We are officially in public beta! Here’s the message that went out to all our users. We’ve made lots of improvements to the system. Please check it out!
Happy New Year! We’re officially in public beta. Check out the new improvements we’ve made to make ScrumNinja a more enjoyable experience:
- UI look and feel improvements – We know it’s gotta look and feel good to you.
- More responsive prioritization
- Ability to drag stories in sprint history
- Story and Task IDs more prominent and visible
- Edit permissions based on account type
- User Directory
- Visitor read-only account type
- Chores need not be accepted after delivery
- Ability to add a stories from the card wall
- Installed UserVoice feedback widget so you can add and vote on features and bugs
We’ve also added application monitoring services from Scout (scoutapp.com) so that we can keep an eye on our slice and make sure that it is up as much as possible for those of you who depend on us.
We’re excited about 2009 and hope to make ScrumNinja even better. Thank you for all of your feedback. Keep it coming and keep on Scruming!
Best Regards, Rodney & David The ScrumNinja team!I see so many philosophical discussions about Scrum. Is it a Panacea? Does it actually work? Is it better than XP? In truth, I believe that many of these discussions are a waste of time. The reason being is that Scrum is useless unless you put it in action. Scrum is just a framework or a lightweight process by which one develops software. The essence of Scrum is not native to software development. In fact, the more exposure I have to other areas the more I see Scrum as a successful pattern that can be applied to many areas of life and work.
I have two examples that I have seen in the last year that are processes similar to Scrum. One example is C.J. Hayden’s book called Get Clients Now. It uses a process that is similar to Scrum only it is applied to sales and getting more clients. Another example I have seen recently is Dan Olsen’s process of designing a killer web app. This method uses a continuous integration process that looks very much like Scrum to figure out how to drive users to certain goals in your app.
I’m sure you can find many more examples of Scrum being used in different areas. Please post comments of others that you know of.
P.S. We are looking for Alpha testers for ScrumNinja. If you are interested, please sign up.
We are proud to announce the alpha of our very first product!
ScrumNinja: a hosted project management tool built from scratch with Scrum in mind.
Here is the message we sent to our announcement list:
We are excited to announce the Alpha version of ScrumNinja. The best way to see the value of this tool is to commit to using it for a real project, even just a small one. ScrumNinja will always be free for one project and up to three users. For now, there are no limits to the number of users or projects. Please check out the quick start guide to get started:
If you’d like to become an official tester and be considered for a $50 credit, please let us know. Official testers actively use the product to manage a real project, give us feedback and occasionally answer simple questionnaires.
Regards, Rodney and David