WRAP 2.0 Release Notes

From WoodRanch Agile Projects

This document summarizes the release notes for WRAP 2.0. It includes the changes made from 1. 4 to 2.0 release.

WRAP 2.0 is the first Agile ALM toolset to deliver actionable intelligence through data analytics and historical reports to small and medium organizations for more relevant, focused and faster ways to convey performance information inside and outside of the development team – all in a secure, SaaS based solution that requires zero customer infrastructure and can be leveraged at minimal price.

The system’s cloud-based datamart enables customizable real and near-real time reporting that gives development teams and executives much greater visibility into status, progress and quality of their application development projects. The system increases productivity by decreasing information clutter – it targets presentation of relevant key facts to user roles. WRAP 2.0 Analytics support fast comprehension and interpretation of data by presenting it graphically, from various angles, and with intuitive tools for root cause analysis. Dynamic reports can be conveniently accessed either directly from role-based dashboards or from Reports Page. WRAP 2.0 encourages effective interaction with data, which enables better, faster decisions about projects in progress, future development planning, as well as improved quality control.

Benefits added by the release 2.0 to WRAP toolset

• Supports more accurate planning of time to market
• Improves visibility into the efficiency of application development execution for management outside of the development team
• Provides for traceability and discipline across the complete software delivery cycle
• Improves manageability of programmer collaboration and other types of multitasking
• Allows fast assessment of issues via drill-downs and filters for context based displays of information
• Improves accuracy of forecasting by tracking actual vs. estimates in an Agile planning process
• Helps managers and executives quickly access a high-level status of their projects by charting progress with bar and line displays, story and task units, colored significance levels, trend lines and graphs with overlay of data combinations.

WRAP 2.0 Features Highlight

• Architecture: Datamart with Near Real-Time Agile Process Metrics
• Metrics: Quickly Assess the Progress of Stories, Tasks and Defects in Real Time
• Analytics and Reports: New Dynamic Reports with Graphs and Data - A new Reports page with a listing of reports is now available under Dashboard tab. New reports in WRAP 2.0 are
  • Cumulative Defects Trending
  • Defects by Severity Trending
  • Story (Cases) by Status Trending
  • Burn up Graphs for Iteration and Release
• Enhanced Reports
  • Velocity Graph
  • Iteration Burn down Graph
• Member Dashboard: Two New Widgets and Enhancements to All WRAP 1.x Widgets
• Manager Dashboard: Enhancements to All WRAP 1.x Widgets
• Auditing Project Records: Easy Access to Persistent, Comprehensive Data Logs
• Team Collaboration:
  • Enhanced File upload, replacement, removal and sharing- Upload files for story, task and defcet.
  • Automated Email Notifications
  • Time zone support for distributed teams
• Iteration and Release Planning: Fast and Easy to Use Interface
• Several issues of WRAP 1.4 are corrected