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Progress charts (Premium edition)
The progress charts provide insight into the performance of the project team, and faciliates early detection of problem areas. There are three types of charts available: iteration burn charts, release burn charts and velocity chart. All charts can be viewed in point or hour units, and iteration and release burn charts are available in both burn-up and burn-down mode.
Iteration burn-up chart, hours
Iteration burn-up chart, points
Iteration burn-down chart, points
Release burn-up chart, points
Project velocity chart
Bug tracker integrations (Premium edition)
ProjectKoach's unique integration with Mylyn allows you to plan and track your team's bugs in your iteration plans regardless of where they are stored. Whether your bug tracker is Bugzilla, Jira or something else, you plan their tasks amongst your project's other requirements with simple drag-and-drop gestures.
Bug tracker connectors are not included with ProjectKoach, and must be installed separately. See the full list of availableMylyn connectors.
Process patterns (Premium edition)
Process is "the way we do things around here" and with the process patterns support, ProjectKoach allows you to quickly specify reoccurring activity patterns so you can re-use them in your planning.
Use the process editor to quickly create re-usable process patterns, including use of process template files
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Instantly re-use process patterns for planning and backlog work items.
Printing (Premium edition)
ProjectKoach supports printing of both release plans and progress charts.
Points estimation (Premium edition)
ProjectKoach supports backlog estimation in terms of points, as an alternative to hour-based estimation.
Point estimation is available as an option in the user interface that is toggled on/off from the Preferences dialog:
Points can be edited with the Premium edition, and they can be viewed in both the Premium and Team editions.
When point estimation is enabled, point estimates can be assigned to backlog items using both the backlog view and the release plan editor. Progress charts can be viewed in terms of points.
Structured backlog
ProjectKoach helps you organize your requirements in the way you are most familiar with, using folder structures just like in your file system. The backlog recognizes and marks new requirements as they are created, allowing your analysts to freely enter new requirements without you losing track of those that you have planned and their status.
Requirements editor
ProjectKoach doesn't provide its own requirements editor but, rather, relies on the wide variety of editors available inside and outside of Eclipse. This allows the use of both external editors, such as Microsoft Word, Excel, nd others, and Eclipse's built-in editor for writing of user stories, use cases and other requirements.
Visual plan editor
The visual release plan editor is the central component of ProjectKoach. Similar to a Gantt chart, it allows you specify the work breakdown structure of your project in terms of iterations and their work packages and tasks, and with their associated timeboxes showing along the timeline. But that's where the similarities end. ProjectKoach has replaced the many complex dependency-relationships normally associated with Gantt-based planning with intuitive WYSIWYG gestures that allow you to plan your iterations in a heartbeat.
Mylyn integration
ProjectKoach has a built-in Mylyn connector that automatically connects your release plans with Mylyn's task list:
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CM integration
ProjectKoach includes support for use of CVS for configuration management.
Eclipse plug-in
ProjectKoach Premium and Team editions are available as Eclipse plug-ins, ready to be installed in Eclipse either manually or using Eclipse's built-in update manager facility. When installed in Eclipse ProjectKoach adds a perspective with the backlog, editors and other ProjectKoach-specific views, which are always just one click away for the user.
Rich desktop application
The ProjectKoach Premium and Team standalone versions are rich desktop applications with an expressive user interface that provides a pleasant and efficient user experience. They are built on the Eclipse framework and provide you with the same modular and flexible user interface that has made Eclipse the IDE of choice for millions of software developers around the world.
The standalone versions include the same ProjectKoach components as their plug-in counterparts, and they can co-exist in project configurations.
Free updates and support
ProjectKoach is regularly updated four times per year, and a purchase of a ProjectKoach Premium edition gives you free updates for a full year, including e-mail and phone support.
No project limitations
ProjectKoach Team edition can be used without any limitations as to number of projects, team size, project items, etc.