Image from Flickr – attributed following link. When we came back to Teamwork version 4 after reviewing some literature on agile methods, and in particular re-considering the Scrum perspective, it became progressively clearer that mapping Scrum ideas to this or that functionality of a software is inevitably a simplification and maybe even a betrayal of … Continue reading “Oh no, not another Scrum tool!”

This is our weekly patch, just one feature and some little bug fixes. Download it here; the installer will upgrade your web application; the database schema is unchanged. Features – Operator load is filterable by active task status. Bugs – Fixed upgrade procedure to 4.1 – Fixed display of meeting in recent views – Fixed … Continue reading “Teamwork release 4.1.8848”

This is a post for Linux-console lovers. We have done a big effort to obtain a reliable and friendly graphical installer; but still we received several requests for detailed instructions for hand installations in a non graphical environment, as this is often where Teamwork gets installed when out of the evaluation phase. So we provide … Continue reading “Installing Teamwork via console”

A small patch release fixing enabling LDAP authentication; also some improvements in printing tasks, closing time counters and removed French as translation is not complete yet. Download it here.

Release 4.1 is now available and is a free upgrade for all users of version 4.0. Download it here; the installer will upgrade your web application and database schema. This release main improvements: Work log management Work log can now be classified, verified, approved, billed, and moved: see the new section 8.5 of the user … Continue reading “Teamwork 4.1 (8735): worklog validation and many other improvements”

The worklog day on my dashboard nicely filled. Yesterday I was about to go home and before leaving on my Teamwork dashboard I noticed that my worklog was already all there without me having to insert it: I just opened and closed issues all day (one click for any of these) and.. the log was … Continue reading “Effortless work logging”

In this webcast Silvia Chelazzi and Pietro Polsinelli (I’m the latter, posting this) talk about Teamwork and IT integration. We focus the talk on built-in integration with other technologies.We talk about Subversion, Twitter, LDAP, ICal / Google calendars / Outlook, POP3/s SMTP/s IMAP, Microsoft Project / Basecamp import / export, Google docs, PDF /Excel exports; … Continue reading “Teamwork Webcast #2 – IT integration”

Print preview of a Gantt. This release contains some feature improvements and bug fixes. Also the user guide has been updated. Download the release here. Features – task Gantts are now “web printable” – distributing a sample iframe parametrical portlet (extended the user guide with instructions) which is a rough way of getting anything visibleon … Continue reading “Teamwork 4.0.8330: print Gantts and a few little things”

The field of “software aided project management”, which should by now more aptly named “web based work management” today can be divided by two basically different approaches to management: list based, and tree based. There are also other approaches, like “let’s just use a blog/a wiki”, or “e-mail is the way to go”, but I … Continue reading “Managing with lists vs. managing with trees”

Here we examine a technique to improve usability in complex applications by introducing smarter search and “recent objects” functionalities. As usability becomes more and more a crucial feature of applications, helping users with full-text search and recent object lists may still prove insufficient. You may need to go beyond these features, by having a way … Continue reading “Smarter search and recent object functionality”

Here is a new translation and several minor improvements. Download the release here. Features – interface is now translated also in Portuguese – added compatibility with a wider spectrum of localized Outlooks (and in general iCalendar clients) – several improvements in project summary portlet – more readable buddies menu Bug fixes – fixed bug on … Continue reading “Teamwork 4.0.8222: Portuguese translation and more”

We’ll give a free single user Teamwork 4 license to the first who finds the Easter Egg in Teamwork. A screenshot and/or a way to make it appear is fine to get the prize. 🙂