Version 1.0.0

We are happy to announce the first public release of the SDLC (Software Development Lifecycle) application on the SimpleOne platform. This application allows users to easily manage the product and project lifecycles: select an optimal approach to development (Scrum or Kanban), create products and break them down into modules. The application UI is designed to be intuitive to any IT specialist and lets them use familiar tools to solve routine tasks.

The application is designed to increase the team performance as a result of applying an Agile approach suitable to you, ensure the transparency of development process and optimize resources. SDLC provides tools for adding tasks of various types to Scrum/Kanban boards, following the development progress and making releases upon the completion of each stage.

The first release includes the following features:

• Create projects. Available options:
  • Specify essential project details: the project name and project code that will be used to quickly identify the tasks related to the project.
  • Select whether the project is dedicated to product development.
  • Select types of tasks available for the project (available only to projects dedicated to product development).
  • Select an approach to development (Scrum or Kanban).
  • Determine the project team line-up (the project role model provides for two options: team leaders and team members).
• Create products. Available options:
  • Move the product through states.
  • Break down products into modules and child modules to create a precise product structure and streamline the development process.
  • Create child products.
  • Determine product and module owners.
  • Create releases and define the list of included tasks.
  • Prepare and publish releases.
  • Archive the releases that are no longer relevant.
• Create tasks. Available options:
  • Select task types depending on their position in the task hierarchy: Epic, Feature, User Story, Defect, General Task, Subtask.
  • Move the tasks through states.
  • Plan the time to spend on tasks and submit the time spent.
• Use task boards that have unique features for each approach to development. Available options:
  • Configure board elements:
    • columns
    • swimlanes (only for Kanban boards)
    • swimlane rules (only for Kanban boards)
    • areas (only for Kanban boards)
    • badges
    • color markers
    • additional attributes.
  • Drag task cards from state to state
  • Manage task cards from the board
  • Set WIP limits for board columns and areas (only for Kanban boards)
  • View sprint details (only for Scrum boards)
• Apart from the differences of the Scrum and Kanban task boards, the SDLC application provides other features specific to the selected approach to development:
  • Kanban: a dedicated widget for adding tasks to the backlog.
  • Scrum: a dedicated widget to create and manage sprints and tools for the evaluation of employee capacity and task complexity in story points.

We plan to enhance and improve the SDLC application. The future versions will include such features, as:

• WYSIWYG editing for task descriptions.
• Integration with Git version control systems for release planning.
• A tool for easy project migration from Jira Software.

Learn more about the future development of SDLC in the SDLC Roadmap.