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What’s New in 6.2

Published on 21 Dec 2018

We had a fabulous year in SwiftKanban delivering some cool new features and great enhancements like new onboarding, Dependency Board, Org-sub org module and many more. So, we bid adieu to 2018 with another significant enhancement in the Board creation process. Let’s get to know more about it. Create Your Board Interactively We have redesigned […]

What’s New in 6.1

Published on 17 Nov 2018

This release introduces several enhancements and new features. Here are the highlights of SwiftKanban version 6.1: Predicting Completion Date for Cards Custom Fields for Card Data Analyzer at the Org. Level Predicting Completion Date for Cards Now, get a clear insight of the system’s confidence of completing a card by its due date as soon as […]

What’s New in 6.0

Published on 15 Oct 2018

This release introduces several enhancements and new features. Here are the highlights of SwiftKanban version 6.0: Enterprise Agility with AI Driven Kanban SwiftKanban Goes Conversational Dependency Links across Boards Flag Data Analyser   View Flag Even at the Smallest Zoom Level Color Palette Upgraded Enterprise Agility with AI Driven Kanban SwiftKanban now comes with the power of […]

What’s New in 5.2.1

Published on 7 Sep 2018

This release introduces several enhancements and new features. Here are the highlights of SwiftKanban version 5.2.1: Integration of SwiftKanban with Slack Swifty, The SwiftKanban Helpbot  Integration of SwiftKanban with Slack The skbot app for Slack provides a great way to link your SwiftKanban team to your Slack Channel. To integrate the skbot app click here Note: […]

What’s New in 5.2

Published on 3 Sep 2018

This release introduces several enhancements and new features. Here are the highlights of SwiftKanban version 5.2: Auto Archiving Done Cards  Cards marked Read-Only in Done Column Default Column for Adding Linked Cards Side Toolbar Fixed across the application  Auto Archiving Done Cards Now, no need to worry about manually archiving the cards on the Done column. […]

What’s New in 5.1

Published on 20 Jul 2018

We are back with another release of SwiftKanban. This release brings in the focus on the Filter operation in Board and enhances the way you use it for refining the information. Moreover, we have made a couple of enhancements in the Custom Field so you get more ease and freedom in capturing your customized information. […]

What’s New in 5.0

Published on 11 Jun 2018

With SwiftKanban 5.0, we bring to you some great new features and key enhancements that range from on-boarding, taking some exciting challenges and synchronizing your work dependencies with the new Dependency Board. New On-boarding Exciting Challenges Dependency Board Facilitate a Focussed View of Kanban Board Toolbar Pinned on the Kanban Board Notification on Card Edit Other […]

What’s New in 4.26

Published on 23 Apr 2018

We have introduced a couple of significant enhancements in the Event Notifications, Flags and Column Type settings. Team List in the Team wise Event Notification Flags in Card Carousel View “Complete” Column Type Renamed to “Complete and Waiting” Team List in the Team wise Event Notification Pushing notifications to teams gets easy as you can […]

What’s New in 4.25

Published on 26 Mar 2018

This release introduces several enhancements and new features. Here are the highlights of SwiftKanban version 4.25: Customize Column Colors Tagging a Team Member Supported for All Comment Boxes Customize Column Colors Now, get a better visualization of the columns of a lane by assigning them unique color via the Board Editor. Tagging a Team Member Supported […]

What’s New in 4.24

Published on 26 Mar 2018

This release introduces several enhancements and new features. Here are the highlights of SwiftKanban version 4.24: The Org-Sub Org Module Add Comment Box is Uplifted The Org-Sub Org Module Build, visualize and manage the functioning of your enterprise and its sub-organizations via the Org-sub Org module. Using this licensed module you can mimic your parent-child organization […]

What’s New in 4.23

Published on 5 Feb 2018

This release introduces several enhancements and new features. Here are the highlights of SwiftKanban version 4.23: Commenting Enabled for the Reader Role Feature Deprecation   Commenting Enabled for the Reader Role Now, more power is given to the Reader role in SwiftKanban. Other than viewing the Board and Card, the Reader can also add or […]

What’s New in 4.20

Published on 14 Sep 2017

This release introduces several enhancements and new features. Here are the highlights of SwiftKanban version 4.20: Creating Master List at the Board Level Header Collapse for Similar Lanes Mobile App 2.0 Creating Master List at the Board Level Now you can also create Master List values for the Reason Code for Risk, Issue and Block […]

What’s New in 4.19

Published on 9 Aug 2017

This release introduces several enhancements and new features. Here are the highlights of SwiftKanban version 4.19: Highlighting Card Fields in Pop Up View Analytics and Reports Filter UI Revamped Highlighting Card Fields in Pop Up View Now directly navigate to the card field by clicking it in the card view.   Analytics and Reports Filter […]

What’s New in 4.18

Published on 8 Aug 2017

This release introduces several enhancements and new features. Here are the highlights of SwiftKanban version 4.18: Card Designer Enhanced Exporting Cards Hierarchy Bulk update operations to support comments Card Designer Enhanced Now you can decide whether to show card view icons such as Link card, Comments, Attachments, ToDo and flags via the Card Designer.   […]

What’s New in 4.17

Published on 8 Aug 2017

This release introduces several enhancements and new features. Here are the highlights of SwiftKanban version 4.17: Settings Navigator Guided Tours Pinning the Toolbar Settings Navigator Having trouble in finding a particular Settings?  Easily navigate with the Settings Navigator. Guided Tours Stuck with a functionality in SwiftKanban? Get an onboard demo through Guided Tours. Pinning the […]

What’s New in 4.16

Published on 8 Aug 2017

This release introduces several enhancements and new features. Here are the highlights of SwiftKanban version 4.16: Discard and Abort capturing in SwiftKanban Card default attributes made configurable Estimates as UoM in Planning Release Capacity and Burndown Chart Control Over Create and Delete Operations Mobile Release 1.2.2 Discard and Abort capturing in SwiftKanban In this age […]

What’s New in 4.15

Published on 7 Aug 2017

This release introduces several enhancements and new features. Let’s explore them one by one here: Performing Bulk Card Operations Gets Bigger and Better Card via URL Flag’s Name in Comments Tracking Due Dates and Flags Gets Easier with the Home View New Web Service – getBoardCards Performing Bulk Card Operations Gets Bigger and Better We […]

What’s New in 4.14

Published on 6 Mar 2017

This release introduces several enhancements and new features. Here are the highlights of SwiftKanban version 4.14: The Enhanced To-Do Board The Personal Board with the To-Do View Web Services Enhancements The Enhanced To-Do Board We have enhanced the To-Do Board with some key features: Resize the board view with 4 zoom levels. It ranges from […]

What’s New in 4.13

Published on 11 Feb 2017

This release introduces several enhancements and new features. Here are the highlights of SwiftKanban version 4.13: Highlighting Cards on Board based on Cycle Time Threshold Code Insertion Through Code Snippet Adding card from backlog to board directly via hierarchy screen Board and Team Wise Notifications On Card Operation Navigation Simplified ESP Analytics  Highlighting Cards on Board […]

What’s New in 4.12

Published on 6 Jan 2017

This release introduces several enhancements and new features. Here are the highlights of SwiftKanban version 4.12: To-Do Board Mobile release 1.2 I-Form Editor made simpler  To-Do Board We have extended the powerful functionality of To-Do’s and built a separate Kanban board specifically for them. So, the newly introduced To-Do board is a one-stop shop for […]

What’s New in 4.11

Published on 16 Dec 2016

This release introduces several enhancements and new features.   Here are the highlights of SwiftKanban version 4.11: Card Data Analyzer Board Legend Revamped Voting on Cards  Release-Sprint User Interface Simplified Flags Visible on Hierarchical Detail View   Card Data Analyzer SwiftKanban has brought to you a state-of-the-art data summarization analytics based on the principle of […]

What’s New in 4.10

Published on 7 Nov 2016

This release introduces several enhancements and new features. Here are the highlights of SwiftKanban version 4.10: Filtering Cards As Per Common Field Values Analyzing Inactive Cards Alternative Navigation for Burndown Chart Filtering Cards Using Multiple Conditions Filtering Cards As Per Common Field Values Earlier, board cards were filtered only on basis of general/ default fields. […]

What’s New in 4.9

Published on 14 Oct 2016

This release introduces several enhancements and new features.   Here are the highlights of SwiftKanban version 4.9: SwiftKanban Goes Mobile To-Do, Doing and Done view in The Release Single Sign-on (SSO) Deprecated Features   SwiftKanban Goes Mobile Now, use SwiftKanban App on the go, anytime, anywhere! Access all your boards in one place View all […]

What’s New in 4.8

Published on 13 Sep 2016

This realease introduces several enhancements and new features.   Here are the highlights of SwiftKanban version 4.8:   Common Custom Fields on the Card View  Minimum WIP Limit for a Column Enhanced Portfolio  Common Custom Fields on the Card View    In SwiftKanban, you can capture specific, customized information of a task or work item […]

What’s New in 4.7

Published on 24 Aug 2016

This realease introduces several enhancements and new features.   Here are the highlights of SwiftKanban version 4.7: Personal View  Enhanced Bulk Edit View Enhanced Web Services Personal View  Finding it tedious to navigate to Kanban view of each board and then filter the cards that matter to you? Not anymore, directly switch to Personal View […]

What’s New in 4.6

Published on 15 Jul 2016

This realease introduces several enhancements and new features.   Here are the highlights of SwiftKanban version 4.6: Adding Kanban Cards from Email Enhancing Excel Import Creating Card Hierarchy Structure Made Easy Enhanced Risk Assessment Module Analysis Made Easy: Hierarchy Status Report Adjacency Matrix Simplified WebServices Enhancements for Team Member Services   Adding Kanban Cards from […]

What’s New in 4.5

Published on 18 May 2016

This realease introduces various several enhancements and new features. Here are the highlights of SwiftKanban version 4.5: Portfolio Lane – Tracking Parent Cards Simplified! ESP Analytics – Visualization at its Best! Risk Mitigation – Made More Powerful Announcing SwiftESP – SwiftKanban Module for Enterprise Services Planning For any enterprise, it is critical to improve their business […]

What’s New in 4.4.1

Published on 2 May 2016

This realease introduces several enhancements and new features.    Here are the highlights of SwiftKanban version 4.4.1: Receiving Notifications The Way You Want Saving Board Filter Preferences Sharing Releases/Sprints Across Multiple Boards Sharing Cards with Non Team Members Displaying Quick Count Of Card Activities Receiving Notifications The Way You Want It is business critical to […]

What’s New in 4.4

Published on 15 Apr 2016

This realease introduces various several enhancements and new features.    Here are the highlights of SwiftKanban version 4.4: Subscribing from Notification Panel Adhering to Agile Terms: Sprint and Board Viewing Scheduled Releases/ Sprints in the Calendar Sorting User WIP List   Subscribing from Notification Panel It is business critical to gain a new level of […]

What’s New in 4.3

Published on 11 Mar 2016

This realease introduces various several enhancements and new features.    Here are the highlights of SwiftKanban version 4.3:   Filtering Card Owners by Role Sorting Cards on Kanban Board Selecting Team for a New User Made Easy Importing Cards from an XLSX File Filtering Card Owners by Role From the pop-up page that lets you […]

What’s New in 4.2.1

Published on 24 Feb 2016

This realease introduces various several enhancements and new features.  Here are the highlights of SwiftKanban version 4.2.1: Additional Zoom-in Level Introduced Colorful Icons on Cards Adding Board Policy Quick Hierarchy View From Child Card Quick Access to Card Hierarchy Clickable URLs in the Card Description Adding To-Do’s in Kanban Cards using Microsoft™ Office Default Card […]

What’s New in 4.0

Published on 8 Jan 2016

This release introduces several enhancements and new features. Here are the highlights of SwiftKanban version 4.0: Revamped UI Customizable Card Display Adding Multiple Cards in One Go Focusing on Smart Lanes Activating Templates Graying Out Completed Cards Tracking Card Attribute Changes   Revamped UI Switching to the new UI lets you choose a colorful UI […]

What’s New 3.5.16

Published on 28 Dec 2015

This release introduces several enhancements and new features. Here are the highlights of SwiftKanban version 3.5.16: Adding Multiple Users Simultaneously Inviting Multiple Team Members to a Project Searching Using Card Tags Easily Selecting Card Type Adding Multiple Users Simultaneously As an administrator, you have been adding users individually. Now you can collectively add multiple users […]

What’s New in 3.5.15

Published on 6 Nov 2015

This release introduces several enhancements and new features. Here are the highlights of SwiftKanban version 3.5.15: Enhanced Board Activity Feature Managing Attachments in the Card Enhanced Settings for Analytics Enhanced Calculation Formula for Analytics Default Filter Option in All List Pages Session Timeout Increased Enhanced Board Activity Feature We have enhanced the Board Activity feature […]

What’s New in 3.5.13

Published on 14 Aug 2015

This release introduces several enhancements and new features. Here are the highlights of SwiftKanban version 3.5.13: Enhanced View of Custom Attributes in Kanban Card Pop-up Child Reason Code in the Card Flags Enhanced Board Filter Option Viewing Cards as a Non Team-member in Card Hierarchy New Formula for Calculating the Completion Percentage of a Parent […]

What’s New in 3.5.12

Published on 29 May 2015

This release introduces several enhancements and new features. Here are the highlights of SwiftKanban version 3.5.12: Apply filters ‘Release and Iteration’ to View Specific Cards Restrict Queue WIP limit violation Webservice Enhancements   Restrict Queue WIP limit violation Now, it’s possible to prevent addition or moving of cards to a queue once its WIP limit […]

What’s New in 3.5.11

Published on 17 Mar 2015

This release introduces several enhancements and new features. Here are the highlights of SwiftKanban version 3.5.11: Creating Cards and Importing Card Hierarchy using Microsoft Excel Linking Cards on Backlog Board Viewing Queue-wise Cycle Time Analysis Report Creating Card Hierarchy using Quick Edit User WIP Hierarchy Progress Bar Creating and linking Parent Card in the Linked […]

What’s New in 3.5.9

Published on 12 Dec 2014

We’re back with some enhancements and new features. We’ve included several of your suggestions too! Here are the highlights of SwiftKanban v3.5.9: Sign Up with Facebook YYY-MM-DD Date Format Introduced Set Default Date Format Assign Multiple Users to a Card Card Owner After Archival   Use Your  Facebook Account to Signup and Login to SwiftKanban […]

What’s New in 3.5.8

Published on 9 Oct 2014

We’re back with some enhancements and new features. We’ve included several of your suggestions too! Here are the highlights of SwiftKanban v3.5.8: Risk of Delay (as the Due date approaches) You can now configure the number of days you want a card to be highlighted before the card’s due date. Select ‘Modify Process’ from the […]

What’s New in 3.5.7

Published on 22 Aug 2014

We are at it again, with some cool new features, including several of your suggestions! Here are the highlights of SwiftKanban v3.5.7: New! Net Work-Time Report Get a report of the ‘net’ work-time for each card while the card was in an “in-progress” lane, and was neither blocked or unassigned. This way the actual work […]

What’s New in 3.5.6

Published on 18 Jul 2014

SwiftKanban is here again with some cool new features. We have incorporated a number of your suggestions as well as introduced new/ powerful capabilities to help you manage your Kanban/ Agile initiatives and teams more effectively. Here are the key highlights of SwiftKanban version 3.5.6: How well is your process working for you?! Let our […]

What’s New in 3.5.5

Published on 13 Jun 2014

The SwiftKanban version 3.5.5 is here with new features that are highly focused on ‘Flow’ and usability, optimizing its visual management capabilities. Here are the key highlights of SwiftKanban version 3.5.5: Sign up / Sign In using existing Gmail Account Sign up using your existing Google mail Id and expedite the registration process! Signing in […]

What’s New in 3.5.4

Published on 2 May 2014

We are back with our new SwiftKanban release (v3.5.4). Continuing with our theme of Analytics, we have come up with new and beautified Analytics primarily, besides few minor, yet significant improvements. Here is a rundown to catch up quickly on the new features: Track Flow Efficiency for Board We have introduced a new metric to […]

What’s New in 3.5.3

Published on 4 Apr 2014

We are happy to release this new version of Swift Kanban (v3.5.3). Its key theme is ‘Better and Easier Analytics’ to provide you greater insight into your processes and help you make improvements. Here is a quick rundown on the new features: Throughput Drill-down The drill-down capability introduced on the Throughput chart now helps you […]

What’s New in 3.5.2

Published on 7 Feb 2014

In this new release of SwiftKanban, we bring forth a few minor but useful improvements to help you work better with SwiftKanban. Here is a quick list of features added :- Improved Text Search in List Views You can now filter card lists to show cards satisfying multiple search criteria :- To view list of […]

What’s New in 3.5.1

Published on 4 Dec 2013

Wishing all the SwiftKanban users a very happy and productive New Year! Here are a bunch of features that we added in this release, ver. 3.5.1 to help you use SwiftKanban better and get more productive :- Archive/ Move Multiple Cards in one go! Right-click on any lane header to Archive/ Move all the cards […]

What’s New in 3.5

Published on 9 Nov 2013

We’re excited to release lots of new stuff in this version. It’s packed with some real powerful new features. Visual Project management and collaboration is just getting better and better with SwiftKanban. Here is a quick update about the features in SwiftKanban v3.5. Never miss a Due Date with SwiftKanban! We are introducing a familiar […]

What’s New in 3.4

Published on 12 Oct 2013

At SwiftKanban, we strongly believe in Kaizen and get this constant itch to improve things more and more. You would see that in our frequent releases. We are back again with yet another release, SwiftKanban v3.4 is here! Here’s a quick list of updates in this release: – Right-click to Add a new Card in […]

What’s New in 3.3

Published on 16 Sep 2013

We’re back with some minor yet significant improvements. These usability improvements will help you get the best of SwiftKanban. Here is a quick update about the improvements in SwiftKanban v3.3:   Dashboard Improvements   Most Dashboard widgets display data consolidated for all projects, while a few show project-wise data. Dashboards charts now have a completely […]

What’s New in 3.2

Published on 19 Aug 2013

We’re back again with some small, but really useful improvements in SwiftKanban. Here’s a quick overview of the new enhancements added in SwiftKanban v3.2 :- Organize your Backlog visually, even better! Give your team a shout-out using ‘@’ Improved Board Zoom! We now remember your Card Size! Improved Card history tracking ! Your Comment need […]

What’s New in 3.1

Published on 19 Jul 2013

After we released our 3.0 version with a complete UI uplift, we were eager to add-on to it for a richer user experience. Here is a quick overview of minor usability enhancements the v3.1 release: Push Cards to Board From Release/ Iteration View Slide your view to the Cards Visual Notifications Easy Notification Setting Inbox […]

What’s New in 3.0

Published on 19 Jun 2013

Yes, SwiftKanban v3.0 is here! This latest version brings you numerous innovations that we are sure you’ll enjoy – right from a revamped UI, enhanced Usability, real-time Collaboration, and updated Analytics! Here’s a quick overview of SwiftKanban v3.0 to get you started:- Revamped Contemporary User Interface! The new UI has a modern look and feel, […]

What’s New in 2.4

Published on 28 Jan 2013

With its first release in the new year, SwiftKanban will lead you to face business challenges and meet your committments with a new vigor. In its release ver. 2.4, SwiftKanban can help you plan ahead and get decisive based on real-time updates and being in sync with your team mates. Here are the highlights of […]

What’s New in 2.3

Published on 4 Nov 2012

We are back again with a few, but significant updates to SwiftKanban. Here’s a quick glimpse of what has been added and changed in this version, v2.3 :- Kanban Board Enhancements ___________________________________________________________________________________________ Board Lane Re-sizing You can now resize the lanes on your Kanban board and make any lane wider/ narrow in the multiple of […]

What’s New in 2.2

Published on 17 Sep 2012

We are back again with a few, but significant updates to SwiftKanban. Here’s a quick glimpse of what has been added and changed in this version, v2.2 :- SwiftSync For JIRA 5.1 SwiftSync, SwiftKanban Plug-in for JIRA has now been upgraded to support the newer JIRA versions i.e. JIRA 5.1 that had some significant changes […]

What’s New in 2.0.1

Published on 10 Aug 2012

 We are back again with a few, but significant updates to SwiftKanban. Here’s a quick glimpse of what has been added and changed in this version, v2.0.1 :- Bookmark your Kanban board and Cards You can now bookmark your SwiftKanban board or any card in your favorite browser to revisit directly. SwiftKanban board and cards […]

What’s New in 2.0

Published on 15 Jul 2012

Here are the highlights of SwiftKanban release 2.0:- Release Planning and Visual Tracking: For many of our users who still use ‘SCRUM’ , or ‘SCRUMBAN’ (a combination of SCRUM and Kanban) we have enhanced the interface of ‘Release’ module in SwiftKanban to enable a simple “Release Planning” capability that allows defining of Release Capacity and […]

What’s New in 1.4.6

Published on 1 Jun 2012

In this release of SwiftKanban ver. 1.4.6 we have focused on board usability and introduced a new operational report for our users who track effort logged. So do go through the features listed below and let us know your feedback after you have tried them out. New Board Policies Introduced: We have now introduced two […]

What’s New in 1.4.5

Published on 21 May 2012

We are back again with some exciting feature updates to SwiftKanban. In this release, we have strengthened the support of SCRUM in SwiftKanban with Time-Tracking capability, Burndown and velocity charts and the much-awaited tablet interface for SwiftKanban. Here’s a quick peek into the new features that you can experience live, on our production servers this […]

What’s New in 1.4.4

Published on 23 Apr 2012

It’s always exciting to be back with some great updates for you in our releases! In this release v 1.4.4 , we have added several features requested by many of our users, specially those who still use some elements from SCRUM methodologies, such as ability to plan releases upfront and then execute the release scope […]

What’s New in 1.4.3

Published on 25 Mar 2012

We are happy to announce a new SwiftKanban release, ver 1.4.3 that we pushed out over the weekend with several minor yet meaningful features and improvements. Here is a quick snapshot of the features released in 1.4.3: Additional Filter Option in Status Reports The status report now has an additional option to display the metrics […]

What’s New in 1.4.1 and 1.4.2

Published on 3 Feb 2012

Right on the heels of our 1.4 release, we released a few minor yet handy features in last few weeks. These were requested by our users and we quickly released them. These have certainly enhanced the usability of the software! Following are the usability enhancements you will find remarkable:   Track Comments in Exported Files […]

What’s New in 1.4

Published on 9 Jan 2012

Firstly, we wish all our users a very Happy and Prosperous New Year! This month, we have a good reason to celebrate. It’s the New Year and with the New Year celebrations still continuing, as promised, we have come with a release which has several new features and improvements as listed below:- Move your JIRA […]

What’s New in 1.1.6

Published on 30 Nov 2011

When we say continuous improvements, we REALLY mean it. We are back yet again with few more exciting set of features in 1.1.6 release that’ll make working with SwiftKanban, a breeze! This post lists some of the key enhancements made:- ‘Search’ any card, in One click You can now search any card on the board […]

What’s New in 1.1.4

Published on 25 Nov 2011

Ever since we released version 1.1, we focused on performance of SwiftKanban, but we also enhanced the product from the usability perspective and resolved quite a few issues.   The enhancements are highlighted below:   Improved My Projects Widget My Projects is now renamed to My Recent Projects, so the project accessed in your last […]

What’s New in 1.1.5

Published on 8 Nov 2011

At SwiftKanban, we strongly believe in Kaizen, making continuous improvements in the way we work and the products we build. Over the last several weeks, we made numerous improvements to SwiftKanban based on your invaluable feedback. You may have already noticed some of these changes – and we hope you liked them! The 1.1.5 release […]

What’s New in 1.1

Published on 20 Oct 2011

Features Introduced in Release 1.1 We are very happy to announce the availability of the latest version of SwiftKanban, ver 1.1 that is packed with an exciting set of features. Based on the inputs from SwiftKanban users, we have significantly enhanced our Kanban board modeling capabilities and added a lot of innovating features. SwiftKanban ver1.1 […]

What’s New in 1.0

Published on 20 Oct 2011

We thank all our Beta-users, who have explored the Beta version of SwiftKanban, and provided us with their valuable feedback. Your excellent response and feedback has enabled us to come out with new and improved features in our product.   Significant features introduced in the GA Release of SwiftKanban are highlighted below: Online and Offline […]