SpiraPlan v3.0 Released That Enables High Performance Agile Teams

Silver Spring, MD, October 29, 2010 --(PR.com)-- The new 3.0 version of SpiraPlan allows agile teams to more easily track their project backlog using the requirements management module, elaborate the user stories into lower-level project tasks and then assign the user stories against the iteration (sprint) plan. For the project managers, new resource management features allow you to more easily see the work assigned to your team members and load balance the project resources to ensure optimum project delivery.

The list of new features in SpiraPlan 3.0 include:

· Plan requirements (user stories) directly against iterations for enhanced Scrum/Agile support
· Project members can view team members’ assigned artifacts on a single screen
· Enhanced Email Notification Functionality including customizable events and email templates
· Discussion threads available for user stories, releases/iterations and tasks
· Ability to work on different projects at the same time in the same browser session
· PDF format reports available for the requirements module

SpiraPlan® provides a complete Agile Project Management System in one package, that can manages your project's requirements, releases, iterations, tasks and issues in one environment, fully synchronized. SpiraPlan® provides reporting dashboards of key project progress and risk indicators - task progress, effort slippage, project velocity, task burndown / burnup, top risk and issues – in one consolidated view. Designed to be methodology agnostic, SpiraPlan supports Scrum, Extreme Programming, DSDM, Agile United Process and other agile/hybrid methodologies.

SpiraTeam® is an integrated Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) system that manages your project's requirements, releases, test cases, issues and tasks in one unified environment. SpiraTeam® contains all of the features provided by SpiraTest® - our highly acclaimed quality assurance system and SpiraPlan® - our agile-enabled project management solution. With integrated customizable dashboards of key project information, SpiraTeam® allows you to take control of your entire project lifecycle and synchronize the hitherto separate worlds of development and testing.

About Inflectra®
Inflectra® is a privately held software company dedicated to helping its customers - large corporations, small businesses, professional services firms, government agencies and individual developers – with the means to effectively and affordably manage their software development lifecycles, so as to decrease the time to market and increase return on investment.

Inflectra® is currently headquartered in the growing technology community of Silver Spring, Maryland located just outside Washington, D.C.

Inflectra®, SpiraTest®, SpiraPlan® and SpiraTeam® are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Inflectra Corporation.

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