Users can now add & view estimates with decimals on the Team Planning page

Bug fix: 500 error when program is using a Kanban board with complex board filter as dedicated roadmap board. In order to fix this change, we have reverted the roadmap backlog search improvement in v5.3.0. We have plans to relook at this search issue in a future release.

Users can now add & view estimates with decimals on the Team Planning page

Bug fix: 500 error when program is using a Kanban board with complex board filter as dedicated roadmap board. In order to fix this change, we have reverted the roadmap backlog search improvement in v5.3.0. We have plans to relook at this search issue in a future release.

UPDATE: We have found a bug with the work delivered to improve the backlog search for programs using a dedicated kanban board. We are working on a fix and advise customers to wait for v5.3.1 to be released before upgrading.

• 'Create program' workflow has been refreshed to provide clearer, step by step instructions to improve the onboarding experience for new users
• Updates to the ‘Edit program’ form
• Date syncing is now a global setting than can be modified via the ‘Edit program’ screen. For more information visit our Help Centre.
• Delete program is now restricted to Jira/System Administrators
• Parent linking can now be used for programs created with 'Any issue type from a dedicated board'
• Search on the Program List to make it easier to find your program
• Minor UI improvements

Bugfixes:

• Roadmap backlog search now returns results when searching by project key for boards with complex board filters
• Roadmap issues with dates don't appear on first load on the Program Roadmap in some scenarios

UPDATE: We have found a bug with the work delivered to improve the backlog search for programs using a dedicated kanban board. We are working on a fix and advise customers to wait for v5.3.1 to be released before upgrading.

• ‘Create program' workflow has been refreshed to provide clearer, step by step instructions to improve the onboarding experience for new users
• Updates to the ‘Edit program’ form
• Date syncing is now a global setting than can be modified via the ‘Edit program’ screen. For more information visit our Help Centre.
• Delete program is now restricted to Jira/System Administrators
• Parent linking can now be used for programs created with 'Any issue type from a dedicated board'
• Search on the Program List to make it easier to find your program
• Minor UI improvements

Bugfixes:

• Roadmap backlog search now returns results when searching by project key for boards with complex board filters
• Roadmap issues with dates don't appear on first load on the Program Roadmap in some scenarios

• Resolved performance issue causing slow load times in v5.2.0
• Reduced white space in navigation header on Team Planning and Program Board
• Minor bug fixes relating to external dependencies and milestones

• Resolved performance issue causing slow load times in v5.2.0
• Reduced white space in navigation header on Team Planning and Program Board
• Minor bug fixes relating to external dependencies and milestones

** Please upgrade to a later version of our app as this release caused performance issues for some programs with a large number of dependencies **

Now its even easier to identify risks and dependencies with external dependencies visualised on the Team Planning and Program Board.

With this release, you can quickly understand when there are dependent issues in another team, increment or program as well as unscheduled issues in your own backlog.

For more information on external dependencies, please visit our Help Centre

Date syncing enhancement:

• Visual indicator to show which date synced features are scheduled beyond the Increment

Bug fixes included in this release:

• Program roadmap items are only consistently fetched in (rank) order from Edit Roadmap page
• Milestones not scrolling with correct dates on Program Board
• Boards/Increments can't be removed from a Program when they have Objectives
• PI Objectives section can obstruct the team planning view on small screens

** Please upgrade to a later version of our app as this release caused performance issues for some programs with a large number of dependencies **

Now its even easier to identify risks and dependencies with external dependencies visualised on the Team Planning and Program Board.

With this release, you can quickly understand when there are dependent issues in another team, increment or program as well as unscheduled issues in your own backlog.

For more information on external dependencies, please visit our Help Centre

Date syncing enhancement: Visual indicator to show which date synced features are scheduled beyond the Increment

Bug fixes included in this release:

• Program roadmap items are only consistently fetched in (rank) order from Edit Roadmap page
• Milestones not scrolling with correct dates on Program Board
• Boards/Increments can't be removed from a Program when they have Objectives
• PI Objectives section can obstruct the team planning view on small screens

An additional level of hierarchy can now be used to filter the Program Board to connect your teams to higher level business initiatives and gain better focus and alignment.

For more information on third level hierarchy, please visit our Help Centre

Bug fixes included in this release:

• Issues are automatically displayed when dates are added or changed
• Create Issue dialog for issues linked to Config C roadmap issues attempts to pre-fill with Epic Link rather than selected issue link type
• PI objectives not ranking in correct order of creation on Team planning page

An additional level of hierarchy can now be used to filter the Program Board to connect your teams to higher level business initiatives and gain better focus and alignment.

For more information on third level hierarchy, please visit our Help Centre

Bug fixes included in this release:

• Issues are automatically displayed when dates are added or changed
• Create Issue dialog for issues linked to Config C roadmap issues attempts to pre-fill with Epic Link rather than selected issue link type
• PI objectives not ranking in correct order of creation on Team planning page

Bugfixes & Small Improvements

Bugfixes & Small Improvements

The Easy Agile Team is excited to announce the release of Easy Agile Programs 5.0.0!

What’s new in 5.0.0?

• Updates to your Program Roadmap will automatically be reflected to the rest of Jira. No more double entry!
• Changes to roadmap features outside of Programs will automatically be scheduled in the correct increments and sprints.

What’s fixed/improved?

• Minor improvements and bug fixes.

The Easy Agile Team is excited to announce the release of Easy Agile Programs 5.0.0!

What’s new in 5.0.0?

• Updates to your Program Roadmap will automatically be reflected to the rest of Jira. No more double entry!
• Changes to roadmap features outside of Programs will automatically be scheduled in the correct increments and sprints.

What’s fixed/improved?

• Minor improvements and bug fixes

• Improved page navigation
• Jira 9 Compatibility
• Minor Bugfixes

• Improved page navigation
• Jira 9 Compatibility
• Minor Bugfixes

• Unable to delete Increments with Team Objectives
• Quick creating issues in secondary team boards shows no available issue types
• Other minor bugfixes

• Unable to delete Increments with Team Objectives
• Quick creating issues in secondary team boards shows no available issue types
• Other minor bugfixes

PI Objectives can now be recorded directly on the Team Planning Board within Easy Agile Programs.

This feature makes it easier for teams to see how committed work connects to business outcomes through the plan and actual value as well as the ability to filter the board by objective.

For more information on PI Objectives, please visit:

• Help Centre
• Changelog

Test out these latest improvements in our sandbox demo environment.

Bugfixes:

• ‘Don't disable the epic link field in the create dialog on Server/Data Centre when no epic is selected’ - special thanks to Charles for finding this one
• Other minor bugfixes

PI Objectives can now be recorded directly on the Team Planning Board within Easy Agile Programs.

This feature makes it easier for teams to see how committed work connects to business outcomes through the plan and actual value as well as the ability to filter the board by objective.

For more information on PI Objectives, please visit:

• Help Centre
• Changelog

Test out these latest improvements in our sandbox demo environment.

Bugfixes:

• ‘Don't disable the epic link field in the create dialog on Server/Data Centre when no epic is selected’ - special thanks to Charles for finding this one
• Other minor bugfixes

Easy Agile Programs v4.5.0, allows Server customers to migrate their Programs data to Cloud or Data Center with site import. For more information on migration options, please visit our Help Centre.

Bugfixes:

• Improved backlog search on Increment Roadmap and Team Planning Board
• Cards now responsive when increment has a large number of sprints

Easy Agile Programs v4.5.0, allows Server customers to migrate their Programs data to Cloud or Data Center with site import. For more information on migration options, please visit our Help Centre.

Bugfixes:

• Improved backlog search on Increment Roadmap and Team Planning Board
• Cards now responsive when increment has a large number of sprints

Easy Agile Programs v4.4.0, allows users to add up to 3 additional fields on the cards displayed on the Team Planning Board. For details on how to add & remove fields, please refer to our Help Centre.

Jira Cloud Migration Assistant is now available for Server customers planning to migrate their Programs to Cloud. For more information on Migration, please visit our Help Centre.

Bugfixes:

• ‘Navigating back from the Team Planning to Program Roadmap throws an exception’
• Other minor bugfixes

Easy Agile Programs v4.4.0, allows users to add up to 3 additional fields on the cards displayed on the Team Planning Board. For details on how to add & remove fields, please refer to our Help Centre.

Jira Cloud Migration Assistant is now available for Server customers planning to migrate their Programs to Cloud. For more information on Migration, please visit our Help Centre.

Bugfixes:

• ‘Navigating back from the Team Planning to Program Roadmap throws an exception’
• Other minor bugfixes

Easy Agile Programs v4.3.0 offers a highly visual way to identify when work doesn’t align with the timings shown in the roadmap.

A warning sign will appear on the Program Board to indicate which team level issues have been scheduled after a feature’s deadline. Easily correct the timings directly from the Program Board by either extending the feature across more sprints, or rescheduling team level issues using drag and drop.

Try out this new feature in our sandbox environment.

Bug fix: Context path stripped from URL on server causing 404 errors

Easy Agile Programs v4.3.0 offers a highly visual way to identify when work doesn’t align with the timings shown in the roadmap.

A warning sign will appear on the Program Board to indicate which team level issues have been scheduled after a feature’s deadline. Easily correct the timings directly from the Program Board by either extending the feature across more sprints, or rescheduling team level issues using drag and drop.

Try out this new feature in our sandbox environment.

Bug fix: Context path stripped from URL on server causing 404 errors

We introduced a bug in v4.2.0 that caused the Programs icon to disappear from the Jira project side bar after the Program edit screen was accessed. We have resolved the issue in this version.

We introduced a bug in v4.2.0 that caused the Programs icon to disappear from the Jira project side bar after the Program edit screen was accessed. We have resolved the issue in this version.

Easy Agile Programs v4.2.0 release includes:

• Add your team to multiple Programs
• Adjust the length of an increment by adding or removing sprints
• Ability to edit sprints from the Team Planning Board when using team managed sprints - this includes the option to select a closed sprint
• Focused filtering view when Roadmap issue is clicked

Easy Agile Programs v4.2.0 release includes:

• Add your team to multiple Programs
• Adjust the length of an increment by adding or removing sprints
• Ability to edit sprints from the Team Planning Board when using team managed sprints - this includes the option to select a closed sprint
• Focused filtering view when roadmap issue is clicked

Easy Agile Programs v4.1.0 release includes:

• Ability to change increment start date and sprint length
• Assignee shown on Team Planning Board cards
• Navigate to future increments from Programs List
• Delete milestone moved to modal to reduce risk of accidentally deleting an event
• Collapse/expand team swimlane on the Program Board
• UI improvements

Bugfixes:

• Conflict with Zephyr add-on causing our cards to display with no borders
• Milestones bugfixes
• Other minor bugfixes

Test out these latest improvements on our instant demo.

Easy Agile Programs v4.1.0 release includes:

• Ability to change increment start date and sprint length
• Assignee shown on Team Planning Board cards
• Navigate to future increments from Programs List
• Delete milestone moved to modal to reduce risk of accidentally deleting an event
• Collapse/expand team swimlane on the Program Board
• UI improvements

Bugfixes:

• Conflict with Zephyr add-on causing our cards to display with no borders
• Milestones bugfixes
• Other minor bugfixes

Test out these latest improvements on our instant demo.

Easy Agile Programs v4.0.1 includes:

* Selected feature is now more prominent than other features

* Bugfix for 'Exception thrown when syncing sprints'

* Other minor bugfixes

Easy Agile Programs v4.0.1 includes:

* Selected feature is now more prominent than other features

* Bugfix for 'exception thrown when syncing sprints'

* Other minor bugfixes

Easy Agile Programs 4.0.0 includes:

• Feature level dependencies on the Program Board
• Create, view and edit milestones on the Program Board
• Roadmap Quick Filters added to the Program Board for programs using a dedicated roadmap board
• Ability to turn team level issues on/off using the View Settings menu
• Ability to turn dependency lines on/off using the View Settings menu
• Redesign for more distinction between Features and team level issues
• Quick access to the ‘Next Increment’ from Program Board and Team Planning Board
• Performance improvements

Bugfixes:

• Using edit issue modal on Jira issue screen to update any field causes Program and Program Increment fields to be set to empty
• Cannot delete dependency line in Chrome

Please note: Jira Cloud Migration Assistant will not work with this version

Easy Agile Programs 4.0.0 includes:

• Feature level dependencies on the Program Board
• Create, view and edit milestones on the Program Board
• Roadmap Quick Filters added to the Program Board for programs using a dedicated roadmap board
• Ability to turn team level issues on/off using the View Settings menu
• Ability to turn dependency lines on/off using the View Settings menu
• Redesign for more distinction between Features and team level issues
• Quick access to the ‘Next Increment’ from Program Board and Team Planning Board
• Performance improvements

Bugfixes:

• Using edit issue modal on Jira issue screen to update any field causes Program and Program Increment fields to be set to empty
• Cannot delete dependency line in Chrome

Please note: Jira Cloud Migration Assistant will not work with this version

Easy Agile Programs 3.6.0 includes:

• Quick Filters on the Team Planning view now filters issues scheduled on the board and backlog
• Programs using a dedicated feature/epic board can use Quick Filters to filter scheduled and backlog issues on the Increment Roadmap
• Ability to share a filtered view with stakeholders by copying the URL
• Active filters are restored when users refresh or return to their Program
• Enhanced breadcrumbs design to improve ease of navigation

Bugfixes:

• Custom fields bugfix to remove error message “Error rendering program-increment-field” on the Jira create issue screen
• Issues are orphaned when a board is deleted
• The order of teams should not impact the ranking of my epics
• Team capacity and issue estimate disappearing
• Timing issue fails to load the backlog on the edit roadmap screen
• Other minor bugfixes

See our Feature Log for updates

Easy Agile Programs 3.6.0 includes:

• Quick Filters on the Team Planning view now filters issues scheduled on the board and backlog
• Programs using a dedicated feature/epic board can use Quick Filters to filter scheduled and backlog issues on the Increment Roadmap
• Ability to share a filtered view with stakeholders by copying the URL
• Active filters are restored when users refresh or return to their Program
• Enhanced breadcrumbs design to improve ease of navigation

Bugfixes:

• Custom fields bugfix to remove error message “Error rendering program-increment-field” on the Jira create issue screen
• Issues are orphaned when a board is deleted
• The order of teams should not impact the ranking of my epics
• Team capacity and issue estimate disappearing
• Timing issue fails to load the backlog on the edit roadmap screen
• Other minor bugfixes

See our Feature Log for updates

In the latest releases of Jira (e.g. 8.15 or 8.16), an out of date version of the Jira Cloud Migration Assistant app comes pre-installed. This prevented some Marketplace apps, including Easy Agile Programs from loading. This release fixes the issue so you can load the app without having to update the JCMA manually.

In the latest releases of Jira (e.g. 8.15 or 8.16), an out of date version of the Jira Cloud Migration Assistant app comes pre-installed. This prevented some Marketplace apps, including Easy Agile Programs from loading. This release fixes the issue so you can load the app without having to update the JCMA manually.

What’s new?

• Reorder your team swimlanes to best suit your needs. This order will be reflected on all screens of the app.
• Sprint dates on the increment overview and team planning board so you don’t have to leave the app to check dates
• Compatibility with the Jira Cloud Migration Assistant so you can move your Programs from Server to Cloud
• Minor bugfixes

For more information visit our Feature Log

What’s new?

• Reorder your team swimlanes to best suit your needs. This order will be reflected on all screens of the app.
• Sprint dates on the increment overview and team planning board so you don’t have to leave the app to check dates
• Compatibility with the Jira Cloud Migration Assistant so you can move your Programs from Server to Cloud
• Minor bugfixes

For more information visit our Feature Log

The Easy Agile Team is excited to announce the release of Easy Agile Programs 3.4.0

What’s new in 3.4.0?

• ‘Program’ and ‘Program Increment’ custom fields are now available on Roadmap Features and issues on Kanban boards
• Better integration with eazyBI. Less configuration is required to import the Programs custom fields into eazyBI and the display name for ‘Program’ and ‘Program Increment’ are now automatically shown.

See our Feature Log for updates

The Easy Agile Team is excited to announce the release of Easy Agile Programs 3.4.0

What’s new in 3.4.0?

• ‘Program’ and ‘Program Increment’ custom fields are now available on Roadmap Features and issues on Kanban boards
• Better integration with eazyBI. Less configuration is required to import the Programs custom fields into eazyBI and the display name for ‘Program’ and ‘Program Increment’ are now automatically shown.

See our Feature Log for updates

The Easy Agile Team is excited to announce the release of Easy Agile Programs 3.3.0

What’s new?

• Filtering on the Increment Overview by dependencies, status and teams to focus in on the issues that matter most

What’s fixed/improved?

• Clicking on Shared Team Features on the Team Planning Board with a secondary team toggled on, wasn’t filtering the work of both teams
• For a multi-project board, the last used project should be remembered when creating stories on your Team Planning Board
• Quick create doesn't auto focus on the input field when you've switched between team planning boards
• Minor navigation updates for consistency across screens
• Other minor bugfixes

See our Feature Log for updates

The Easy Agile Team is excited to announce the release of Easy Agile Programs 3.3.0.

What’s new?

• Filtering on the Increment Overview by dependencies, status and teams to focus in on the issues that matter most

What’s fixed/improved?

• Clicking on Shared Team Features on the Team Planning Board with a secondary team toggled on, wasn’t filtering the work of both teams
• For a multi-project board, the last used project should be remembered when creating stories on your Team Planning Board
• Quick create doesn't auto focus on the input field when you've switched between team planning boards
• Minor navigation updates for consistency across screens
• Other minor bugfixes

See our Feature Log for updates

The Easy Agile Team is excited to announce the release of Easy Agile Programs 3.2.0.

This version includes:

• Performance improvements - we’ve cut down the average load time by ~50% so that you and your team can visualise work faster
• Changes to support of IE11 - New features will no longer be available in Internet Explorer. We will continue to support the existing feature set in Internet Explorer 11 until Jira 8.6 enterprise support ends in October 2021 but we encourage you to switch to a modern browser for the best experience.
• Bugfixes and small improvements

See the feature log here.

The Easy Agile Team is excited to announce the release of Easy Agile Programs 3.2.0.

This version includes:

• Performance improvements - we’ve cut down the average load time by ~50% so that you and your team can visualise work faster
• Changes to support of IE11 - New features will no longer be available in Internet Explorer. We will continue to support the existing feature set in Internet Explorer 11 until Jira 8.6 enterprise support ends in October 2021 but we encourage you to switch to a modern browser for the best experience.
• Bugfixes and small improvements

See the Feature Log here

This release includes a number of minor bugfixes and small improvements.

This release includes a number of minor bugfixes and small improvements.

The Easy Agile Team is excited to announce the release of Easy Agile Programs 3.1.0!

In this version, we have added support for the use of shared/global sprints. This means:

• no replication of Program Increment sprints across multiple boards
• no more manual sprint management - starting/completing multiple sprints
• easier roll up reporting across multiple teams

Other improvements in this release:

• Easy Agile Programs now supports pre-filling issues created on the Team Planning Board with any component or label specified in the Board filter
• Clicking on the 'x' to delete a dependency will now pop a message, asking you to confirm whether you want to proceed

See our Feature Log for updates

The Easy Agile Team is excited to announce the release of Easy Agile Programs 3.1.0!

In this version, we have added support for the use of shared/global sprints. This means:

• no replication of Program Increment sprints across multiple boards
• no more manual sprint management - starting/completing multiple sprints
• easier roll up reporting across multiple teams

Other improvements in this release:

• Easy Agile Programs now supports pre-filling issues created on the Team Planning Board with any component or label specified in the Board filter
• Clicking on the 'x' to delete a dependency will now pop a message, asking you to confirm whether you want to proceed

See our Feature Log for updates

Easy Agile Personas allows you link stories on your backlog to Persona profiles in the Jira issue view, using the following custom fields:

• Persona
• Persona Importance

In Easy Agile Programs 3.0.2, we’re exposing these fields in the issue view modal so you can assign issues to Personas + story Importance without leaving Programs.

We also fixed the following bugs in this release:

• Clicking on the ‘back’ button on the Increment Overview page results in ‘An unexpected error has occurred’ error message
• Programs icon would not appear in the Project sidebar for multi-Project boards included in a Program
• The edit Increment Roadmap would not load in Safari

See our Feature Log for updates

Easy Agile Personas allows you link stories on your backlog to Persona profiles in the Jira issue view, using the following custom fields:

• Persona
• Persona Importance

In Easy Agile Programs 3.0.2, we’re exposing these fields in the issue view modal so you can assign issues to Personas + story Importance without leaving Programs.

We also fixed the following bugs in this release:

• Clicking on the ‘back’ button on the Increment Overview page results in ‘An unexpected error has occurred’ error message
• Programs icon would not appear in the Project sidebar for multi-Project boards included in a Program
• The edit Increment Roadmap would not load in Safari

See our Feature Log for updates

The Easy Agile Team is excited to announce the release of Easy Agile Programs 3.0.1!

In this version, we have added support for the following fields in the Issue View:

• Multi-line text custom fields
• Select List custom fields - single + multiple choice
• Sprints

Bug fixes in this release include:

• Clicking out of the Issue View modal after editing the description field would not save changes
• An ‘unexpected error' would sometimes occur where issues within a Program had been linked to issues outside the Program

See our Feature Log for updates

The Easy Agile Team is excited to announce the release of Easy Agile Programs 3.0.1!

In this version, we have added support for the following fields in the Issue View:

• Multi-line text custom fields
• Select List custom fields - single + multiple choice
• Sprints

Bug fixes in this release include:

• Clicking out of the Issue View modal after editing the description field would not save changes
• An ‘unexpected error' would sometimes occur where issues within a Program had been linked to issues outside the Program

See our Feature Log for updates

The Easy Agile Team is excited to announce the release of Easy Agile Programs 3.0!

This is a huge release and includes many new improvements including:

• Team swimlanes on the Program Roadmap
• Access to quick filters on the Roadmap Backlog for Programs with a dedicated Roadmap board
• Improved team planning experience, by focusing only on Features/Epics assigned specifically to your team

We also squashed a tonne of bugs in this release, including but not limited to:

• Collapsing the Roadmap in IE11 caused Sprints to justify left of the screen
• Inconsistency between status colours in the issue view vs. on the cards
• Increment Overview single line cards would overflow into each other
• Creating new Features on the Roadmap backlog wouldn’t apply board filters
• Features created on the Roadmap Backlog, from a dedicated Roadmap board would not pre-populate with the correct Project
• Symmetrical issue links (i.e. relates to) only worked with the Roadmap in one direction

Read the full release notes here

The Easy Agile Team is excited to announce the release of Easy Agile Programs 3.0!

This is a huge release and includes many new improvements including:

• Team swimlanes on the Program Roadmap
• Access to quick filters on the Roadmap Backlog for Programs with a dedicated Roadmap board
• Improved team planning experience, by focusing only on Features/Epics assigned specifically to your team

We also squashed a tonne of bugs in this release, including but not limited to:

• Collapsing the Roadmap in IE11 caused Sprints to justify left of the screen
• Inconsistency between status colours in the issue view vs. on the cards
• Increment Overview single line cards would overflow into each other
• Creating new Features on the Roadmap backlog wouldn’t apply board filters
• Features created on the Roadmap Backlog, from a dedicated Roadmap board would not pre-populate with the correct Project
• Symmetrical issue links (i.e. relates to) only worked with the Roadmap in one direction

See our Feature Log for updates

The Easy Agile Team is excited to announce the release of Easy Agile Programs 2.3.0!

This highly anticipated release includes:

• the visualisation of Feature level dependencies + external Feature dependencies on the Program Roadmap
• the ability to create milestones on the Program Roadmap
• the visualisation of Sprint/Iterations on the Program Roadmap

Other updates in this release include:

• the ability to select Active Sprints when configuring Sprints for a Team's Planning Board
• support for Increments made up of 3 Sprints
• a bugfix where the 'Edit Program' dialog would fail to load if Team Boards had been renamed or deleted in Jira

See our Feature Log for updates

The Easy Agile Team is excited to announce the release of Easy Agile Programs 2.3.0!

This highly anticipated release includes:

• the visualisation of Feature level dependencies + external Feature dependencies on the Program Roadmap
• the ability to create milestones on the Program Roadmap
• the visualisation of Sprint/Iterations on the Program Roadmap

Other updates in this release include:

• the ability to select Active Sprints when configuring Sprints for a Team's Planning Board
• support for Increments made up of 3 Sprints
• a bugfix where the 'Edit Program' dialog would fail to load if Team Boards had been renamed or deleted in Jira

See our Feature Log for updates

This release addresses the following bugs:

• when setting the start date for a new Increment, the date picker would sit behind the Increment Objectives
• when more than 50 issues were scheduled on the Increment Roadmap, the Roadmap Backlog would show an endless spinner
• on Kanban Boards, incomplete issues would not roll over into the next Sprint until the second day of the Sprint
• the Program and Program Increment custom fields would not show when using the Jira Issue Macro

This release addresses the following bugs:

• when setting the start date for a new Increment, the date picker would sit behind the Increment Objectives
• when more than 50 issues were scheduled on the Increment Roadmap, the Roadmap Backlog would show an endless spinner
• on Kanban Boards, incomplete issues would not roll over into the next Sprint until the second day of the Sprint
• the Program and Program Increment custom fields would not show when using the Jira Issue Macro

The Easy Agile Team is excited to announce the release of Easy Agile Programs 2.2.0.

This release introduces significant improvements to the load time of large Programs, resulting in more fluid Program planning.

Thank you to our customers who continue to provide us with great feedback.

The Easy Agile Team is excited to announce the release of Easy Agile Programs 2.2.0.

This release introduces significant improvements to the load time of large Programs, resulting in more fluid Program planning.

Thank you to our customers who continue to provide us with great feedback.

This release addresses an issue where:

• Upgrading to version 2.1.0 or later, populates all issues within a Program with a new Program and Program Increment custom field. This issue update action would trigger email notifications and this release handles these issue update actions and email notifications more gracefully

This release addresses an issue where:

• Upgrading to version 2.1.0 or later, would populate all issues within a Program with a new Program and Program Increment custom field. This issue update action would trigger email notifications and this release handles these issue update actions and notifications more gracefully

This release fixes a few annoying bugs (sorry about that!):

• Done issues were showing on the team backlog
• Estimates disappeared when a dependency was created
• Unable to create a new program when there isn't a default dependency link type (i.e. Blocks)
• Failed to set an Assignee in the View Issue dialog

Thank you to Patrick, Martin and Aleksei for flagging these issues and your patience while we addressed them.

This release fixes a few annoying bugs (sorry about that!):

• Done issues were showing on the team backlog
• Estimates disappeared when a dependency was created
• Unable to create a new program when there isn't a default dependency link type (i.e. Blocks)
• Failed to set an Assignee in the View Issue dialog

Thank you to Patrick, Martin and Aleksei for flagging these issues and your patience while we addressed them.

The Easy Agile Team is delighted to announce the release of Easy Agile Programs 2.1.0. In this release:

• we're creating and exposing a Program and Program Increment custom field which will be visible on your issues, and searchable via JQL. You've told us that being able to access this information is crucial for reporting on the progress and success of your Programs
• Clicking on an issue key will open our new Detailed Issue View, allowing users to access the following issue information without leaving Programs - Summary, Description, Components, Assignee, Versions, Status and any single-line custom fields with text or numeric values

Read the full release notes here.

The Easy Agile Team is delighted to announce the release of Easy Agile Programs 2.1.0. In this release:

• we're creating and exposing a Program and Program Increment custom field which will be visible on your issues, and searchable via JQL. You've told us that being able to access this information is crucial for reporting on the progress and success of your Programs
• Clicking on an issue key will open our new Detailed Issue View, allowing users to access the following issue information without leaving Programs - Summary, Description, Components, Assignee, Versions, Status and any single-line custom fields with text or numeric values

Read the full release notes here.

Up until this point, Easy Agile Programs has been quite prescriptive with the configuration options available for setting the length of a Program Increment. When it came to creating the "time-box" of a Program Increment our configuration options were limited to either 10 or 12 weeks, and were made up of either 5, 6, 10 or 12 sprints.

We initially chose to align the number of sprints and the sprint length options very closely to how the Scaled Agile Framework® prescribed. As we've continued to learn what a typical Increment looks like for our customers, we're introducing ways to make Program Increment length more flexible so that our app fits the way our customers currently plan at scale, and not the other way around!

In Easy Agile Programs 2.0.7 we support sprints of 1-4 weeks duration, and 4-12 sprints in the increment, giving you more control of your program increment length.

See our Feature Log for updates

Up until this point, Easy Agile Programs has been quite prescriptive with the configuration options available for setting the length of a Program Increment. When it came to creating the "time-box" of a Program Increment our configuration options were limited to either 10 or 12 weeks, and were made up of either 5, 6, 10 or 12 sprints.

We initially chose to align the number of sprints and the sprint length options very closely to how the Scaled Agile Framework® prescribed. As we've continued to learn what a typical Increment looks like for our customers, we're introducing ways to make Program Increment length more flexible so that our app fits the way our customers currently plan at scale, and not the other way around!

In Easy Agile Programs 2.0.7 we support sprints of 1-4 weeks duration, and 4-12 sprints in the increment, giving you more control of your program increment length.

See our Feature Log for updates

In this release we allow users to quickly and easily delete dependencies from the Team Planning boards. Previously, Team members would need to navigate from Easy Agile Programs, to the issue view in Jira to remove a dependency link. Other small improvements in this release:

• We fixed a bug where 'Done' issues appeared on the Roadmap backlog

Lots of improvements over the last few weeks for Easy Agile Programs! Thank you to all of our customers and evaluators who continue to provide excellent feedback - greatly appreciated.

Finally, if you are in Las Vegas for Atlassian Summit next week swing by booth 626 for a demonstration.

In this release we allow users to quickly and easily delete dependencies from the Team Planning boards. Previously, Team members would need to navigate from Easy Agile Programs, to the issue view in Jira to remove a dependency link. Other small improvements in this release:

• We fixed a bug where 'Done' issues appeared on the Roadmap backlog

Lots of improvements over the last few weeks for Easy Agile Programs! Thank you to all of our customers and evaluators who continue to provide excellent feedback - greatly appreciated.

Finally, if you are in Las Vegas for Atlassian Summit next week swing by booth 626 for a demonstration.

In this release of Easy Agile Programs we're excited to present the ability to filter dependencies to focus on Healthy, At Risk and Blocker issue links. This makes life easier for the Release Train Engineer and Program Manager as it highlights teams and features that may need attention early on.

Other small improvements in this release:

• fixed a bug where epics were shown in team backlogs on a program using the Epic Link configuration for a roadmap
• fixed a bug where the estimate field was shown for an issue type that did not have an estimate field on its Jira screen
• added the ability to select the team to team dependency link type when the 'Blocks' link type is not available

Thank you to all of our customers and evaluators who continue to provide excellent feedback - greatly appreciated.

Finally, if you are in Las Vegas for Atlassian Summit next week swing by booth 626 for a demonstration.

In this release of Easy Agile Programs we're excited to present the ability to filter dependencies to focus on Healthy, At Risk and Blocker issue links. This makes life easier for the Release Train Engineer and Program Manager as it highlights teams and features that may need attention early on.

Other small improvements in this release:

• fixed a bug where epics were shown in team backlogs on a program using the Epic Link configuration for a roadmap
• fixed a bug where the estimate field was shown for an issue type that did not have an estimate field on its Jira screen
• added the ability to select the team to team dependency link type when the 'Blocks' link type is not available

Thank you to all of our customers and evaluators who continue to provide excellent feedback - greatly appreciated.

Finally, if you are in Las Vegas for Atlassian Summit next week swing by booth 626 for a demonstration.

This release of Easy Agile Programs introduces Atlassian Jira 8 compatibility.

This release of Easy Agile Programs introduces Atlassian Jira 8 compatibility.

This version adds Data Center Compatibility

This release adds Jira Data Center Compatibility

Following our big release of 2.0.0 yesterday we have several small improvements in 2.0.1:

• Added a link on the Roadmap that takes a Program Manager to Edit Roadmap
• Added the Increment name to the breadcrumbs on the Increment Roadmap for consistency
• Fixed: New increment form overlaps a past increment
• Fixed: Program and Increment links in the header breadcrumbs are incorrect after switching programs
• Fixed: Team Boards are not indicated as a required field on Program creation
• Fixed: Roadmap doesn't show on Team Planning when coming from board
• Fixed: Dragging and dropping is broken in IE11
• Fixed: Backlog search terms are persisted after toggling the backlog closed and open but not shown in the search box

Release notes for Easy Agile Programs 2.0.1.

Thanks so much for all the feedback.

After a 4 month beta period, we're incredibly excited to announce the official release of Easy Agile Programs with version 2.0.0!

Easy Agile Programs for Jira:

• enables the Product Manager for a program to clearly communicate the objectives and roadmap for an increment;
• enables teams to sequence work across the program increment;
• enables teams to quickly create and visualise dependencies with other teams; and
• provides a holistic view of progress during the program increment

We want to say a big thank you to all of those customers and Atlassian Solution Partners who contributed valuable feedback and perspective throughout the early beta versions. We could not have done this without you!

Read the full release notes here

We're pleased to announce Easy Agile Programs now supports setting a velocity estimate for each team, and adding estimates for each issue.

In this release you will also see:

• inline edit of the issue summary on the team view, and
• a host of small improvements to dependency links, permissions and backlog grooming

Read the full release notes.

Thanks to all our beta participants for their feedback. We plan to remove the 'beta' designation in January.

We've had a few reports where program managers experience a blank 'View all programs' page. This bug fix addresses an issue that was caused by a conflict with certain other apps / add-ons for Jira.

Thanks to our beta testers for their help in identifying this issue!

We're pleased to announce Easy Agile Programs now supports Jira issue links for relating roadmap items to team backlog items.

In past releases we only supported the Jira Software Epic Link for relating roadmap items to team backlog items. As of 1.3 you'll have three options:

• use Jira Software Epic Links and roadmap items from team agile boards
• use Jira Software Epic Links and roadmap items from a separate roadmap agile board
• use Jira issue links and roadmap items from a separate roadmap agile board

Thanks to our beta participants and the Agile Hive team at //SEIBERT/MEDIA for their feedback.

Thanks to your feedback, we have introduced support for kanban agile boards. Easy Agile Programs will now maintain an association between the cadence within the program increment and the work on a kanban board.

Read the full release notes here

Stay tuned! Next up is configurable issue linking for the program to team level hierarchy, expanding on the current support for Jira Software Epic Links with Jira Issue Links.

This release fixes a bug where only the first 50 boards were loaded on the create Program form.

Please be aware this is a breaking change.

Any programs you have created in previous versions of the Beta of Easy Agile Programs will need to be recreated.

Thanks to your feedback, we have removed the global sprints and associated board. Easy Agile Programs will now create sprints for each team participating in a Program increment. Any future sprints the team has already created can be optionally adopted by the program. Easy Agile Programs will create the rest.

The dependency links have also been updated to better highlight the direction of a dependency chain, to better help you resolve any issues.

Read the full release notes here

Stay tuned! Next up is Kanban board support.

In this release we're pleased to present the program roadmap, a way to see features/epics planned across multiple iterations of the program.

It is also now possible to edit the increment roadmap and create new epics on the increment roadmap.

Thanks to our beta participants for providing feedback! Please keep it coming.

Next up we're targeting:

• each Scrum board has its own sprints so teams can manage them independently,
• Kanban boards can be added to the Program,
• dependency links will have a consistent inward/outward placement on the issue card, and
• epic filtering will apply to the backlog on team planning

The major improvement in this release is the ability to pick the sprint duration and number of sprints in an iteration. We're eager to learn whether groups are on a 10 week or quarterly cycle, and whether they tend to settle on a one or two week sprint cadence.

This release introduces a global permission, Manage Programs, and groups with that permission will be able to create and manage programs. Team members without that permission will still be able to see the program icon on their team agile board and use the Team Planning View.

Finally, this release also enables a user with the Program Manager permission to delete a program increment.

See the Easy Agile Programs documentation for more details.

We've heard from our larger Easy Agile User Story Maps and Easy Agile Roadmaps customers they needed a way to visualise the work that is taking place across a collection of teams.

We're super excited and proud to announce, after several months of private customer feedback, Easy Agile Programs.