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Agile planning tool - XP StoryStudio - available for download

Whilst I've not had time to do all the documentation I was planning to over Christmas, I have got round to bundling up the installer and updating www.XPStoryStudio.com.

So, available for download now (from the aforementioned URL), is v0.99 of XP StoryStudio - the freely distributable XP planning tool created by myself and Dave Fellows, with the help and support of several other kind souls at Egg.

From the documentation enclosed within the installer:

This is a functionally complete, pre-release version of XP StoryStudio
intended for limited distribution to test installation and integration issues
prior to the public release.  As such, should issues be found, please forward them to: support {at} xpstorystudio.com.

Posted: Jan 04 2005, 12:49 AM by jsgreenwood | with 11 comment(s)
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John Mandia said:

Hi,

Many thanks for releasing this.

I had a scan of the license late last night....can it only be used for non commercial projects?

And how does it compare to http://www.targetprocess.com/

They have mentioned that they could possibly release their lite version (current v1) as an opensource project. Could a future collaboration be on the cards if they did go opensource with their version?

Thanks,

John
# January 4, 2005 4:50 AM

JS Greenwood said:

You're free to use it for commercial projects; just not to use the application itself for commercial gain (i.e. to resell it). If the legals say otherwise, I'll have to have a word with those that wrote the legalese for the license here!

XP StoryStudio itself will be an open-source project at some point... Sorting out the continuous integration in a remote environment, maintaining control on its direction, etc. was just a bit too much work to take on in one step, though.

As for collaboration & comparison; honestly haven't given the former any thought, but if it makes for a better product, then cool (and they're both in .NET, which helps). On a comparison basis, I'd suggest trying them both out and seeing which works best for you.
# January 4, 2005 5:26 AM

John Mandia said:

That sounds great.

I can see it becoming very popular even if it isn't os but I'm sure the fact that it is would open up more contributions, see support for it from other os projects (i.e. integration with www.rainbowportal.net etc) and help it grow (users and feature wise).

I've looked at both tools briefly and find yours more intuitive so far.

Many thanks,

John
# January 4, 2005 6:56 AM

Joe Audette said:

Looks pretty good. Would be good to put some information on the site about the system requirements and platform. I wasn't sure if it was .NET or Java until I read your blog.
# January 5, 2005 1:53 PM

JS Greenwood said:

Joe... absolutely agree. This is one of the reasons I'm still officially classing it as "pre-release"; so I can get some feedback, prepare the FAQs, etc. based on real input. (That's why XPSS has only been announced through my 'Blog so far, rather than publicising the domain elsewhere)
# January 5, 2005 2:22 PM

William Luu said:

Have downloaded it, and just started playing around with it.

Have you considered using DateTime pickers, such as the Calendar Popup (http://eworldui.net/CustomControls/CalendarPopup.aspx) for the Start Date/End Date when creating a new project.

It looks quite good, and after a bit of playing around and getting used to the interface, seems quite easy to use.

Looking good, look forward to see what's to come!

# January 5, 2005 8:14 PM

JS Greenwood said:

William (and to those that e-mailed me about it)...

Pop-up calendar control has been implemented ready for the v1.0 release; enough people were asking for it, and I had a spare evening. :)
# January 10, 2005 6:54 PM

TrackBack said:

^_^,Pretty Good!
# April 9, 2005 11:59 PM

Mitch said:

Looks like this agile planning tool hasn't been updated for quite some time now.. Has anyone tried out http://www.axosoft.com/ for their agile development software?

# May 11, 2011 4:21 PM

John said:

Cool tool, but I am looking for <a href="www.bugtracker.com/">bug tracker</a> software..

# May 11, 2011 4:35 PM

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