Backlog Effort Section

We have added a new section called ‘Backlog Effort’ under the Product Backlog tab. This section displays the following information:

• Total stories in the Product Backlog
• Pending stories in the Product Backlog
• In Progress stories in the Product Backlog
• Complete stories in the Product Backlog

This information is also displayed in a pie chart.

Stakeholder Role Added

Some users recently asked that we add a new role for Stakeholders. This role has now been introduced in ScrumEdge.

How this role works

Stakeholders can't change any project or sprint related information. The purpose of introducing this role is to allow stakeholders to view all project and sprint related information, in the interest of transparency.

Stakeholders can view the following in ScrumEdge:

• Burndown Charts
• Burn Rate Charts
• Budget Charts
• Upcoming Demos
• The issue log
• Product backlogs
• Sprint logs
• Sprint retrospectives
• The ScrumEdge Community

Assigning Tasks to ScrumMasters

ScrumEdge now allows tasks to be assigned to ScrumMasters. Many users had requested this feature as their ScrumMasters work on actual tasks through the course of a sprint.

Before you can assign tasks to a ScrumMaster, you will first have to add them to a Scrum Team. The following steps will help you do so:

• Click on the Projects link on the left to bring up the Projects page
• Click theicon next to the Project you want to add the ScrumMaster as a team member to bring up the Edit Project window
• Add the ScrumMaster to your Scrum Team and click the Update button

Once you have followed these steps, you should be able to assign sprint tasks to the ScrumMaster.