The Latest and Greatest GreenHopper Features
GreenHopper 5.9
Over the past six months the GreenHopper team has been working on a revitalised user experience for GreenHopper. In GreenHopper 5.9 we are inviting you to give it a try if you are a Scrum team.
This new user experience, and lots of new functionality for Scrum and Kanban teams, has been released incrementally via GreenHopper Labs. Customer feedback is driving our development. So, be sure to upgrade to GreenHopper 5.9, try the Rapid Board and provide feedback!
Getting Started
Every new Agile teams want to start building a backlog quickly so we've introduced the Getting Started screen. A new user can find Scrum and Kanban resources and an administrator can quickly create a new board using the Kanban or Scrum presets.
With the DIY (do it yourself) option, teams have the ability to fully customise their board.
Next Sprint Planning
A product owner can start planning the next sprint by ordering stories in the backlog and setting the sprint marker at the teams historical velocity. This will give the product owner an indication of how many stories will be completed in the upcoming sprint.
Sprints can incorporate stories from one or more JIRA Projects enabling one team to, for instance, plan work for multiple products or clients.
Story Point Burndown Chart
The ScrumMaster will want to keep an eye on the burndown chart as it will show how the team is progressing towards the sprint goal, and whether the team will meet the commitment they made.
Teams often visualise the burndown chart alongside other product metrics or support data on their JIRA Wallboard.
JIRA 5 Ready
Of course, GreenHopper 5.9 is also compatible with JIRA 5.0. For a full introduction to JIRA 5.0 please see the JIRA 5.0 Release Notes.
Rapid Board for Kanban
This release introduces the Rapid Board, a flexible new board for managing and reporting on work in progress.
Rapid Views have preset Swimlanes and Quick Filters for Kanban teams.
Support for Multiple Projects
The Rapid Board uses a JIRA filter, or saved search, to pull cards into each Rapid Viewd. This allows you to use JIRA Query Language (JQL) to view issues across any number of projects in JIRA.
Powerful Filtering
Defining custom Quick Filters and Swimlanes for each Rapid View is simple. JQL's autocomplete entry fields ensure no query language experience is required – even for the more complex queries.
New Control Charts
The Rapid Baord includes a new control chart to measure cycle and lead time for issues across your projects.
Did you know?
Current Greenhopper users can try a new version for free with a developer license.
JIRA 4.4 Compatibility
GreenHopper 5.7 is compatible and bundled with JIRA 4.4. Upgrading to GreenHopper 5.7+ takes just a few clicks from the JIRA plugin manger, and no JIRA restart necessary.
GreenHopper Labs
The new Rapid Board is available in GreenHopper Labs today. Rapid Board takes advantage of the latest in web technology to provide an awesome planning, tracking, and reporting experience for agile teams.
Swimlanes
The Rapid Board now offers multiples swimlanes based on JQL. Take advantage of the search enhancements in JIRA 4.4 and build queries to show specific sets of issues in different lanes on a single Rapid Board.
Improved Inline Editing
Just click once to edit any text field directly inline. Speed up card creation with new auto-complete entry for reporter and assignee fields.
Task Board for Kanban
Teams using GreenHopper for Kanban can now view all unscheduled issues on the Task Board.
Additional Languages
Seven new language packs are available including Czech, Dutch, Portuguese, Polish, Finnish, and Swedish.
Task Board Gadget
The new Task Board Gadget displays a column of your project task board, including a high-contrast view for your information radiator when using the JIRA Wallboard plugin.
Planning Board Enhancements
Quick Filters are now even easier to access, enabling you to quickly toggle the display of issues on your Planning Board.
Time Tracking Analysis
The Hour Burndown charts now feature Time Tracking Analysis providing a daily breakdown of hours spent and remaining for each issue in the sprint.
Release Context from Task Board
Releasing a new version from the Task Board is now context-sensitive meaning you only release the issues you see.
Performance Improvements and More
This release includes several JQL performance improvements for the Task Board, plus over 50 bug fixes and enhancements.
Keyboard Shortcuts
Backlog management is even easier using new keyboard shortcuts to navigate through cards with full access to all JIRA 4.2 operation dialogs and keyboard shortcuts.
One-Click Wallboards
With the latest JIRA Wallboard plugin you can create an instant project wallboard with a single click.
Wallboard Gadgets
Five new "wallboard capable" gadgets for displaying burndown charts, cumulative flow diagrams, and project progress on your dashboard.
Usability Improvements
We have added usability improvements in several areas including expandable card details, full card drag and drop, and more.
Cumulative Flow Diagrams
The Chart Board now includes Cumulative Flow Diagrams (CFD) showing the total work in progress and average lead time for your process at any given time.
Release When Ready
Kanban teams can now create and release a new version directly from the "Done" column on the Task Board with a single click.
And More
We have also added improvements to several areas including issue creation (directly from the legend), the Agile Gadget and burndown charts.
