v1.4.57

v.1.4.57 2022-07-01

Start of summer release from the Scale team! We all hope that all of you are having a wonderful time and that you're just excited as we are for this release. Todays release includes new functionality & improvements.

New

• Zoom function - Under public preview. You can now zoom on aligned & team based program boards!
• Help menu - New way to read and find our guides & contact us function.
• Objectives - Added % of child item completed progression bars

Improvements

• Objectives - Newer UI, functions & improvements
• Analytics improvements - Program predictability upgrades

Bug fixes

• Analytics didn't work
• Load wasn't calculated correctly cross project.
• Issues with linked items in objectives displaying twice.
• Cross project issues regarding several projects with different processes in one board.
• WSJF matrix didn't update when switching 1x6 values if destination was empty.
• WSJF Crashed when swapping views.
• Subscription page error for on-prem users.

Zoom function

Added new function to zoom in and out in the bottom right of a board, deciding how wide one day is in the program board. This means that you can get a bigger perspective of example 4-5 sprints in one view instead of having to scroll. This is currently not included in all our views yet and is still work in progress.

Help menu

We've added a new help-center button so you can find Scale documentation, videos or contact us. We will continue to implement new functions in this menu.

Objective upgrades

Added icons to see what work item types are displayed.
Added new function to follow progression through linked item child status " % of children"
Reduced amount of clicks to create new objectives.

Analytics improvement

Added new tooltip to display data in a better way.

See image for reference:

v1.4.39

v.1.4.39 2022-06-03

Another release from the Scale team while we're currently developing the new objective tab v2.0 & UI refresh.

Improvements

• Load is now calculated in each sprint even if work item types with load aren't shown
• Objectives - Added work item icons in the objective tab for objectives & linked items

Bug fixes

• Manage billing for stripe wasn't working in all environments
• Tickets in sub-areas for teams didn't show in the delivery timeline view
• Event markers weren't displayed correctly
• Saving board settings UX behavior users felt like it froze
• Moving work items with children across projects in a cross-project board stopped working
• Objectives completion % showed in the wrong column

Load Improvements

As of this release, the load will always show the reality of the sprint load for a specific team, based on the requirement backlog work item types in Azure DevOps.
Example: If you're only showing features on the board. Sprint load will still display the total load of the user stories/pbis in the sprints even if the items aren't showing.

Objectives - UI refresh

Added work item icons in the Objective list which gives more clarity for what items are shown.

See example:

v1.4.20

v.1.4.20 2022-05-13

Added new functionality to WSJF & fixed one bug with our new timeline management function.

Improvements

• Added option to save & load saved queries in WSJF

Bug fixes

• Dragging cards from mapping pane in with Timeline Management didn't work Fixed

Load & Save WSJF Queries

Now you're able to load and save your WSJF queries, see picture for reference:

v1.4.18

v.1.4.18 2022-05-11

Hello from the Scale team!
Today's release includes several improvements and our long-awaited feature regarding Timeline Management.
The function is released for public preview. Feedback regarding the new function is more then welcome at [email protected]

Hope you enjoy it!

New

• Timeline Management - Working with cards
• Read-only role

Bug fixes

• License administrator could be given to the same person twice Fixed
• WSJF - Custom numbers didn't display correctly in every view Fixed
• WSJF - Saving settings didn't work sometimes Fixed
• Objectives - Title field when creating a new objective was displayed in the wrong place Fixed
• Objectives - Sum of Planned & Actual BV displayed in the wrong cell Fixed

Timeline Management

With our new timeline management function, you're able to drag cards over several sprints. With this function, you can visualize epics & features that span over a longer period then one sprint. Your cards then use the custom fields Start & Finish date that are already integrated on features in Azure DevOps.

Enabling Timeline Management

To enable the new function in your board:
Click on board settings -> Working with cards > Select start & finish date

1. Working with cards - Click here to configure how you want the cards to work on the board
2. Start & Finish date - Select this if you want to enable Start & finish date visualization on your board.
3. Start date - Customize which field you want to work with for the start date - From load, our function uses Azure DevOps standard field
4. Finish date - Customize which field you want to work with for the finish date - From load, our function uses Azure DevOps standard field

Working with Timeline Management on the board

To set a start or finish date, simply drag the left or right side of the cards as illustrated in the gif below:

Timeline management examples

Example of a board with compact cards:

Example of a regular board:

Read-only role

A frequent request from our users is to be able to limit user interaction in Scale.
With our new Read-only role you can allow users to view everything in scale but limit their action for editing or changing any information.

This role can be assigned to users in the user administration settings

v1.3.170

v.1.3.170 2022-04-25

A smaller release today regarding some improvements as we're working on a bigger release regarding objectives & cards over sprints

Improvements

• Objective tab - New sorting functions
• Planning tab - Add new PI to ART - Automatically dedicate sprints to teams
• Increased team sprint capacity to max 999 from 200

Objective tab sorting

Now you're able to sort on any of the columns in our objective tab. We've also separated the ID & Title of the pi objectives. Simply click on the column title to sort in descending or ascending.

Assigning team sprints to teams

When working with teams in the same project you can now check in to automatically assign the sprints that you create in Scale to the teams within the ART.

Simply click on "Assign new PI to ART" in the planning tab on the art "...":

v1.3.165

v.1.3.165 2022-04-13

New

• Added new "License Administrator" role & function

Improvements

• Changed scope of the board quick filter - Quick filter is now set on an individual level

Bug fixes

• Fixed issue with WSJF crashing when clicking board without setting up the custom fields
• Fixed issue with the "Manage Billing" button not showing in the subscription tab

License Administrator

Now you're able to hand out a new role in Scale called "License Administrator"
This new role gives users the possibility to handle Scale licenses without being an Azure DevOps Administrator. However, this role does not give access to Scale. If you'd like to be an Administrator & have a license for Scale you need to give yourself or the user a license in the license tab as well.

Example of a user without Azure DevOps admin rights accessing the scale org settings:

Quick filter changes

The quick filter is now set on an individual user in Scale instead of a global level. This means that you'll be able to sort items without disturbing any other users' views on Scale.

v1.3.155

v.1.3.155 2022-03-31

New

• Added Stripe Portal for managing credit card subscription

Improvements

• Added Export users function in the licensing function of Scale

Bug fixes

• Fixed subscription issues when starting Scale for the first time
• Fixed issue with quick-filter removing the sticky header in board view.
• Fixed issue with exclusions being case sensitive

Stripe Portal

Now users can manage credit card details, names, and more through the integration of our stripe portal.
If you're on a Team or Group subscription model with a credit card, you can now edit the details by going into
Organization setting > Scale > Subscription

Export users

Added a function to export the license list to a CSV file.
The button can be found in Organization settings > Scale > Licenses

v1.3.122

v.1.3.122 2022-03-11

Happy friday from the Scale team! This release involves some fixes and one exciting last polishing parts of our upcoming WSJF function which we aim to release early next week.

Improvements

• UX behaviors on board - (Saving capacity now without pressing enter, Pressing Esc now removed the board settings, Improved context menus, dropdown menus)
• Added optimistic loading of cards - Loading movement of cards now load in the backgroind but shows instantly
• Added new UI to WSJF
• Added individual views 1x6 for every WSJF field
• Context menu for adding children items always show now even if children are not selected in the board settings

Bug fixes

• Fixed risk board error when loading cards
• Fixed endless loop of API loading workitems if workitemsbatch contained over 200 WI's
• Fixes WSJF numbers not updating in every view after selecting new settings

v1.3.108

v.1.3.108 - 2022-02-21

Smaller release this time in wait for our upcoming releases WSJF & Cards over multiple sprints features.

Improvements

• Board settings now save for each individual ART instead of global settings for all Agile Release Trains
• Added option to reset risk settings to change states of the ROAM board.
• UI upgrades & functions for our upcoming to WSJF feature ( aiming for release in the next coming weeks)

Bug fixes

• Custom field configuration when setting up scale process
• Fixed license & subscription page that hid behind sticky.

v.1.3.144

v.1.3.144 - 2022-03-18

The time has finally come for a public release of our WSJF function which is aimed to help organisations work with WSJF in a easier and more visual way. WSJF can help your organisation prioritize features & epics to focus on the right things to get more value!

New

• WSJF

Improvements

• Mapping pane now follows the prio order if it has a value = WSJF > Backlog priority order > title

Bug fixes

• Objective list now follows the team order set in the planning tab

Setting up WSJF

When you first enter WSJF you should set up your custom fields to be worked at.
If you're missing a specific field you can add it to the specific work item type.

Then you can choose the fields in the setup:

Clicking on a specific field lets you choose what field you'd like to put the data in.

In the board settings you can change what values to work with or asign custom numerical values

6x6 grid (effort/value) (Essentials of WSJF)

We see this view as a "light" version of our WSJF-estimation and as a good starting point if you haven't worked with WSJF before.
What gives the most value with the least amount of effort?
As you drag the cards they get their designated values into the fields of the work item and count the WSJF score.

1. WSJF Tab - Click here to enter our WSJF & load your first query
2. Query filter - Choose filters & run a query the feature & epics you've chosen to be looked at
3. Run query - Click here to run & load your query
4. Layout picker - Choose which values you would like to work with (in this case we've chosen 6x6 (effort & value)
5. WSJF Settings - Choose settings like allowing fields, using different values (Fibonacci, even, odd numbers or custom)
6. Column for work item types without values to be put in the matrix
7. Visual estimation - As you drag the cards into these fields they get a designated value assigned to the work item
8. The result column - the work items with the highest WSJF-score gets put at the top

1x6 grid (Risk reduction, Time criticality, Effort & Value)

We added 1x6 grids to work with the values of WSJF.
As you place features on the board they get their assigned value added to the card.