Great news for Team Foundation Server 2005!
Today I have released a new version of the Task Board for Team System that supports Team Projects created with the Conchango Scrum for Team System (SfTS) version 1.2 process template.
This means that SfTS users running on a TFS 2005 application tier can now enjoy the benefits of the rich UI WPF tool; Task Board for Team System.
In order to run the Task Board application, you will need Team Explorer (TE) 2008 installed on your client machine. There is no need to alter anything on your TFS application tier. TE 2008 can connect to both TFS 2005 and TFS 2008 environments, so you won't lose connectivity to your TFS 2005 team projects after you upgrade your client machine.
Also released today is the latest Beta version of the Task Board for SfTS version 2 projects. Both applications can be installed side by side to enable access to a mixed platform of Team Projects.
Beta 3.2 Change Log:
- Bug Fix: Handler added for hung connection.
Previous Beta's would hang indefinitely if the TFS application tier did not respond to an authentication request. A 20 second timeout has now been added for TFS authentication.
- Bug Fix: Save All tries to save clean items.
Testers have reported that, on occasion, the task board would display error messages when performing a "Save All" for work items that had not been altered. The "Save All" functionality has been changed in an attempt to stop this behaviour.
- Spellingz mistakes: Description misspelt on "Sprint Backlog Item" and "Bug" edit panels.
The "descrition" spelling mistake has been corrected.
- New Feature: Support added for additional customised SBI states.
It is now possible to include additional custom workflow states for the "Sprint Backlog Item" work item. Several beta users have noted that they cannot support customised SBI states through the task board. The need for additional work flow states can arise when a company requires additional process steps during the sprint process. A common requirement is to include a blocked state. I will publish a blog post that gives full coverage on how to include customised states very soon.
Please post you thoughts and comments in the Task Board Beta forum.
http://scrumforteamsystem.com/cs/forums/default.aspx?ForumGroupID=3
For more information on the Task Board for Team System and to sign for free, visit:
http://scrumforteamsystem.com/en/TaskBoardBeta/Default.aspx
You can download the Microsoft Team Explorer 2008 installation ISO from:
http://www.microsoft.com/DOWNLOADS/details.aspx?FamilyID=0ed12659-3d41-4420-bbb0-a46e51bfca86&displaylang=en
Regards,
Crispin Parker,
Technical Consultant,
Conchango.