release Burn Down Chart doesn’t show current Release/Iteration after project is changed
#28343 NRE on time tracking page
#29795 Time Statistics component shows wrong time summary when “-All Projects-” selected
TargetProcess 2.20.2 Released
Posted by Michael Dubakov in release on July 18th, 2010
Features
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#28738 Bugzilla v3.6.1 and v3.7.2 support added
#18057 States dropdown added to add/edit page
Fixed Bugs
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#28917 Error when request is created with no selected project
#28907 Assignment fields are hidden when “Save & Add New” button is used on add page
#28904 Quick Add menu sometimes is not shown
#28811 Current Release/Iteration is not selected by default on Release Burn down Chart
TargetProcess v.2.20.1 Released
Posted by Michael Dubakov in release on July 8th, 2010
Features
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#28557 ‘Move’ action added on View pages
#28354 ExtJS upgraded to version 3.2.2
#23920 ‘Check/Uncheck All’ states added to filters
Fixed Bugs
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#28771 Search by impediment ID does not work
#28737 New comments are not attached to correct requests
#28696 Lookup popup does not work
#28678 Task Bord: terms are not applied in filter
#28643 Missing test cases in Test Plan Run list
#28641 New entities dashboard component: filter doesn’t work first time
#28592 Navigation links do not work correctly
#28524 Help Desk Portal: ‘Request not found’ appears after request moved to project that is not marked as product
TP.Tray v.2 (BETA) Released
Posted by Michael Dubakov in release on February 25th, 2010
TargetProcess ‘Kanbanized’
Posted by Michael Dubakov in agile, release on July 31st, 2009
Yesterday we’ve released TargetProcess v.2.15 with basic Lean / Kanban support. It includes customizable Kanban Board and Cumulative Flow Diagram. It is just a first release to provide the most important functionality.
We at TargetProcess moved away from iterations to flow. As a result, most important features like iteration planning, burn down charts, daily progress, etc. became useless to us. This situation was quite strange. We were developing agile project management software, but it lacked functionality that we needed.
We’ve tried to find viable workarounds. For example, we’ve created endless release (to emulate Planned state) and endless iteration (to emulate In Progress state). It worked, but visualization was just not there, thus violating Kanban principle. Finally we decided to implement required functionality and did it in 1 month.
New Knaban Board is fantastic. It visualizes user stories and bugs flows nicely, highlights limits, shows priorities, etc.
Kanban Board
Next v.2.16 release will include options to switch off Iterations (if you don’t use them, they will not affect user interface), view release burn chart down by weeks, view other progress reports by release. And of course we are going to improve Kanban Board based on your feedback!
TargetProcess v.2.13.8: Better Permissions and Build Management
Posted by Michael Dubakov in release, usability on May 6th, 2009
We have released v.2.13.8 that includes several useful features.
Better Permissions
Sometimes you need to restrict permissions on People. For example, you don’t want to allow a customer see other customers in People area. Now it is possible via Role concept. Just create new role and disable access to People area.
Improved Builds Management
Build was quite restricted entity in TargetProcess. Now it has power behind. You may create custom fields for builds, add comments and attachments, search for builds, etc.
Also Build View has two new tabs:
- Working Items. Contains all stories, bugs and tasks that were completed in this build.
- Source. Contains all source code associated with stories/tasks/bugs in this build.
Assign Tasks Quickly
Some usability improvements were added to the quick assign control. Now you may quickly assign story or task to yourself. If you need to assign it to someone else, grouping by Roles help to find required person.
TargetProcess Announced v.2.14 Release With Full Waterfall Support
Posted by Michael Dubakov in agile, release on April 1st, 2009
We are extremely happy to announce the full Waterfall support in TargetProcess. No wonder it has the reputation of being the most flexible agile project management software on the market! New v.2.14 (special edition) will include features like:
Gantt Charts On All Levels
You will at least see nice and accurate Gantt charts in project, release and even iteration scope. Now you may define and manage Critical Path painlessly. Do you know your real iteration end date? With Critical Path you can predict it with 105% probability with minimal effort.
Extensive Dependencies Management
Dependencies management on tasks level is a really complex thing for any project. Now with TargetProcess you may pretty easy define all dependent tasks. Why stop there? TargetProcess is smart enough to generate potentially dependent tasks for you.
Waterfall Life-cycle Process Support
As you already know, TargetProcess has unique concept of Process. You may tune it to support your development process. Now it is possible with Waterfall as well! You may define all important project phases like Requirements, Design, Implementation, Verification, Maintenance.
Also you may enable such valuable practices as Big Design Up Front, Requirements Freeze and Fixed Budget. User interface adopted for the current project phase. For example, during Implementation phase you can’t add defects and run test cases. During Requirements phase you can’t commit code into repository. This forces development team to strictly follow Waterfall process which is definitely the very right road to the project success.
Micro-management Support
Micro-management is a very important thing in software development projects. You just can’t spent time procrastinating or learning new technologies. Developers should focus on code only, every minute is important! Software development is hard and complex adaptive system in its core; you should do your best to complete project on time and under budget.
Now with TargetProcess you may estimate tasks down to minutes! That powers another extremely valuable metric – individual velocity. You can control everything and that is just great!
TargetProcess development teams hopes you’ll enjoy new innovative functionality that we are providing with this special Waterfall-edition release. Please leave your comments!
P.S. This post was written on April 1, 2009 and is an April Fool’s Joke! 
TargetProcess v.2.13 released: Help Desk improvements
Posted by Michael Dubakov in help desk, release on February 24th, 2009
Yesterday we’ve released TargetProcess v.2.13. The release is fully dedicated to Help Desk improvements.
In short, we’ve improved Help Desk user experience and made some actions easier. Some usage patterns:
Action |
Old way |
New way |
| Check for unprocessed requests | Navigate to requests list, sort by date. Then sort by last comment date. Filter out ideas to see just issues and questions. | Navigate to Issues Queue |
| Reply to typical request | Find similar request using search, navigate to it, find appropriate comment, copy this comment and add to the new request. | Click Attach Solution, select required solution. |
| Maintain conversation | Open request, try to find latest comment in the messy comments thread, edit comments to remove bad formatting and redundant information | Open request and read clean comments thread. |
TargetProcess Future
Posted by Michael Dubakov in performance, release, usability on September 11th, 2008
Product development is hard. You have hundreds of customers and thousands of requests. It is impossible to please them all. You may bury the product with blind requests implementation, it is not a news for anybody. You should maintain clear vision and balance like a rope-walker all the time.
During last 11 releases we added new functionality. There was maybe 1 release targeted to peformance and usability improvements, but most of the releases targeted new features: integration, customization, horizontal features, vertical features, etc. We decided to stop.
Next several releases will be dedicated to performance, usability and design improvements. Here is what we are going to do:
- Unify design of the application and make it cool and attractive.
- Provide outstanding functionality for lists manipulation. People spend much time with data in lists (filtering, editing, etc). All lists will be fully customizable. It will be possible to create a list with any filter, grouping, inner lists, etc. It will be possible to inline edit everything in all lists. All that will be based on ExtJS grid and as a client side solution it will be faster than everything else.
- We have about a hundred of really nice requests/ideas/solutions from our customers regarding usability. We are going to implement most of them. Especially email notifications, personal customizability, lists manipulation, navigation, reporting.
- Improve overall performance twice.
These are our goals for the next several releases. Maybe quite many of our customers will not be happy. They demand new features like Eclipse integration, CC.NET integration, extended time tracking, budgeting inside TargetProcess, etc. But great performance and superior usability will bring more benefits to all of them.
We are feeling that it is time to eliminate many medium and small problems in TargetProcess to be able to move it forward with greater success.
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TargetProcess is an agile project management software. It is designed to solve distributed teams problems and support agile development processes.
Key Features
- Full Agile Project Management Support (Scrum, Kanban, XP, Hybrid)
- Productivity Tools (Tp.Tray, ToDo list, dashboards, Inline editing)
- Customizable Development Process
- Subversion Integration
- Integrated Bug Tracking, Help Desk, Time Tracking
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