Agile 2010 R1.01 Release Notes

Serena Software, Inc.
April 2010

We STRONGLY RECOMMEND that Customers deploy all service releases, service packs and patches to a test environment before deploying to a production environment. A test environment should have:

After deploying to the test environment, testing should be performed on all user activities prior to deployment in production. Proper industry practice is to always complete a backup before deploying software, including new installs or updates of any kind. Thus, before deploying this release, the host environment should be prepared as follows:

Installation

If this is the first time you have installed Agile on the server, follow the detailed instructions in the Serena Agile Deployment Guide.

If you are upgrading from Agile 2009 R3, follow the installation instructions found on KB S137728

If you are upgrading from Agile 2010 R1, follow the procedure below:

  1. Locate the two web.config files in the main application directory, and in the docstore directory. The default locations for these files on a 32-bit server are, respectively, Program Files\serena\agile\agile and Program Files\serena\agile\Documents Manager. On a 64-bit server, the default locations are Program Files (x86)\serena\agile\agile and Program Files (x86)\serena\agile\Documents Manager.
  2. Save the web.config files in a location where they will not be overwritten by re-installing Serena Agile.
  3. Manually uninstall Serena Agile 2010 R1 by using the Add or Remove Programs applet in the Windows Control Panel.
  4. Install 2010 R1.01 by using the setup application.
  5. Copy the saved web.config files from the previous version back into place.
  6. Install the Agile Migration Tool. You can download this utility from the Agile 2010 R1.01 page at http://support.serena.com/Download/Default.aspx?M=AGILE
  7. Run the Agile Migration Tool in the Migration directory under the Agile application installation directory. The migration tool is named PacificEdgeSoftware.Migration.Driver.exe.
  8. Choose the database connection from the dropdown list at the top of the application window.
  9. Click Migrate.
  10. If you get any errors, copy them from the bottom half of the migration screen and create a support case for additional help.
    NOTE: If you decide to try a migration over, you should first restore the previous version of the database. Then, try the migration again.

What's New

The following features and activities are new in Serena Agile:

Sprint Task Board

The new Task Board provides all the benefits of a physical SCRUM task board. It's optimized to be interactive and display well on a projector or a large screen, as well as on a monitor. Most importantly, it provides the team with a visual daily snapshot of what is being worked on, what hasn't started, and what is complete. This can be viewed by story, by team member, and by work state. All the important information about the status of the sprint is intuitively displayed using a combined bar chart and card-wall metaphor. Updating the work, assignment, or status of a task is simple. Lastly, the focus is on the team by allowing quick filtering of assignments by team members.

Serena Business Mashups Integration

Serena Agile can now be paired with Serena Business Mashups to provide an end-to-end solution for demand management, issue/defect management, and agile project management. Users can capture, triage, and track issues, defects, and change requests via Serena Business Mashups, seamlessly plan work in Serena Agile, and get visibility through both systems from planning to release.

RSS Feeds for Backlogs

You can now assign team members to teams, serving as the first step towards more robust team tracking, visiblity, and collaboration features. Currently, you will be able to...

Move Work Items Between Projects

You can now move work items between projects if you accidentally enter them in the wrong place or need to split a project up into multiple projects.

Re-parent Work Items in Teams and Sprints

You can now re-parent work items within teams and sprints without having to move the items back into a project or release.

Multi-Select Delete

Now you can multi-select rows from a backlog (by Ctrl+click), and delete them all at once.

Quick-Filter by Item Type

We've added quick-filters to backlog views so that you can easily filter in or out different types of work items.

Backlog Ranking Improvements

We have made it even easier to rank stories. The list mode for the backlog now displays all work items in the backlog as a truly flat list, regardless of parent-child hierarchies. This allows you to specify a rank for every work item, regardless of item type. Combined with the ability to quick-filter by item type, it's easy to rank only stories, features with stories, or stories alongside defects or any other type of work item.

Import Enhancements

When you download the import template we now automatically create columns for any custom attributes you may have added to Agile making it quicker for users to identify what data can be imported. We have added support for importing resource attributes as well and fixed many issues around importing work items.

Get Satisfaction SSO Integration

We are making it easier for users to participate in our Serena Agile community. Now when users login to Agile and want to visit our community they will no longer be required to login again.

 

Fixes

For a complete list of fixes in Serena Agile 2010 R1, refer to this query in the Serena Support Knowledgebase.

For a complete list of fixes in Agile 2010 R1.01, refer to this query in the Serena Support Knowledgebase.

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