WRAP 2.3 release features Virtual Taskboard, Role Based Security and Change History
It was just six months ago that we announced the release of WRAP 2.0, which raised the bar for agile software development with features including data mart, built-in analytics, Web 2.0 collaboration, and SSL security. Today, we’ve empowered our users even more with the release of WRAP 2.3. This release reflects thousands of hours of hard work, and a tight focus on delivering the features that you want and need most.
We at WoodRanch, as they say in the industry, “eat our own dog food.” You can count on a robust, feature rich, secure and complete release, created using our own agile software development methods. Because WRAP is delivered as a Software-as-a-Service, you don’t need to do anything to take advantage of this powerful new release—the new features will be immediately available to you and all you need to do is take advantage of them.
WRAP’s New Virtual Taskboard
One of the most powerful features in version 2.3 is our Virtual Taskboard, which gives you an at-a-glance view of everything you need to know about any project iteration. Each task is displayed as a card in a vertical “swim lane”, and the intuitive display lets project managers easily view the overall progress of each project. You can apply filters to the Taskboard, to get a view of all items relating to a specific iteration or project owner. And as each item moves to the next stage, tasks can be dragged and dropped between vertical lanes, and the status of the user story will be automatically updated.
Your Agile Development is Always Secure
Software-as-a-service delivery in general is often much more secure than on-premises software solutions, and this is true with WRAP 2.3 as well. While there has been some debate about security models in SaaS, the advantage to the SaaS model is that security is built-in to the architecture, on top of whatever on-premises firewall security you already have in place.
WRAP 2.3 introduces role-based security, which ensures that everybody has access to what they need, but only what they need. Individual users can be assigned specific roles (such as Administrator, Manager, Member, or Guest), each with a different set of access to features and data. In addition, SSL encryption protects the integrity of data transmission for all users, including those with a free account.
What else is new in WRAP 2.3?
We’ve also introduced a “change history” feature that lets you track the complete change history for all agile artifacts. You can use this feature to view the change history for any given user story, task, defect, iteration, and release. We’ve also added an email notification delivery feature, several enhancements to the Team Member page, and the ability to set a user’s status to “Inactive”.
We’re very pleased to offer you this feature-packed upgrade, and look forward to your comments and feedback.