Changelog

Wiveez versions history with changes.

[4.4] - 2024-03-28

Added

• Assessment management: create and manage core competencies with a practice, a level and a scale. Core competencies contains assertions categorized into domains, which are themselves categorized into competencies. Create and manage assessments based on a core competency and linked to a team (a product, a program or with the name of your choice). Create and manage measures in those assessments and view the progress of competencies.
• Flow Time Evolution chart for products: displays boxplots allowing you to follow the evolution of the flow over the months.
• Program charts: Flow Time Histogram, Flow Efficiency, Flow Load (cumulative), Flow Distribution (team issues throughput over iterations/increments) and Velocity (team issues velocity over iterations).

Changed

• Jira board loading method: it no longer relies on the list of linked projects sent by the Jira API (the list is incorrect when the filter’s JQL does not explicitly list projects).
• UI small enhancements.

[4.3.2] - 2024-02-15

Added

• Automatically recreate missing status in realtime database (RethinkDB).
• Automatically reconnect if realtime (RethinkDB) connection is lost.

Changed

• Increase program’s increment and iteration limit (increment: 12, iteration: 60).
• Delete database view and its dedicated role, environment variables POSTGRESQL__ROOT_USER and POSTGRESQL__ROOT_PASSWORD are now deprecated.
• [Marketplace only] Method to check portfolio products user access.

Fixed

• Invited user profile fill up when "Function" field was empty.

[4.3.1] - 2024-01-22

Fixed

• Metrics computation (bug introduced in 4.3).

[4.3] - 2024-01-19

Added

• Program management (eg. scaled agile framework - SAFe): get metrics and KPI across multiple products, use objectives, increments, iterations and teams.

Fixed

• Issue’s fix version and label Jira synchronization: last item removed.

[4.2.2] - 2023-10-31

Added

• [Marketplace only] Handle clientKey change for a Jira site. This allows site import.

Changed

• [Marketplace only] Modules page URL are now handled by backend to check parameters (JWT).

[4.2.1] - 2023-10-09

Added

• Handle Jira API data format [] (a string containing an opening and a closing brackets) for empty values in issue history. Other already supported data formats are: an empty string and null.

Changed

• Issue’s computed steps (those through the Wiveez workflow) re-use existing database content when it has not changed.

Fixed

• Issue metrics database update.
• Issue’s history synchronization when having multiple changes at the same moment.

[4.2] - 2023-10-04

Added

• List of issues used for charts drawing. Appears when clicking in a chart.
• Compute total blocked (flagged) time of an issue, currently blocked or not. It is indicated on the issue card.
• Product’s type (project or board) icon is shown next to its name.

Changed

• Blocked (flagged) time of currently blocked issues is the sum of all the periods it was blocked.
• Charts filters are applied using the "Apply" button.
• Product’s loading period is shown on overview dashboard, next to backlog.
• Reversed X axis on the forecast "When" chart: dates are ordered chronologically from left to right.
• [Server mode only] Don’t give access to all instance’s products to SSO newly created users.
• Improved Jira server error handling.

Fixed

• Handle issue’s step change at same moment. Jira can generate multiple history entries with the same date.
• [Cloud mode only] Subscription plan checks.

[4.1.5] - 2023-09-26

Fixed

• Duplicate issue metrics.
• Product’s buttons available on metrics computation (Jira add-on only).

[4.1.4] - 2023-09-14

Added

• Consignment of unknown fields in issue’s changelog history when loading external data (Jira).
• RethinkDB connection check at worker startup.
• Jira REST API connection test scripts.

Changed

• Improved metrics computation performance by reducing database calls.
• Improved Jira issue’s changelog history transformation.

Fixed

• Median value computation (KPI Analysis).
• Duration display.

[4.1.3] - 2023-08-29

Added

• 2 new SAML configuration variables:
• disable request of a specific authentication context ;
• set requested authentication contexts list.

[4.1.2] - 2023-07-13

Added

• SAML configuration check at user login/sign-up.

Fixed

• Missing issues in "Removed" list of the sprint dashboard.
• Sign-up of SAML users in server mode.

[4.1.1] - 2023-07-13

Added

• Moved chart’s data table to a separate screen. It can be viewed with a switch.
• Changing the field used for Scrum values now updates variability.

Changed

• Does not stop anymore when fetching external epics fail (e.g. deleted, permissions changed).
• Cumulative Flow chart now offsets its Y axis (issues done) to the issues count of the last step at period start, enhancing readability.

Fixed

• Computation of some durations, was not using UTC dates.
• Computation of aging for issues having a transition to the same step.
• Computation of sprint Scrum values (commitment, velocity, variability) when choosing a field other than the default one (automatically detected Story Points).
• Aging analysis dashboard inconsistent value.
• Missing version/epic/label select input in KPI analysis dashboard.
• Import assistant close button appearance.
• Layout and display improvements.

[4.1] - 2023-07-07

Added

• Forecast with a complex algorithm based on the Monte Carlo simulation. It can simulate "How Many" issues can be done during a defined period. It can simulate "When" the defined number of issues can be done.
• A button to quickly access help/documentation in the left-hand sidebar.

Changed

• User with USER role (lowest permissions role), can now change some of the project’s settings: issues types, workflow and efficiency.
• Improved product’s button label when product has never been or has already been configured.
• Sprint’s removed issues tab translated name on sprint dashboard.
• Layout and display improvements.

Fixed

• Throughput analysis dashboard inconsistent value.
• Epic/Feature that became internal to the project (was external, e.g. a board that is now linked to epics and have none before) are no longer duplicated.
• External data’s loading user: API credentials could sometimes change.
• Hide KPIs issue type select input on dashboard’s issues list and sprint dashboard.
• Some missing translations on dashboards.
• Missing button to KPI analysis on dashboard’s aging card.

Removed

• Forecast with a basic algorithm.

[4.0.2] - 2023-05-22

Added

• This changelog. An HTML version of the Markdown file (CHANGELOG.md) is generated at Docker image build. If Wiveez is behind a reverse proxy with path /api for backend, changelog is available at: https://[Wiveez hostname]/api/static/changelog.html (e.g. Wiveez Cloud changelog).

Changed

• User deletion behavior: keep remote data login credentials (Jira’s API token) and reallocate it to instance’s super admin.

Fixed

• Password length (increased) when updating remote data login credentials (Jira’s API token).
• Flow Time Breakdown chart was not correctly handled in the user’s customized charts menu.

[4.0.1] - 2023-05-20

Fixed

• Epics loading when it’s not linked to boards (external epics, based on issue’s link).

[4.0.0] - 2023-05-11

Added

• New dashboard metrics and charts.
• Dashboard issue type filter.
• Aging chart.
• Flow Time Breakdown chart.
• Support for epic links (at issue level, not at board level) in Jira’s team-managed (next-gen) projects.
• Default logging level configuration using WIVEEZ__LOG_LEVEL variable.

Changed

• Metrics computation method: was based on the database, it’s now code based.
• Flow Time Histogram and Flow Time Scatter Plot are now based on the computed traversal of the workflow’s steps.
• Behavior of the "Completed Outside of the Sprint" issues list on the sprint’s dashboard.
• Burnup and Burndown property name in user’s settings (menu’s charts list).
• Main top bar buttons order (swiped "KPI analysis" and "Charts" buttons).
• Standardize words for Cycle Time (charts).

Fixed

• Sprints order in Velocity chart.
• Chart tooltip translation.
• Issue types configuration warning message.
• Hide access to project initial settings when user role is not admin or super admin.

Performance

• Metrics calculation is improved, it is faster.

[3.5.4] - 2023-03-30

Added

• Add logging if the issue’s history contains reference to sprints not found in the database.

[3.5.3] - 2022-03-30

Added

• Atlassian Connect (Jira add-on) mode, allowing add-on installation and use directly in Jira (Atlassian Marketplace).
• Support of some custom fields with translated name (flagged and Story Points in French).
• Issues loading (external data) page size configuration using variables (WIVEEZ__ISSUES__PAGE_SIZE and WIVEEZ__UPDATED_ISSUES__PAGE_SIZE).
• Update of the product name when external data are refreshing.

Changed

• Password length (increased) of remote data login credentials (Jira API token are longer since January 2023).

Fixed

• User projects associations when updating the list to a user linked to multiple instances.
• Loading of external epics (not linked to boards).