Loading...

Product Updates

Check out the latest updates, new features, enhanced functionalities and much more.

Jile's product updates enable customers to upgrade to a level higher each time, and the upcoming update is no exception. Jile is ready to roll with its enhanced version and much-awaited features that are a cut above its previous form.

With Jile's new and improved functionalities, you will be able to capture details, trace items, and gain insights on various activities in a better way.

A snapshot of the major capabilities of this release is given below. Please share your feedback with us at support@jile.io.

#LiveAgile

Highlights:

Test Design and Execution Defect- discovered during product testing or active usage Defect- discovered during product testing or active usage

Risk Management

Experience seamless risk management starting from single teams, to team of teams. This enables a standardized process for risk response.

Key features:

  • Identify risks and create an appropriate response plan with status such as Owned, Accepted, Mitigated or Resolved.
  • Filter and focus on risks based on various attributes such as impact, owner and response categories.
  • Have contextual discussions with associated members on the identified risks to create a response.
  • Attach additional artifacts that can provide further insights on the risks, for quick and easy access.

This release includes the following:

  • Introduce 'Risk' as a new entity that is associated with the release.
  • Create, update or delete risks.
  • Visualize risks in board view by using the 'Risk Response' category.
  • Filter risks based on their attributes.
  • Add or view attachments and references and discussions regarding risk.

    • Follow these steps to create a new risk for a given release and take appropriate Risk Response:

    1. Create a new Release (On Demand Release) or open any existing Release.

    2. Navigate to Risk and click New Risk.

    Note: The default status for newly identified risk is 'Identified'.

    3. Enter all the details in the appropriate fields.

    4. From the drop-down list, choose the appropriate response plan - Owned, Accepted, Mitigated or Resolved.

    Note: When the risk is marked as resolved, it is no longer considered an active risk.

    5. Click Save.

    Here's what you should stay tuned for:

    This feature will be enhanced in the subsequent releases with the following capabilities:

    • Creating a risk repository from which applicable risks can be identified.
    • Facilitating permissions management.
    • Cloning and tagging risks.
    • Importing and exporting risk data.
    • Linking risks to entities such as Epics, Features, and Releases.
    Test Design and Execution Defect- discovered during product testing or active usage Defect- discovered during product testing or active usage
    New CI/CD- related to continuous integration and delivery

    Visibility of Epics Tagged to an On Demand Release

    The Release Managers and relevant stakeholders will now be able to oversee the Initiatives, Epics, and User Stories being worked on in a particular Release.

    Key features:

    • An Epics or Initiatives tab has been introduced within an On-demand Release, which shows the Epics or Initiatives currently being worked on.
    • All the information will be automatically derived based on Features linked to the corresponding release.
    • The newly introduced tab will also display Epics and Initiatives tagged to multiple releases.

    What makes this update useful:

    • Enhanced visibility and tracking of Epics and their Features within ODRs to improve transparency.
    • Easy monitoring of Epics and their Features ensures better alignment with strategic goals.
    • Reduced risk of oversight.
    • Streamlined linking and unlinking of Features and Initiatives provides clear visibility into Feature completion. This enables accurate planning, better forecasting, and efficient delivery of software to the market.
    • A comprehensive overview of initiatives across different ODRs improves collaboration among stakeholders.
    New CI/CD- related to continuous integration and delivery
    New CI/CD- related to continuous integration and delivery New CI/CD- related to continuous integration and delivery

    Support for Central Review Teams

    Raise and track requests from different programs in one place, with a centralized team that has total control over the review process.

    Key features:

    • Teams who are authorized to review, provide feedback and finally approve requests from multiple programs are centralized - to achieve optimal efficiency in terms of availability and turnaround time.
    • Users from many programs and products can raise requests for review, feedback or approval from these Central Teams.
    • The Central Teams will be able to send back requests with their feedback and finally approve, when the feedback is incorporated by the respective program or product.

    What makes this update useful:

    • Central Teams can be included in the PI and Sprint.
    • Various teams can assign approval requests to the Central Teams.
    • Original attributes such as 'Sprint', 'Program Increment', and 'On Demand Release' can remain unchanged while assigning requests.
    • Central Teams can view all the requests coming their way from multiple programs and products.
    • Users from different programs and products can view the status of their requests, along with any feedback comments.

    This release includes the following:

    • Creating a Central Work Area and associated Teams.
    • Configuring the Approvals app in the Function browser.
    • Reading, creating, updating or deleting approvals.
    • Defining roles for Central Team members.
    • Adding filter for approvals.

    Follow these steps to use this new Feature:

    1. Click the hierarchy icon and choose Manage <workarea type>.

    For example, Manage Portfolio.

    2. Click NEW WORK AREA.

    3. Choose the type as Central Work Area and provide other details.

    4. Click Create.

    5. Create new team(s) within this newly created Central Work Area.

    These team(s) will be created as 'Central Team(s)'.

    Note: Teams from a work area that are under the same parent as this newly created Central Work Area will be able to create approval requests and assign to this Central Work Area.

    6. To add the Approvals function, on the left menu, click Configure and add 'PI > Approvals' function under the appropriate function group.

    For example, add Approvals function within Program function group.

    7. Create a new Approval request and assign it to the appropriate Central Work Area and Central Team.

    8. When it is ready for review and approval, choose the status as Submitted for Approval.

    It is recommended to provide self-review comments that can help the approver during review and approval.

    Note: These self-review comments cannot be edited by the approver.

    9. Central Team members can access these requests and provide final review comments and choose the status as Sent Back or Approved.

    Note: These final review comments cannot be edited by the team that is seeking approval.

    Here's what you should stay tuned for:

    This Feature will be enhanced in the subsequent releases with the following capabilities:

    • Creating custom fields for different types of approvals.
    • Configuring custom field applicability based on approval type
    • Implementing role and entity-based permissions for newly introduced entity called Approvals.
    • Creating action items linked with Approvals to indicate what is pending, who owns it and what the target completion date is.
    • Creating approval templates to quickly create and submit various types of approvals.
    • Filtering approvals based on various attributes.
    • Adding attachments to approval requests.
    • Setting up automatic notifications based on changes in the approval status.
    • Viewing approvals in different formats, such as board view and done pile view.
    • Creating do-it-yourself reports for approvals.
    • Working collaboratively on approval requests using discussions.
    • Linking and observing approvals under release tracking.
    • Importing and exporting approval requests using pre-defined templates.
    New CI/CD- related to continuous integration and delivery New CI/CD- related to continuous integration and delivery

    Known Defects

    The known defects in the product are as follows:

    • In the Jile Free edition, the error 'This is the default 'Free Edition' workspace.' appears, when the user attempts to open wiki at the portfolio level, and there is an active tab with team level wiki is opened.
    • While importing a test case from other workspaces, an error may appear.
      The recommended workaround is to export test cases from one workspace and import them to another.
    • In Test Management, an unexpected error occurs when logging in after session timeout.
      The recommended workaround is to exit Jile, restart and log in.
    • While creating Reports by selecting 'impediments' as base entity, the complete list of impediments are visible, except the iterations that are tagged to the Impediments. When the base entity is selected as 'Iterations', some of the impediments are not shown.
    • An error message appears while de-tagging a user from a work area.
    • When linking a Constraint with a User Story, the Tests associated with the Constraint are not applied to the Story.
      The recommended workaround is to manually link the Tests directly to the Story.
    • Temporary connectivity issues persist while raising defects with special characters in on-premise deployment version.
    • An error message appears when deleting an inactive team within a workspace.
    • Applying filter for blocked test cases in Test Execution, could lead to continuous loading and result not being retrieved.
    • An error message appears when trying to import Features.
    • In the Requirements module, while deleting and downloading an attachment, an error may occur.
    • 'Found in Sprint' column values are not populated in the Product Defect List report.
    • 'ALL DEFECTS' screen: based on the date range, defect severity, Program name, the count is not being reported correctly.

    Note: Experience may differ at the time of actual usage, as defects are being continuously patched

    Jile's product updates enable customers to upgrade to a level higher each time, and the upcoming update is no exception. Jile is ready to roll with its enhanced version and much-awaited features that are a cut above its previous form.

    With Jile's new and improved functionalities, you will be able to capture details, trace items, and gain insights on various activities in a better way.

    A snapshot of the major capabilities of this release is given below. Please share your feedback with us at support@jile.io.

    #LiveAgile

    Highlights:

    Test Design and Execution

    The Mighty Integration with DevSecOps Insights

    The 'DevSecOps Insights' capability offers customizable pipeline with the following features:

    Key features:
    • Pipeline configuration through Jenkins
    • Commit insights
    • Delivery quality insights
    • Build traceability
    • Release/Sprint health

    Workspace Admin can enable this new functionality and allow the users to include a new app named 'DevSecOps Insights' in the workarea.

    Steps to configure DevSecOps Insights:

    1. Navigate to Domain Setup > DevSecOps Configuration.

    2. After successful integration, you (Domain Admin) can work with the Support/Deployment team to finish the configuration.

    3. To add a new module - 'Pipeline and DevSecOps Insights' navigate to Setup > Way of Working and follow the guided steps.

    4. To enable a holistic dashboards view and to access the pipelines from the configuration screen, you can choose a separate configuration along with access control.

    5. Single sign on is enabled for the users to log in to 'DevSecOps Insights' and access the screens as per their access rights.

    Note:
    • This feature is available only on select editions (Standard & Ultimate).
    • This feature includes deployment of on-premises components necessary to set up CI/CD pipelines and repository. Engaging deployment support for configuration of the complete setup is necessary.
    • The existing 'CI/CD pipeline' feature (renamed to 'Inbuilt CI/CD Environment') is being planned to be deprecated in the upcoming release. Any further enhancement to DevOps functionality will be done within 'DevSecOps Insights' feature.
    Test Design and Execution
    Defect- discovered during product testing or active usage

    One Traditional Portfolio View for All

    • A common Portfolio can be created for Programs/Projects that follow the Waterfall model.
    Note:

    Programs/Projects following the Agile Way of Working will have separate Portfolios.

    Defect- discovered during product testing or active usage
    New CI/CD- related to continuous integration and delivery

    A New Avatar of Homepage

    Get ready for

    Key features:
    • Enhanced navigation for quick access
      You can quickly navigate through various functions, with up to six customizable icons right on the home page.
      Each icon can be linked to a URL, providing direct access to frequently used functions.
    • Personalized icons that suit your requirements
      Users and admins can personalize the navigation icons that suit their preferences as well as specific workflows.
      Admins can set a default configuration for all users by using the 'ADMIN DEFAULT' option.
    • Central icon management system
      A central management page is included to allow admins or authorized users, to ensure uniformity across all user homepages.
      Individual users can edit and select their unique set of six icons on the home page, subject to permissions set by the admin.
    • Enhanced icon selection and editability
      Icons and titles can be selected and edited based on the associated work area and availability of functions in the left pane.
      Users can select up to six icons only for the functions available in the left pane.
    • Advanced left pane customization
      Edit: Enables users to select functions available in the left pane. Icons that are not available in the left pane are disabled.
      Save: Saves the selected icon configuration. Close: Reverts to the previous icon set. Admin Default: Resets the home page to the default icons selected by the admin.
    New CI/CD- related to continuous integration and delivery
    Idea Portal- a brand-new Idea management section

    Direct linking of Features and Stories to On-demand Releases

    Plan and track your application/ Product roadmaps better by linking features and their user stories to on-demand releases. This capability allows users to directly link Features to a Release. Features and Stories linked to a Release are displayed in their respective tabs. Stand-alone Stories can be linked directly to a Release, whereas for Stories that belong to a Feature, the Feature must be linked to the Release.

    Idea Portal- a brand-new Idea management section
    Wiki- stores documents and other relevant artifacts related to the Project/PI, Planning Interval

    Seamless collaboration now possible between testing teams

    Allow Teams within a workarea to collaborate with each other for Test Design and Execution

    Teams within a workarea have an option to work independently or collaborate with other Teams, to design and execute test cases. The workspace admin can configure this feature as per the requirement.

    Wiki- stores documents and other relevant artifacts related to the Project/PI, Planning Interval
    Reports and Dashboards- functionality is now available with various default reports and dashboards

    An All-new Gantt Timeline View

    • A Gantt chart is introduced to depict all the planned versus actual timelines for a given release.
    • It provides crystal- clear visualization of Finish-to-Start dependencies.
    Reports and Dashboards- functionality is now available with various default reports and dashboards

    Jile's product updates enable customers to upgrade to a level higher each time, and the upcoming update is no exception. Jile is ready to roll with its enhanced version and much-awaited features that are a cut above its previous form.

    With Jile's new and improved functionalities, you will be able to capture details, trace items, and gain insights on various activities in a better way.

    A snapshot of the major capabilities of this release is given below. Please share your feedback with us at support@jile.io.

    #LiveAgile

    Highlights:

    Test Design and Execution

    The Mighty Integration with DevSecOps Insights

    The 'DevSecOps Insights' capability offers customizable pipeline with the following features:

    Key features:
    • Pipeline configuration through Jenkins
    • Commit insights
    • Delivery quality insights
    • Build traceability
    • Release/Sprint health

    Workspace Admin can enable this new functionality and allow the users to include a new app named 'DevSecOps Insights' in the workarea.

    Steps to configure DevSecOps Insights:

    1. Navigate to Domain Setup > DevSecOps Configuration.

    2. After successful integration, you (Domain Admin) can work with the Support/Deployment team to finish the configuration.

    3. To add a new module - 'Pipeline and DevSecOps Insights' navigate to Setup > Way of Working and follow the guided steps.

    4. To enable a holistic dashboards view and to access the pipelines from the configuration screen, you can choose a separate configuration along with access control.

    5. Single sign on is enabled for the users to log in to 'DevSecOps Insights' and access the screens as per their access rights.

    Note:
    • This feature is available only on select editions (Standard & Ultimate).
    • This feature includes deployment of on-premises components necessary to set up CI/CD pipelines and repository. Engaging deployment support for configuration of the complete setup is necessary.
    • The existing 'CI/CD pipeline' feature (renamed to 'Inbuilt CI/CD Environment') is being planned to be deprecated in the upcoming release. Any further enhancement to DevOps functionality will be done within 'DevSecOps Insights' feature.
    Test Design and Execution
    Defect- discovered during product testing or active usage

    One Traditional Portfolio View for All

    • A common Portfolio can be created for Programs/Projects that follow the Waterfall model.
    Note:

    Programs/Projects following the Agile Way of Working will have separate Portfolios.

    Defect- discovered during product testing or active usage
    New CI/CD- related to continuous integration and delivery

    A New Avatar of Homepage

    Get ready for

    Key features:
    • Enhanced navigation for quick access
      You can quickly navigate through various functions, with up to six customizable icons right on the home page.
      Each icon can be linked to a URL, providing direct access to frequently used functions.
    • Personalized icons that suit your requirements
      Users and admins can personalize the navigation icons that suit their preferences as well as specific workflows.
      Admins can set a default configuration for all users by using the 'ADMIN DEFAULT' option.
    • Central icon management system
      A central management page is included to allow admins or authorized users, to ensure uniformity across all user homepages.
      Individual users can edit and select their unique set of six icons on the home page, subject to permissions set by the admin.
    • Enhanced icon selection and editability
      Icons and titles can be selected and edited based on the associated work area and availability of functions in the left pane.
      Users can select up to six icons only for the functions available in the left pane.
    • Advanced left pane customization
      Edit: Enables users to select functions available in the left pane. Icons that are not available in the left pane are disabled.
      Save: Saves the selected icon configuration. Close: Reverts to the previous icon set. Admin Default: Resets the home page to the default icons selected by the admin.
    New CI/CD- related to continuous integration and delivery
    Idea Portal- a brand-new Idea management section

    Direct linking of Features and Stories to On-demand Releases

    Plan and track your application/ Product roadmaps better by linking features and their user stories to on-demand releases. This capability allows users to directly link Features to a Release. Features and Stories linked to a Release are displayed in their respective tabs. Stand-alone Stories can be linked directly to a Release, whereas for Stories that belong to a Feature, the Feature must be linked to the Release.

    Idea Portal- a brand-new Idea management section
    Wiki- stores documents and other relevant artifacts related to the Project/PI, Planning Interval

    Seamless collaboration now possible between testing teams

    Allow Teams within a workarea to collaborate with each other for Test Design and Execution

    Teams within a workarea have an option to work independently or collaborate with other Teams, to design and execute test cases. The workspace admin can configure this feature as per the requirement.

    Wiki- stores documents and other relevant artifacts related to the Project/PI, Planning Interval
    Reports and Dashboards- functionality is now available with various default reports and dashboards

    An All-new Gantt Timeline View

    • A Gantt chart is introduced to depict all the planned versus actual timelines for a given release.
    • It provides crystal- clear visualization of Finish-to-Start dependencies.
    Reports and Dashboards- functionality is now available with various default reports and dashboards

    Jile's product updates enable customers to upgrade to a level higher each time, and the upcoming update is no exception. Jile is ready to roll with its enhanced version and much-awaited features that are a cut above its previous form.

    With Jile's new and improved functionalities, you will be able to capture details, trace items, and gain insights on various activities in a better way.

    A snapshot of the major capabilities of this release is given below. Please share your feedback with us at support@jile.io.

    #LiveAgile

    Highlights:

    Test Design and Execution

    Test Design and Execution

    With comprehensive support of traditional test design and execution practices, quality assurance is more powerful than ever before.

    Key features:
    • Version control of test and test data specification within test case
    • Interdependence of tests through pre-condition and reverse pre-condition
    • Quick test design through reuse of elementary test cases within longer test cases
    • Exportability of test cases and test results
    • Regulated workflow for test design and execution
    • Flexible test execution control with suspend and resume action
    • Recognition of test execution activities through explicit variant of task
    Test Design and Execution
    Defect- discovered during product testing or active usage

    Defect

    Defect is now the single, uniform representation of unexpected system behavior irrespective of where it is discovered - during product testing or active usage.

    Key features:
    • Regulated workflow with approval or rejection facility
    • Defect linkage with both features and/or stories in addition to tests
    • Intuitive visualization of linkages to story, test or feature traceable from defect
    Defect- discovered during product testing or active usage
    New CI/CD- related to continuous integration and delivery

    New CI/CD

    Jile pipeline has been replaced by the Build-Environment-Deployment trio which together strengthens the overall capability related to continuous integration and delivery.

    Key features:
    • Build Management that helps teams to manage their product builds efficiently through automation and scheduling
    • Enhanced control in environment selection and configuration during deployment
    • Automated deployment tailored for different releases
    New CI/CD- related to continuous integration and delivery
    Idea Portal- a brand-new Idea management section

    Idea Portal

    Every big change starts with an idea. Jile is now equipped with a brand-new Idea management section which not only captures ideas from licensed Jile users but also from other stakeholders, customers and help nurture the ideas systematically.

    Key features:
    • Idea submission and voting on other submitted ideas
    • Idea screening and qualification workflow
    • Easy intake of ideas through backlog linkage
    Idea Portal- a brand-new Idea management section
    Wiki- stores documents and other relevant artifacts related to the Project/PI, Planning Interval

    Wiki

    The Wiki manages and stores documents and other relevant artifacts related to the Project/PI (Planning Interval).

    Key features:
    • Wiki pages can be organized in folders
    • Workflow can be configured for document change control
    • Workflow and approvals can be backed by e-signature
    Wiki- stores documents and other relevant artifacts related to the Project/PI, Planning Interval
    Reports and Dashboards- functionality is now available with various default reports and dashboards

    Reports and Dashboards

    Reports and Dashboards functionality is now available with various default reports and dashboards for each module and custom reports can be configured.

    Key features:
    • Pre-configured default reports and dashboards are available
    • Different views of reports like Bar, Pie, Stacked bar etc., can be viewed
    • Reports can be exported as PDF or Excel
    • Overall status and progress of entities can be combined and viewed as dashboards
    • Custom reports and dashboards can be configured
    Reports and Dashboards- functionality is now available with various default reports and dashboards

    Other Enhancements

    • Supports traditional (Waterfall) Way of Working
    • Customizable email templates for event notifications
    • More granular access control under dedicated permissions screen
    • Shortcuts to various key functions replacing the static home page
    • Inter-dependent custom fields
    • Text validation support for custom fields
    • "User" as single or multi-select drop-down custom field

    Patches applied on 13th Jan - 24

      1. Wiki for Backlog Management
      The issue with Wiki documents not being available in Backlog Management is fixed. Notes feature is disabled. Existing linked notes will still be available; Creation of new notes will not be possible, henceforth.

      2. Data Synchronization across entities
      The issue with synchronization of data related to Date format, Time zone, Terminology (in Program Increment and Iteration terminology in reports and dashboard), Holiday grid in Backlog management and Test management has been fixed.

      3. On Demand Release Changes
      Following issues have been fixed in ODR capability:

      • Tests, defects, Test suite and automated tests are addressed under ODR.
      • Test execution status and Automated Test results is now included in the Summary Dashboard.
      • The issue in ODR reports - Test Coverage Report, Defect Leakage Report not being available is fixed.

      4. Defect to Story Conversion
      In Backlog Management Screen, the issue related to converting an Iteration Defect to Story is fixed. It can be done by clicking the 'Defect to Story' option.

      5. DIY Reports
      The availability of DIY Reports- Do It Yourself Reports has been addressed. Custom Reports can be created from the Analytics Function - 'DIY Reports'.

      6. Tests under Constraints
      The problem in setting up Test Cases under Constraints has now been fixed.

      7. Story Type - Custom Fields
      The story type based custom field is now made available in the custom field configuration.

      8. Planned and Consumed Hours
      In the Sprint Progress screen, the issues with calculation of the planned and consumed efforts are now fixed. Planned effort and Consumed effort is now calculated as "Sum of all task estimates, task estimated from stories, testing tasks planned in the test suite and standalone tasks planned in that sprint for each team".

    Jile's product updates enable customers to upgrade to a level higher each time, and the upcoming update is no exception. Jile is ready to roll with its enhanced version and much-awaited features that are a cut above its previous form.

    With Jile's new and improved functionalities, you will be able to capture details, trace items, and gain insights on various activities in a better way.

    A snapshot of the major capabilities of this release is given below. Please share your feedback with us at support@jile.io.

    #LiveAgile

    Highlights:

    Standalone Tasks

    During an iteration, a team will be focused on the stories it has committed to. Every task should ideally push one or the other story towards completion. However, certain circumstances may require the team to work on some tasks, which are not linked to any of their committed stories. Such standalone tasks can now be made visible in the team's task board. During retrospectives, the team can now measure and act based on the trend of these standalone tasks.

    Role-based Email Notification

    Current email notification in Jile considers each of the recipients from the perspective of how the recipient is related to the entity involved. For example, Admin can configure to send notification to the owner of the entity, to the creator of the entity, to all the members of the team, or to all the key members of the work area, who own the entity. Now, Admin can mark the specific work area, and team roles such as PO, PM, Scrum Master and others to be used as notification recipients.

    Ability to Modify or Remove Last Worklog

    Jile now enables the users to modify or delete their latest logged effort against any incomplete task they own.

    Enhanced Board View for Status Filter

    When a filter is applied in the Board view, only the status fields that are required can be expanded, and the remaining fields can be collapsed. Also, the record count is provided per status field.

    View Optimization

    Users can optimize their Task View Cards by selecting suitable number of columns per layout to accommodate different number of cards in the view, as required. This will be useful while displaying information on large monitors with higher number of Cards.

    Other Enhancements

    • Menu items in Jile are now called as Functions instead of Apps.
    • Admins have better control over PI, Iteration, and On-demand Release items with role-based access configuration.
    • Users can view attachments (of supported types) in the browser itself, without downloading.
    • Control Regression Testing for a Release by tagging Test Suites to Release.

    Jile's product updates enable customers to upgrade to a level higher each time, and the upcoming update is no exception. Jile is ready to roll with its enhanced version and much-awaited features that are a cut above its previous form.

    With Jile's new and improved functionalities, you will be able to capture details, trace items, and gain insights on various activities in a better way.

    A snapshot of the major capabilities of this release is given below. Please share your feedback with us at support@jile.io.

    #LiveAgile

    Highlights:

    Convert a feature to a story and a story to a feature

    Have you ever created a feature in Jile and soon realized that it is small enough to be treated as a story? The new action "Convert to story" comes as a handy way to quickly achieve that goal. You get a story creation screen with title, description and acceptance criteria pre-populated from the feature. "Convert to feature" does exactly the reverse - creates a feature from a story if you soon realize it to be a big item. As this need is commonly felt at the grooming phase (i.e., before committing the item in a planning window, like release or iteration) these new actions are available only when the feature/story is in a pre-ready state.

    Task and Issue effort metric enhancement

    The Planned Effort field in Task or Issue has been renamed as "Original Planned Effort". It will not accept alteration after the first worklog is added. Protection of the original planned effort will help in analyzing time estimation accuracy during inspect and adapt.

    Total Effort field has been renamed as "Revised Planned Effort" because it still has a predictive component which may be little more accurate due to any change in the remaining effort.

    New analytics related to On Demand Release metrics

    Check out the key metrics related to on demand release using new Defect Leakage Report and Test Coverage Report.

    Enhanced usability of entity tabs

    Apart from their own attributes, all entity (Feature, Story, Defect etc.) have a dedicated section at the bottom of the details page which shows related entities (child stories of feature, tasks of the story and so on), attachments and discussion as separate tabs. Each tab now contains an indication of the number of items in it.

    Other Updates:

    • To bring completeness, Release Achievement (or Iteration Achievement) page now takes story points pertaining to test suites also into consideration.
    • Linkage to Issue maintained while converting Issue into Story.

    Jile's product updates enable customers to upgrade to a level higher each time, and the upcoming update is no exception. Jile is ready to roll with its enhanced version and much-awaited features that are a cut above its previous form.

    With Jile's new and improved functionalities, you will be able to capture details, trace items, and gain insights on various activities in a better way.

    A snapshot of the major capabilities of this release is given below. Please share your feedback with us at support@jile.io.

    #LiveAgile

    Highlights:

    On Demand Release

    Do you want to keep developing on cadence and release when business is ready to consume? New capability of 'On Demand Release' lets you achieve that. Create an 'On Demand Release' with target date as per business commitment. Link stories that would be part of that release. Track progress and readiness through 'On Demand Release Dashboard'. This new capability detaches cadences like Sprint/Iteration and Program Increment from Release so that all these options open up for you: Release multiple times during a Sprint, Release once a Sprint, Release multiple times during a Program Increment, Release work from multiple Sprints in one go and so on.

    To make this new app available on the left menu, please click on Workspace setup, select Way of Working, and check the On-demand Release box under Planning.

    Information Icon(Optional) for the custom fields

    Have you added custom fields and wished that you could provide additional information to users? Now you can specify Text that would be visible to user via information icon on the respective Custom field.

    Floating Save

    Making a small change and quickly saving the work is easy now. Save/Cancel button is floating for easy access while you scroll up or down while editing Epics, Stories and other such entities

    Cross Team Discussion

    Do you have team of teams working on a Program? Team member of one team can now tag member(s) of other teams of the same Program to quickly get information or to sort things out quickly.

    Jile's product updates enable customers to upgrade to a level higher each time, and the upcoming update is no exception. Jile is ready to roll with its enhanced version and much-awaited features that are a cut above its previous form.

    With Jile's new and improved functionalities, you will be able to capture details, trace items, and gain insights on various activities in a better way.

    A snapshot of the major capabilities of this release is given below. Please share your feedback with us at support@jile.io.

    #LiveAgile

    Highlights:

    Report Enhancements - Global reports

    A new type of report has been introduced as 'Global' report. Reports created under 'Global' section in any work area will be made available across all work areas. In a similar way, reports created under 'Global' tab from any team will be made available across all teams.

    Note: The report type 'public' is rephrased as 'local' which will continue to be visible at work area level.

    Report Enhancements - Clone reports

    Jile now supports 'Clone Report' option that allow users to make a copy of any existing report. The cloned report will be made available in the private tab in the reports and the user can customize and publish as needed.

    Iteration Achievement Summary View

    Jile's 'Iteration Achievement' app has been enhanced to include a rolled-up Summary View of the Iteration Achievement Percentage for all closed iterations. At the Portfolio level, this Summary View will help gain insights into the performance of various products under the portfolio. While at the Program level, it will help assess and compare the performance of the respective teams, over a period.

    Manage Default Apps

    A new option 'Manage Default Apps' is introduced in workspace setup. With this, Jile workspace administrator has an option to setup default apps for all the work areas that are created in a workspace based on the work area type. There is also an additional option to apply the default apps to all existing work areas. Additionally, the default apps for 'Scrum' and 'Kanban' team type is also available.

    Other Updates:

    • Add with Details for Child entities in parent page.

    Jile's product updates enable customers to upgrade to a level higher each time, and the upcoming update is no exception. Jile is ready to roll with its enhanced version and much-awaited features that are a cut above its previous form.

    With Jile's new and improved functionalities, you will be able to capture details, trace items, and gain insights on various activities in a better way.

    A snapshot of the major capabilities of this release is given below. Please share your feedback with us at support@jile.io.

    #LiveAgile

    Highlights:

    Enhanced Add Functionality

    With Jile's enhanced Add functionality, users can capture all details of an entity, including custom fields and attachments, at the time of creation.

    This feature has been enabled for the following entities in all major apps:

    • Initiatives
    • Capabilities
    • Features
    • Stories
    • Defects
    • Work Items
    • Issues

    Note: The existing 'Quick Add' feature is available as a secondary option under the Flash button.

    Test Management Reports

    The 'Test Management Reports' app has been enhanced to include the following two new reports:

    • Backlog - Testing Summary Report
    • Backlog - Test Traceability Report

    These reports provide complete traceability of the Backlog items planned in a release, the Test Cases, and testing progress, along with count and details of issues.

    Release Achievement - Summary View

    Jile's 'Release Achievement' app has been enhanced to include a rolled-up Summary View of the Release Achievement Percentage for all closed releases.

    At the Portfolio level, this Summary View will help gain insights into the performance of various products under it, while at the Program level, it will help assess and compare the performance of the respective teams, over a period of time.

    Detailed tracking for a particular release can now be launched by clicking the 'View Achievement Details' link from here.

    Improved Test Execution Flow using Grid View

    A new Menu - 'Run in Grid View' has been introduced along with the existing 'New Run' option. This will enable Testers to view all the steps of a Test Case in a Single Grid View and execute them without having to navigate to each step, one by one.

    Other minor enhancements to improve test execution efficiency include:

    • Automatic capture of Run Description:
      While executing a Test Case, Testers will no longer be prompted to enter the Run Description every time. The Run Id will automatically be captured as the Run Description, and users can modify the description (if needed) after the execution is complete.
    • The existing 'Run Test' option's User Interface (UI) has been updated to avoid scrolling, to access the actual results and status.

    Team Utilization Report

    The 'Team Utilization Report' app has been implemented at the work area level. This app helps to view the utilization of team members across Iterations, from all the child work areas.

    Dashboard and Report Enhancement

    In the Jile Dashboards, the built-in tiles have been enhanced with custom tables. This feature enhances the Dashboard experience by helping the user to create custom Charts and Tables in the same view.

    Other Report Enhancements:

    • Jile has been updated to support 'Tags' custom report filters
    • 'Team' is now available as a base entity to view all teams and members in one report
    • In custom reports, Jile now supports additional report fields including Objectives and Key Results (OKR), Iteration Goal, and Code commit

    Other Updates:

    • All Kanban boards have been updated to display the count of cards in each column along with WIP limit details
    • 'Move To' option has been added to cards to directly replan the stories in a standalone Iteration to a subsequent Iteration

    Jile's product updates enable customers to upgrade to a level higher each time, and the upcoming update is no exception. Jile is ready to roll with its enhanced version and much-awaited features that are a cut above its previous form.

    A snapshot of major capabilities of this release are given below. Please share your feedback to support@jile.io.

    #LiveAgile

    Highlights:

    Export Enhancements

    A new menu 'Export Data with Template' has been provided under 'Import & Export' menu which will help in easy export of the data that the user is seeing in each app, make any updates and import it back to Jile.

    This option has been enabled for the following entities in all major apps:

    • Initiatives
    • Capabilities
    • Features
    • Stories
    • Tasks
    • Tests
    • Issues

    Import Enhancements

    The following enhancements have been made in Excel Import functionality:

    • Support for importing Stories / Tasks / Tests / Issues have been included at the Product /Program level using which helps users to import data for multiple teams in one shot.
    • Ability to tag Parent Initiative and Capability for features through import.

    Test Management Reports

    Jile introduces a new App 'Test Management Reports' which will be continuously enhanced to include key reports to track complete QA metrics which covers all aspects of testing - planning, execution, results tracking, and issues found during testing.

    'Test Run Details' report which provides all Test Runs and their execution results for tests planned across all releases is available now and other reports are coming soon.

    My Work - Enhancements

    Jile's ' My Work Dashboard' is enhanced with the following features to give rich user experience and effectively perform the daily activities.

    • Change status for items owned by you
    • Log Work for Tasks / Tests / Issues assigned to you
    • Execute test cases assigned to you
    • View Worklog for Tasks / Tests / Issues from the 'Quick View' option
    • View and Download attachments for all artifacts from the 'Quick View' option

    Jile's product updates enable customers to upgrade to a level higher each time, and the upcoming update is no exception. Jile is ready to roll with its enhanced version and much-awaited features that are a cut above its previous form.

    With Jile's new and improved platform, you will be able to leverage the use of my work dashboard for your daily work. The customizable charts in dashboards offer an enriched experience for progress tracking. The new Issue Ageing App gives you a complete picture of the issue life cycle. The Clone Workspace gives you a ready-to-replicate Workspace. The import enhancements will extend the data flow on the core entities at all stages.

    A snapshot of major capabilities of this release are given below. Please share your feedback to support@jile.io.

    #LiveAgile

    Highlights:

    My Work Dashboard

    Jile provides 'My Work Dashboard' - a single screen to start the day and plan on what to be done. This dashboard provides a holistic view to track all the work that is assigned to the user, be it for backlog grooming or artifacts that are owned in the ongoing releases / iterations. This view pulls data across all work areas and teams that the user is tagged to so that the user do not have to navigate to multiple levels to see the worklist.

    Issue Ageing Metrics

    Jile introduces a new App 'Issue Ageing Details' to provides complete ageing metrics for Issues. This report will provide details on time spent by an issue in each status, the count of the issue in each status with a complete status transition details, including the resolution details for the issue.

    Clone Workspace

    Jile provides 'Clone Workspace' option to the admins on creation of a new workspace. This 'Copy from Workspace' will clone the basic configuration of the chosen workspace which includes the workspace setup configuration.

    Custom chart in Dashboard

    In Jile Dashboard, the data visualization, through the pre-defined built-in tiles is now enhanced with the custom charts in dashboard. With this feature, the user can define custom charts that will enrich the experience in dashboard.

    Import Enhancements

    Jile has extended its import functionality of the core entities to a wider range of apps in all stages.

    • Import Features into a Release from 'Release Backlog - Features'
    • Import Stories into a Release and plan them in Iteration in the 'Release Backlog - Stories'
    • Import Stories into an Iteration in 'Iteration Backlog - Stories'
    • Import Tasks, Tests, and Issues for Stories in all the Story Apps
    • Import Tests into Test Libraries from 'Test Library'

    Other Updates:

    • Annual buy subscription for the edition chosen.
    • Track Issue Resolution Details
    • Impediments in Global Search

    Jile's product updates enable customers to upgrade to a level higher each time, and the upcoming update is no exception. Jile is ready to roll with its enhanced version and much-awaited features that are a cut above its previous form.

    With Jile's new and improved platform, you will be able to leverage the use of in-built and customizable dashboards for real-time progress tracking. Under Portfolio-level capabilities, we are bringing in lean budgeting to allocate budgets at the portfolio level, distribute budgets across strategic initiatives/programs, and track the allocated, available, and consumed budgets with ease.

    A snapshot of major capabilities of this release are given below. Please share your feedback to support@jile.io.

    #LiveAgile

    Highlights:

    Global Search

    Jile now provides option to search across different artifacts and takes you to the artifact details directly. The search will happen across ID, and title from Capability, Initiative, Feature, Story, Defect, Test, Task, Issue, Work Item, Test Suite and lists the matching results. It also allows you filter the search limited to a specific artifact type.

    Ranking for Features and Stories

    Jile has new Improved Grid views for all Backlog Apps with bulk ranking options to move backlog items to top, bottom or specific position with ease. This gives ability to the users to sort by the key fields (Business Value, Estimate etc.) and update ranks for features based on the sorted order. This rank / order changes are been synchronized across all views (Card / Grid / Board Views). More details on the ranking for features and stories can be found here.

    Access control for team entities

    Jile now provides Access Control for team level entities using a rule configuration. This will enable workspace administrators to configure a rule that will control access of one team assigning/modifying/deleting entities of other teams. Using this, Team level entities like stories, tasks, tests, impediments, issues can be created/updated/deleted only by the key members or by the respective team member in their work area.

    Analytics-Reports

    Jile brings enhanced Reports with more flexibility in managing tables and charts. With this enhancement all the defined custom tables and charts come under a single umbrella. The reports can be defined as private or public based on its accessibility. Managing public reports is handled by workspace admin whereas the private reports are managed individually. It also includes pin/unpin of any report to the menu.

    Analytics-Dashboard

    In Jile Dashboard, the data visualization gives a clear view of the analytics, through the predefined metrics called tiles. Though, a beta version with a limited tile it is still managed by the workspace admin on the public view and the pin/unpin of the dashboards to the menu.

    Budgets

    Jile provides the ability for the Portfolio managers to capture the budget and track the expenditure by Initiatives or Programs. Every work performed for a particular initiative can be tracked and compared against the allocated budget. This would help the Portfolio Manager to understand if the work delivered is within the budget or not.

    Other Updates:

    • Excel Export / Import capability to bulk update Feature Business Value Calculator parameters
    • Enhanced Git driven status transition
    • Excel Import for Additional Entities
    • Access Control for User Access Management
    • Stage Approval in the Pipeline Report

    Release Version- V 4.1.2

    In these trying times, Jile is committed to helping Agile teams stay connected and deliver better software by offering a free 1-year subscription for up to 20 users. Jile enables remote Agile teams worldwide to work effectively and increase the number of product releases. For more information on this free offer, please visit Try Now page on our website.

    In this release, we are bringing in role-based access control for Persona, Component, Constraint, Capability, Feature and Defect to manage secured data updates. Work Area and Team access control gives admin the rights to manage work area and team.

    A snapshot of major capabilities of this release are given below. Please share your feedback to support@jile.io.

    #LiveAgile

    Highlights:

    Access Control for Additional entities

    Jile now provides Access Control permissions for Persona, Component, Constraint, Capability, Feature and Defect. This will enable workspace administrators to configure specific roles that will have permissions to perform create, update and delete actions on these entities.

    Access Control for Work Area and Team

    Jile now provides Access Control permissions for Work Area and Team Configuration. This will enable workspace administrators to configure specific roles that will have permissions to add/remove work area or team in the workspace.

    Access Control for Attachments

    Jile now provides Access Control permissions for the entity attachments. This will enable workspace administrators to configure specific roles that will have permissions to upload, download and delete attachments.

    Other Updates:

    • Status update can now be restricted to a specific set of roles for Objectives, Capabilities, Release, Iteration, Test-suite, Task and Work-items.

    Release Version- V 4.1.1

    In these trying times, Jile is committed to helping Agile teams stay connected and deliver better software by offering a free 1-year subscription for up to 20 users. Jile enables remote Agile teams worldwide to work effectively and increase the number of product releases. For more information on this free offer, please visit Try Now page on our website.

    In this release, we are bringing in role-based access control for release, iteration, pipeline, vision and objectives to manage secured data updates. Menu configuration access control gives admin the rights to manage apps, tables and charts.

    A snapshot of major capabilities of this release are given below. Please share your feedback to support@jile.io.

    #LiveAgile

    Highlights:

    Access Control for Additional entities

    Jile now provides Access Control permissions for Release, Iteration, Vision and Objectives. This will enable workspace administrators to configure specific roles that will have permissions to perform create, update and delete actions on these entities.

    Access Control for Menus

    Jile now provides Access Control permissions for Menu Configuration. This will enable workspace administrators to configure specific roles that will have permissions to add/remove/re-arrange Apps, Reports and Charts.

    Access Control for Pipeline

    Jile now provides Access Control permissions for the Pipeline. This will enable workspace administrators to configure specific roles that will have permissions to configure and execute pipelines.

    Other Updates:

    • Status update can be restricted to a specific set of roles for User Story, Defect, Issues, Tests and Impediments.
    • Audit API is implemented for Initiative, Release.
    • In Test Library, for a Test Suite, Tests can now be imported from ongoing release/iteration.

    Release Version- V 4.1

    In these trying times, Jile is committed to helping Agile teams stay connected and deliver better software by offering a free 1-year subscription for up to 20 users. Jile enables remote Agile teams worldwide to work effectively and increase the number of product releases. For more information on this free offer, please visit Try Now page on our website.

    In this release, we are bringing in access control for user management to enable admins to effectively manage users in Jile. In addition, we are bringing in role-based access control for Initiatives to manage secured data updates. We are also introducing Integration with GitLab to achieve code level traceability with respect to Jile artifacts.

    A snapshot of major capabilities of this release are given below. Please share your feedback to support@jile.io.

    #LiveAgile

    Highlights:

    User Access Control

    Jile now provides options for Domain Admins to configure access control for user management. This will help the administrators to effectively control who can onboard new users or remove users from Jile.

    Access Control for Initiatives

    Jile now provides Access Control permissions for Initiatives. This will enable workspace administrators to configure specific roles that will have permissions to perform read, create, update and delete actions on Initiatives.

    Integration with GitLab

    Jile now provides integration with GitLab which will enable users to configure GitLab projects and link work areas. Once configured, developers can tag a user story or an issue to a commit and additionally perform automatic status updates through appropriate commits. Through this feature, every commit can be tagged and shown against the corresponding user story or issue in Jile to ensure traceability.

    Other Updates:

    • Email Notifications for Feature Dependencies
    • Feature status update can be restricted to a specific set of roles
    • Board Status field is now available in Charts
    • Mail notifications will be sent for deleting the discussions

    Release Version- V 4.0.6

    In these trying times, Jile is committed to helping Agile teams stay connected and deliver better software by offering a free 1-year subscription for up to 20 users. Jile enables remote Agile teams worldwide to work effectively and increase the number of product releases. For more information on this free offer, please visit Try Now page on our website.

    In this release, we are bringing in a new App for managing feature dependency across programs. This App will help users managing programs with dependency on their deliverables. We are also bringing in the Release burn up chart that gives the view of delivery progress across various iterations.

    The details of the features rolled out for this release are summarized below. Please share your feedback to support@jile.io.

    #LiveAgile

    Highlights:

    Feature Dependency App

    Feature Dependencies App helps the workareas to manage the dependencies between features. Users can view the dependencies of features existing between workareas along with the planning conflicts and the status. This app is available in the App Catalog in 'Products' section.

    Release Burnup Chart

    Release Burnup chart gives the view of how release scope was changed over a period of time along with the planned / actual metrics. Users will be able to see their future iteration plans and can understand how the release scope can be managed.

    Other Updates:

    • Notifications for Impediments
    • Grid view for attachments
    • Deleting the discussion thread
    • Enhancements and Improvements in the Report module

    Release Version- V 4.0.5

    In these trying times, Jile is committed to helping Agile teams stay connected and deliver better software by offering a free 1-year subscription for up to 20 users. Jile enables remote Agile teams worldwide to work effectively and increase the number of product releases. For more information on this free offer, please visit Try Now page on our website.

    In this release, we are bringing in the release dependency dashboard that provides a visual summary of the cross-team dependencies impacting the delivery. In addition, enhancements have been made in the Checklist for Definition of Ready and Definition of Done. Reports can now be generated with Pipeline entity.

    The details of the features rolled out for this release are summarized below. Please share your feedback to support@jile.io.

    #LiveAgile

    Highlights:

    Release Dependency Dashboard

    Release dependency dashboard provides a visual summary of the cross - team dependencies impacting the delivery. The board helps users to identify the dependencies of user stories across all the teams and the iteration in which the user stories are planned. This can help users to modify the plan and ensure that the delivery is not impacted.

    Pipeline Reports

    Reports can be created using pipeline entity. This helps in analyzing pipeline performance from different perspectives, e.g., a chart can be created to see the trend of production deployment or understand the build status over a period, etc.

    Other Updates:

    • Copying checklist data from other features and stories for easy data creation.
    • Additional Data Capture during Planning, Unplanning and Splitting of Features and User Stories.
    • Rich Text Editor Implementation in Capabilities, Defects and WorkItem.
    • Synchronized chart colors with Status, Initial Estimate etc.

    Release Version- V 4.0.4

    In these trying times, Jile is committed to helping Agile teams stay connected and deliver better software by offering a free 1-year subscription for up to 20 users. Jile enables remote Agile teams worldwide to work effectively and increase the number of product releases. For more information on this free offer, please visit Try Now page on our website.

    In this release, we are providing reports using chart designer that will visualize the report. We have introduced checklist for Definition of Ready and Definition of Done for the Story and Feature module. We support "Change Parent" for tasks, tests and issues. In addition, enhancements have been done in Import Templates . We have also improved the Rich Text Editor to support more styles and formatting.

    The details of the features rolled out for this release are summarized below. Please share your feedback to support@jile.io.

    #LiveAgile

    Highlights:

    Reports Using Charts Designer

    This release provides an enhanced report designer that helps teams define custom charts. These charts can be saved and are accessible from the menu system. Users can quickly create a chart by selecting pre-defined chart type with plot against specific values related to the entity chosen. The preview gives the visualization of the charts.

    Checklist for Definition of Ready and Definition of Done

    When creating or grooming a feature or story, teams can define the Definition of Ready and Definition of Done in form of a checklist. It helps to define clear criteria for the feature or story to be ready for implementation or to be considered done.

    Other Updates:

    • Changing parent for Tasks, Tests and Issues
    • New look and support for additional styles and formatting in Rich Text Editor
    • Enhancements in Import templates
    • Release Dashboard will now include additional data points on User story (summary, test and issues)
    • In Release Achievement, Iteration Tab now gives the story points committed and delivered against each Iteration
    • In Release Progress, Open Issues have been included in Test Suites
    • In Team level Iteration Dashboard, the unassigned stories will be shown against "No Owner"

    Release Version- V 4.0.3

    In these trying times, Jile is committed to helping Agile teams stay connected and deliver better software by offering a free 1-year subscription for up to 20 users. Jile enables remote Agile teams worldwide to work effectively and increase the number of product releases. For more information on this free offer, please visit Try Now page on our website.

    In this release, we are providing report templates for easy report creation. This should reduce the time taken for creating custom reports. We have enhancements in tests module, where the traceability between Blocking issues and Impacted test case can be created. In addition, in the Import templates of Features and User Stories, the drop down values are auto populated.

    The details of the features rolled out for this release are summarized below. Please share your feedback at support@jile.io.

    #LiveAgile

    Highlights:

    Report Template

    Users can quickly create a report by selecting pre-defined templates given for the entity. After selecting the template, the default columns will be loaded and users can modify them. This will reduce a lot of time spent on creating standard reports.

    Traceability between Issues and Test Case

    When identifying issues in sprint testing, the tester can also link the test cases that will be impacted because of this issue. This will help the testing team to better plan their testing activity. Once the issue is resolved, the testing team can also use this traceability to verify the related test cases.

    Other Updates:

    • Feature and User story import templates will have drop down values auto populated
    • Acceptance Criteria and Benefits fields are now a part of import template for Features and Stories
    • Multi-Select custom fields are available in all the entities
    • Attaching files in test execution (Multi-Step test case)
    • Capture retrospective for 'In Progress' Release and Iteration
    • Tags are available in filters for all Apps
    • Rich text editor is enhanced to create inline table. This is available in the Notes module

    Release Version- V 4.0.2

    In these trying times, Jile is committed to helping Agile teams stay connected and deliver better software by offering a free 1-year subscription for up to 50 users. Jile enables remote Agile teams worldwide to work effectively and increase the number of product releases. For more information on this free offer, please visit Try Now page on our website. This offer is valid only until June 30, 2020.

    In June release, we are continuing our clone implementation with Feature Clone. We are adding a new type of custom field - multi-select custom fields. Users can start creating multi-select custom fields for selected entities and we will continue to enhance them in our future releases. We are also enhancing our import capability by providing import option for few other entities.

    The details of the features rolled out for this release are summarized below. Please share your feedback at support@jile.io.

    #LiveAgile

    Highlights:

    Feature Clone

    Users will be able to create a replica of a feature with clone option. With clone option, a feature can be replicated along with its associated user stories, tasks and tests. Clone option will be available in all the feature apps.

    Multi Select Custom Fields

    In custom field definition, we are now supporting a new type - 'Multi Select'. This is enabled in Features and Stories entity. We will continue to provide this option to all other entities in future releases.

    Converting Issues to User Story

    You can convert any issues created during an iteration into a user story. This can help users plan their issue implementation in the next iteration.

    Feature Tests Import

    Import option is available for uploading feature tests. This will help users in defining their test cases. Test execution will happen by creating test suites and executing them in iteration. Import option is provided in apps such as Product Backlog - Features, Release Backlog - Features and Product Features.

    Other Updates:

    • Import and email notifications for support work items
    • Import for Kanban stories and tasks
    • Tagging users as Pipeline "observers" for email notification
    • Attaching files in test execution (Single-step test case)
    • Option to create folders for attachments at entity level
    • My work filters in iteration tasks, tests and issues
    • Reopening closed release and iteration

    Release Version- V 4.0.1

    In these trying times, Jile is committed to helping Agile teams stay connected and deliver better software by offering a free 1-year subscription for up to 50 users. Jile enables remote Agile teams worldwide to work effectively and increase the number of product releases. For more information on this free offer, please visit Try Now page on our website.

    In this release, Jile brings you Email Notifications for various events that happens throughout the life-cycle of all the entities. Through this feature, users will be notified of all the changes that happens in Jile. Cloning of data is now available for a few entities and it will be enhanced further for other modules.

    The details of the features rolled out for this release are summarized below. Please share your feedback at support@jile.io.

    #LiveAgile

    Highlights:

    Email Notifications

    For a given workspace, you can trigger email notifications for events related to various Jile entities and send it to the selected recipients. A workspace admin will be able to manage these notifications from the workspace setup.

    Data Clone

    Users will be able to clone user stories, tasks, tests and issues. Clone option will be available in all the apps for these entities. Through this feature, users can quickly replicate their existing data and create a new one.

    Status update restrictions based on User Role

    Workspace admin can configure a specific role that will have the permission to change the status of the Initiatives. This will help the teams follow a more restrictive process to move Initiatives across various statuses.

    Connect Jile with Azure AD (SSO) in minutes

    Enable streamlined access to Jile using organizational accounts hosted on Azure AD using single sign-on (SAML).

    Release Version- V 4.0

    We have come a long way since the launch of Jile in 2018. All this wouldn't have been possible without the continued support and feedback from our prestigious customers who are a part of our every endeavor!

    With this new year, we are happy and excited to announce yet another milestone we have achieved! We present to you Jile 4.0, providing a flexible, adaptive and tailored way for organizations to adopt Agile, scale Agile across the enterprise, and transform into an agile enterprise.

    With Jile 4.0, teams can choose an Agile Way of Working (WoW) template that best fits their delivery needs. These templates include Scrum, Kanban, Disciplined Agile (DA), SAFe®, Large Scale Scrum (LeSS) and Agile Portfolio.

    The core capabilities of Jile 4.0 are summarized below. Please share your feedback at support@jile.io!

    #LiveAgile

    Highlights:

    Configurable Ways of Working

    Jile 4.0 helps teams choose an Agile framework or methodology that best suits their organizational needs. Jile 4.0 provides six out-of-the-box Ways of Working with pre-configured functionalities and apps, including Scrum, Kanban, SAFe®, DA, LeSS and Agile Portfolio. In addition, teams can customize and evolve their Way of Working as they scale Agile across multiple teams.

    Apps Catalog

    Jile 4.0 provides a catalog of Apps that teams can use to support additional Agile practices or processes in their current way of working. An app is an implementation of a specific Agile practice.

    Configurable Menus

    Jile 4.0 enables teams to configure their own menus to access specific apps and reports in the workspace. Each work area can be configured to have its own set of menus.

    Kanban for support teams

    Jile 4.0 helps support and operations teams visualize and manage their work items on a Kanban board with configurable WIP limits and workflow statuses.

    Reports Designer

    Jile 4.0 provides an enhanced report designer that helps teams define custom reports in the form of tables and pivots. These reports can be saved and are accessible from the menu system.

    Other Updates:

    • Support for single team workspace
    • Ability to enable or disable specific functionalities
    • Configurable terminologies
    • Throughput and cycle-time reports for Kanban teams
    • Configurable board statuses and WIP limits
    • Story planning in release schedules
    • Test management support for development teams using Kanban
    • Release capacity calculation to include both scrum and Kanban teams
    • Archiving of done backlog items into the done pile
    • Feedback, product tour and enhanced online help

    Release Version- V 3.0.4

    Jile speaks Spanish and Portuguese now! This month's release is dedicated to all our users from Europe and Latin America!

    A quick highlight of other updates of this release are given below. Email your feedback at support@jile.io.

    #LiveAgile

    Highlights:

    Spanish and Portuguese Support

    Choose the language of your liking from Spanish or Portuguese options under language settings.

    DevOps Plugins - Jenkins

    If you want configured Jenkins jobs to be part of your pipeline, then use this plugin to trigger them from Jile. The console log of the build will be available in Jile.

    DevOps Plugins - GitLab, GitHub

    Your source code in GitLab or GitHub can be easily fetched for build process in a Jile pipeline through these out-of-box plugins.

    Clone Pipeline

    Users can create a new pipeline by cloning an existing pipeline in the same work area. The newly created pipeline will have all the stages, jobs, steps, parameters and gates created with a single click.

    This will help in faster pipeline configuration.

    Pipeline Template

    A pipeline can be saved as a Template and can be used across multiple workspaces.

    This will not only help in easy pipeline creation, but also in standardizing pipeline configuration in multiple deployment scenarios.

    Issue/Defect Severity Label

    The Issue board and Defect Backlog display the 'Severity' labels.

    This will help the teams identify the progress of the issues and analyze based on the severity.

    Release Version- V 3.0.3

    We are happy to announce the enriched 'Agile Test Management' capability for the August release. The enhanced test management features will delight Agile testers and Quality guardians alike, making it easy for them to achieve 'Built-in Quality'.

    The 'Agile Test Management' capabilities and other features rolled out for this release are summarized below. Please share your feedback at support@jile.io.

    #LiveAgile

    Highlights:

    Test Design

    Multi-Step tests can be created for both features and stories. Tests have a wizard to help users navigate back and forth to create and edit steps, making the test case creation quick and easy.

    Test cards will have an icon to indicate a 'Multi-Step' test case.

    Test Planning

    While planning the features into a release, feature test suites get created along with all the tests associated with the feature. Feature test suites can be estimated and planned into iterations based on capacity.

    In addition, regression test suites can also be estimated and planned into iterations.

    Test Execution

    Execution will also store the run history. We can easily execute all the tests using the 'Play icon' on the Test Board.

    Regression Library

    We can easily import tests from the Features or Stories into Regression Test Suite using the 'Import Tests'.

    Release Dashboard

    Every Work Area now has a 'Release Dashboard' that provides a high level view of the current release progress.

    Search option in the Work Area navigator

    Work Area navigator has a 'Search Option', which can help users to quickly search for Work Areas.

    Release Version- V 3.0.2

    We are back with our latest update, having exciting add-ons to make your life easy!

    We have added a Plug-in for 'API Fortress', the continuous testing platform for APIs, such that your CI/CD pipeline can trigger tests from this platform. The other capabilities are summarized below.

    Please email your feedback and queries to support@jile.io!

    #LiveAgile

    Highlights:

    Expand and Collapse options in 'Work Area' Navigator

    With the increasing on-boarding of Work Areas, now teams can use the 'Expand and Collapse' options in the Work Area navigator for ease of navigation.

    Release Achievement Summary

    Ability to commit features for a release such that once the release is completed, the delivery progress against commitment can be tracked through 'Achievement Summary Report'.

    Plug-in to API Fortress

    API Fortress is a Continuous Testing platform for APIs and Web Services [https://apifortress.com/]. We now have a plug-in for this tool, so that the tests in API Fortress can be triggered as part of a CI/CD pipeline execution in Jile.

    Capability Split

    If a Capability planned into a Release, cannot be completed in full, it can be split so that the remaining features can be moved and managed into the newly split Capability.

    Other Updates:

    • The dates when an Initiative, Feature, Capability or Story is moved to 'Ready' status or 'Done' status, is stored as the 'Ready Date' and 'Done Date' respectively, and displayed in the single page view.
    • Reports can be filtered based on Standard and Custom Field columns with null values as well.
    • Easy drag and drop parameters to parameterize main and additional scripts while configuring the CI/CD pipeline.

    Release Version- V 3.0.1

    We hope you are having a good experience with enhanced capabilities of Jile 3.0.

    This month, we are happy to include a key capability that has been requested by many users. Jile, now has 'Import from Excel' for all major entities like Initiatives, Capabilities, Features, Stories, Defects, Tasks, Tests and Issues.

    A snapshot of other major capabilities of this release are given below. We are waiting to hear your feedback @ support@jile.io!

    #LiveAgile

    Highlights:

    Deployment Pipeline Governance through Gates

    Ability to define 'Stage Gates' for tracking all compliance checks before triggering any stage deployment automation.

    Import from Excel

    Import capability from Excel is available for major entities namely, Initiatives, Capabilities, Features, Stories, Defects, Tasks, Tests and Issues.

    Features Grouped by Capabilities

    'Capabilities' as a requirement type was introduced in the 3.0 update. The product features on the board can now be visualized and grouped by Capabilities.

    Reporting Enhancements

    Many default tables with an exhaustive list of columns are configured out-of-box. The 'Tables' reports can be filtered by Work Area. The filtering options have been enhanced.

    Release Version- V 3.0

    It only gets more exciting with the arrival of Jile 3.0! Hope you enjoy Jile 3.0 as much as we enjoyed building it for you!

    In this digital world, the challenge is for organizations having multiple structures, methodologies and practices to adopt and scale Agile, that too in a consistent and repeatable manner.

    Jile 3.0, will be a more powerful and flexible platform that can help organizations of all sizes deliver valuable software by adopting and accelerating Agile software development, scaling Agile across the enterprise, and transforming them into new age Digital enterprises. The core capabilities of 3.0 are summarized below. Please share your feedback at support@jile.io!

    #LiveAgile

    Highlights:

    Configurable Organizational Hierarchy

    A configurable hierarchy, representing the various Business Units, Portfolios, Product Groups or Projects that forms the organizational structure can be setup for each Workspace. Agile Planning and Execution across the hierarchy is managed in the workspace.
    [As Workspace Admin, navigate to Workspace Setup Settings Work Area Types]

    Note: While creating a workspace through templates, default 'Work Area types' that define the hierarchy are created. These can be further customized based on organizational structures.

    Synchronized Release Planning and Tracking across multiple organizational levels

    Release schedules created at Enterprise or higher levels ensure that all the underlying 'Work Areas' in the hierarchy borrow the same schedule. This helps all units in the Enterprise to synchronize planning and tracking, both output and outcome from these releases at all levels.
    [Navigate to Release Schedule]

    Enterprise Reporting and Roll-ups

    With Jile 3.0, data from all the 'Work Areas' are rolled-up across all levels to the higher levels, all the way up to the Enterprise Level. Configurable reports at the Enterprise level can give complete visibility into the delivery progress across the enterprise structure.
    [Navigate to Work Area (Parent or Topmost) Reports]

    Capabilities as Backlog Items

    Capabilities are high-level Product or System characteristics. For large systems, requirements are managed as a backlog of 'Capabilities' first, which are further broken down into Features and Stories. In the Product Backlog, 'Capabilities' can be managed and further broken down into Features and planned into releases.
    [Navigate to Product Backlog Capabilities]

    Team Dashboards

    Intuitive 'Team Dashboards' with many real-time metrics like Burndown, Cumulative Flow, Story Summary and so on are available, giving insights into the delivery progress at one glance.

    Refreshed Interface for Boards

    All the boards namely, Initiative Board, Product Backlog, Team Backlog, Task Board, Test Board and Issue Board have a refreshed interface with a 6 column layout, enabling you to see more data. You can also collapse to hide columns.

    SAML Support

    Jile supports SAML based Integration that enables users to be authenticated via Enterprise LDAP or Active Directories. This enhances security and governance.

    REST APIs

    Jile 3.0 supports REST APIs for all key entities. This will enable teams to read data from Jile or update data into Jile, thereby building interfaces to 3rd party systems in the ecosystem.

    Other Updates:

    • Workspace Definition- A 'Workspace' is a logical container to manage the Agile Planning and Execution tracking for an Organization. The 'Organizational Structure' is defined as a hierarchical set of Work Areas.
    • Workspace Templates- While creating a workspace, any desired 'Template' can be selected. A 'Template' pre-populates a set of hierarchical 'Work Area Types', defining a 'Structure' supported in the Workspace.
    • Work Area navigator now displays the organizational structure with the Work Area types.
    • You can now break down large initiatives into smaller 'Sub-Initiatives'.
    • Release Versions- All 'Component Versions' released as part of one or more 'Release Schedules' can be viewed. The list of Features and Defects released as part of a 'Component Version' can be linked to these versions.
    • Modules namely, Initiatives, Personas, Constraints, Components, Backlog, Versions, and Schedule show data corresponding to the 'Work Area' and the data rolled-up from the 'Child Work Areas'.
    • Enablers- An Initiative, Capability or Feature of type 'Enabler' are visually shown on all cards.
    • With 'Code Commits' into GitHub, developers can also use custom 'Tags' to update Story or Issue status in Jile.

    Release Version- V 2.0.3

    Jile speaks Spanish now! As we strive to expand our global footprint, this month we are happy to announce our support for multiple languages. Introducing Jile's multi-lingual support, starting with Spanish. Watch out for many more in the coming releases.

    Here are quick highlights and other updates of this roll out that will help you improve your ways of working on Jile. Please share your feedback at support@jile.io!

    #LiveAgile

    Highlights:

    Multi-lingual Support

    Jile is architected to support multiple languages. Currently, Jile supports English and Spanish.
    [ To choose your language -
    Navigate to Language Icon, and select your language settings ]

    Cycle time and Through-put metrics for Kanban Teams

    Kanban teams can view their 'Cycle Time' and 'Through-put' on a weekly basis. The 'Cycle Time' is the average time taken for stories to get done, and 'Through-put' is the number of stories done per week.
    [ Navigate to Team Level of a Kanban Team and click on 'WORK' and the 'Track' icon ]

    Detailed Synchronized Planning for Kanban Teams

    The detailed planning screen for a Release, which is used in the big room synchronized planning, can now be used by Kanban Teams. These teams can:

    • Break features into stories
    • Classify the priority
    • Validate if the stories taken up in the release are in line with their average through-put
    [ Navigate to Release Schedule Plan Iteration Plan ]

    Component Versioning

    You can mention the versions of the components being moved as part of a Release Schedule and tag the respective features and defects to this version.
    [ Navigate to Release Schedule Plan Iteration Plan ]

    GitHub Code Commits traceability to Stories

    GitHub Code commits against stories will now show the list of modified files with a direct link to the change history in GitHub. [ In a domain with GitHub Integration configured, navigate to Story single page view, go to 'Code Commits' Tab ]

    Other Updates:

    • Product Backlog will only have those features that are not planned in any Releases. Prior to this, features as part of the ongoing releases, along with their statuses were also present in the Product Backlog.
    • Role based permission is applicable for moving the Initiatives, Features and Stories to the 'Done' or the baseline state.
    • Reports Module is enhanced such that Tables and Charts can include 'Custom Fields'.
    • GitHub code commits against stories will now show the list of modified files with a direct link to the change history in GitHub.
    • The notion of 'Kanban support team', which was present to support the Production support scenario, will be discontinued. Teams could be either of type 'Scrum' or 'Kanban' that represent cross-functional agile teams, delivering software incrementally.
    • For Domain Administrators, under the Usage Analytics, you can download the list of Active or Inactive users in your domain.

    Release Version- V 2.0.2

    It is New Year folks! And this New Year, Jile brings to you the bundle of joy with its brand new capabilities!

    Out of the many capabilities rolled out for this release, the "Kanban for Development Teams" is the most exciting one. Scaling Agile is about 'Team of Agile Teams', synchronously planning and delivering value incrementally. On the ground, agile teams can follow either 'Scrum' or 'Kanban'. In Kanban, cross-functional 'Feature teams' can choose to operate through a continuous flow of features and stories, thereby constantly aiming to improve the overall cycle time and through-put.

    Here are quick highlights and other updates of this roll out that will help you improve your ways of working on Jile. Please share your feedback at support@jile.io!

    Jile wishes you all a very Happy New Year 2019! Stay connected!

    #LiveAgile

    Highlights:

    Kanban for Development Teams

    An Agile team that is part of a large product of 'Team of Teams' can choose to follow a Kanban methodology. The team works on a continuous flow of Features and Stories within a common release scope that is shared by many agile teams.
    [ Navigate to Manage Teams New Team (of type Kanban - Dev) ]

    Work board of Kanban Development Teams

    Kanban teams will have a board to view the flow of Features and Stories. They can associate a Standard, Urgent or Fixed Date priority to stories, track their cycle time and through-put. The teams can also manage their 'Work in Process (WIP)' limits and pull work based on these limits. [Navigate to Team Level of a Kanban Team and click on 'WORK']

    Integration with Git Hub

    The out-of-box integration with Git Hub will now enable users to install the Jile GitHub app, and connect the GitHub repository to a Jile Workspace. Once the connection is established, developers can tag a user story and its status to a commit. Hence, every commit will be tagged and shown against the user story in Jile.

    Notifications for Feature and Story Owners

    When owners are assigned to features and stories, the respective owners are notified in the 'Notifications' section.

    License consumption and Usage Tracking

    Domain administrators can track the license consumption and adoption by users on-boarded. The trend of adoption can be visualized on a line graph.

    Other Updates:

    • Introducing 'Status - Backlog | Sub-Status - Ready' as default status for Features and Stories. All the created features and stories will have the Status as 'Backlog' and Sub-status as 'Ready' by default, until they are planned into a Release or an Iteration respectively. Once these features or stories are planned into a release or iteration, the status gets updated to 'To Do'.
    • Move to 'Next Release' option for Feature cards in 'Release Backlog', such that any feature can be moved to the Next Release or the Product Backlog.
    • Feature, Story and Defect 'Completion Date' is shown in the single page view. This specifies the date on which the entity was moved to 'Done' [the Baseline status]. Users can also update this date through the 'Edit' option.
    • In addition to the existing grid view, a visual representation of dependencies of stories in the Story single page view is shown.
    • Objectives also have a rank, and users can prioritize the objectives through drag and drop.
    • Product and Area 'Delete' Option is now available.
    • The Enterprise Administration, through which Domain Administrators define enterprise settings like the enterprise name, tagline, adding workspaces and so on, is moved to a separate area called the 'Enterprise Setup'. It can be accessed from a new 'Setup icon' on the Product Navigator.
    • Domain Administrator can configure specific email subdomains, which will be allowed for registration by users. This is to prevent unauthorized email IDs of users in Jile.
    • Custom Fields for 'User Entity' is available now.

    Release Version- V 2.0.1

    As we step into the last month of this year, we at Jile wish you all advance wishes for a Merry Christmas and a Happy new year! When you log into Jile this month, you will see a surprise waiting for you.

    Post 2.0 last month, it is time to bring quick updates for improving ease of use and collaboration.

    Share your feedback to us at support@jile.io!

    #LiveAgile

    Highlights:

    Popular out-of-box templates for Product Vision

    In addition to the Vision Board, two out-of-box templates for documenting Vision namely, the Business Model Canvas and Lean Canvas are provided.
    [ Navigate to Strategy Vision ]

    Team Members can be part of multiple agile teams

    While team members have to be dedicated to the agile cross functional 'Feature Teams', it takes substantial time to structure members in that manner. In order to support the transition, Jile will now allow Team Members to be part of multiple teams. Also, team member pages have a new refreshing look.

    Visualize all Team Dependencies

    Team Dependencies view shows the stories of the team that have dependencies with other team stories across all Releases and Iterations on a board.
    [ As a team member at the Team Level, Navigate to Team BacklogDependencies]

    Discussions on Single Page View

    You can easily access and contribute to discussions against an Initiative, Feature, Story or Defect by clicking the 'Discussions' icon on the single page view. You will also now get notified on all discussions you have been tagged in.

    Mark Timeframes Complete

    Timeframes can be marked as complete, so that all Objectives, Initiatives, and Releases belonging to that timeframe will move to the 'Completed Timeframe' view.

    Other Updates:

    • Release and Iteration Backlog will show the Scrum Board by default
    • Blockers, Issues, Unresolved Dependencies alert will be shown in the Iteration Backlog Scrum Board
    • Story cards in Daily Tasks, Tests and Issue board, will show the count of pending Tasks, Tests, Issues, Impediments and Dependencies
    • Alerts for Release Closure and Retrospectives
    • Release and Iteration Retrospectives will be available in the Release / Iteration single page view
    • Ability to raise a new issue from the Test Board
    • Ability to convert an issue to a defect backlog item
    • Ability to filter by custom fields on items in Kanban team board
    • Split Feature and Split Story buttons are available in the Feature and Story single page view

    Release Version- V 2.0

    Jile 1.0 focused on enabling enterprises experience scaled agile by helping 'Team of Teams' adopt agile ways of working very easily. Many teams have found success in this adoption, with Jile 1.0 playing a major part.

    This November, we are excited to bring you the next evolution of Jile, Jile 2.0.

    Jile 2.0 will support agile delivery for really large teams through a newly introduced 'Large Product Workspace'. We have taken guidance from the 'Large Solution Layer' of Scaled Agile Framework for Enterprises [SAFe] and 'LeSS Huge' Framework of Large Scale Scrum [LeSS], which are the two very popular agile scaling frameworks.

    A Large Product comprises of sub-products along various functional areas that the customer sees, uses and values as a whole. Each area or sub-product is managed by a team of Agile Teams. In the 'Large Product Workspace', large product groups can define vision, set goals and plan in a synchronized manner, delivering incremental value across sub-products.

    Of course there are other enhancements too that are listed here. Do try out Jile and share your feedback at support@jile.io! We hope this version was worth the wait and we are waiting to hear from you all!

    #LiveAgile

    Highlights:

    Large Product Workspace

    Manage agile delivery for large product groups with area level backlog management and synchronized planning and delivery across product areas
    [ Navigate to Setup Domain Workspaces Create a new workspace of type 'Large Product' ]

    Separate work area for teams

    Teams in Jile will now have a separate work area for managing their iterations and daily work. Teams can navigate to their work area from the 'Workspace Navigator' menu on the Header.

    Quick access to adding Teams and Members

    You can now add Teams and Team members from a quick access set up menu, next to the workspace navigator menu drop down.

    Enriched Guidance

    Jile provides guidance on Workspace creation by providing information on the type and meaning of workspaces to users. A new 10 step 'Product Tour' is introduced.
    [ On the Home Page click on 'here' from 'Click here for a Product Tour' ]

    Workspace Navigator

    Enhanced Workspace navigator menu will display all portfolios, products and teams in the drop down for easy access.

    Other Updates:

    • Mini Pop-Ups for quick view of full description for each item in the Initiative, Feature or Story card.
    • Workspace delete option
    • Global delete option for users
    • Scheduling options for scheduling deployment pipeline triggers
    • Initiative single page view will show the child features directly
    • Feature single page view will show the child stories and tests directly
    • Story single page view will show Tasks, Tests, Issues, Impediments, Dependencies in tabs directly
    • Initiative and Objective Track progress can be accessed by clicking on the 'Graph icon' button on the corresponding single page view
    • Product Progress will also show budget consumption details
    • Synchronized releases across sub-products will now be managed in a Large Portfolio workspace and there will be no synchronized release planning at the Portfolio Level

    Release Version- V 1.0.5

    The September 2018 Release majorly brings to you a visually appealing 'Strategic Product Roadmap'. The collaboration capability is enhanced by allowing you to now @tag users and add attachments to your discussions.
    Of course there are more to this list. We have summarized it for your quick view. Try and experience the new features and send us your feedback to contact@jile.io!

    #LiveAgile

    Highlights:

    Plan Strategic Roadmap

    Plan and visualize key initiatives, realizing business objectives over a time-horizon in the strategic roadmap [ Navigate to Strategy Roadmap ]

    Separate view for completed releases

    Completed Releases are grouped under a separate view in the Release backlog [ Navigate to Release Backlog Release drop down ]

    Freeze panes in boards on scrolls

    When you scroll down in any of the boards, be it Initiative, Feature, Story or Task board, the Header pane would freeze now.

    @Tag users in discussions

    You can now @Tag users and add attachments to your discussions.

    View cost impact on team movement

    In a Portfolio workspace, when we manage team movement across products, the impact on costs and variance will be shown in the Budgets module [ In a Portfolio Workspace, navigate to Portfolio Budgets Manage Teams ]

    Other Updates:

    • Objectives can be extended beyond a single time-frame
    • 'Detailed Plan' in Release Plan is renamed to 'Iteration Plan'
    • 'Detailed Plan' in Iteration Plan is now renamed to 'Plan Work'
    • Splitting a Story now retains the parent Feature
    • Splitting a Feature now retains the parent Initiative
    • Web APIs support for triggering a deployment pipeline