Follow new features and improvements to Troopr Projects here.
Apr 28, 2022 - Starter Plan is now free
Troopr Starter plan for Check-in customers is now free forever. Customers of any size can now use Troopr Check-in for an unlimited number of times for free. The free plan also additionally includes unlimited runs of instant planning poker for a limited time.
Check-ins can be run an unlimited number of times with your team members. If you need another Check-in (for a different team or different purpose), you can disable the active one and use another and still stay within the one Check-in limit in the free plan. You will need to upgrade only when you need more than one active Check-in.
By signing up for a free 14-day trial users will be able to use all 4 Troopr Products (Check-ins, Project, Helpdesk, Report). After this period ends, users opting for the Starter plan will have access to any one Check-in of their choice.
Apr 26, 2022 - Instant Planning Poker
Troopr now offers a new instant Planning Poker Check-in which can be started with channel members instantly with /t poker command.
Instant planning poker works with Jira issues or with custom tasks. It comes with built-in reports, discussions and ability to re-run until there is agreement on estimates.
This is in addition to the standard Planning Poker Check-in . Read more about Instant Planning Poker here.
Apr 19, 2022 - Task Check-in updates
Troopr Task Check-in lets participants update Jira issues at a scheduled time. With the new updates to Task Check-in,
Participants have a reload button to get the current list of Jira issues
Participants have a Done button to mark their Check-in submission as done
Participants now see list of issues directly without having to click on “Answer” button.
Feb 22, 2022 - Team Absences, Bulk Absences Upload, Global Holidays
Team Absences
Admin can now add team's absence data by using team absence feature (earlier was used by one user at a time.)
Bulk Upload CSV
The feature comes with a start and end date layout under Bulk upload with CSV.
Global Holidays
Admins can set global default holidays for Check-ins(only accessible by the admin),
Fixes and Enhancements
72 hours wait time added to Check-ins (Retrospective and Retrospective Anonymous
Feb 15, 2022 - Fixes and Enhancements
Planning Poker Check-in now asks for Jira account verification before proceeding
Standup Check-in report now shows the Slack display name of the user in case of grouped by user reports (was showing Slack full name p)
Dec 25, 2021 - Fixes and Enhancements
The Metrics page has a prominent refresh button
Fixed a bug in shared channel Standup Check-in that caused it to crash during configuration
Fixed a bug that caused Check-in to get disabled if there is an error during configuration update
Fixed a bug that casued "Copy Check-in" to show wrong name in creation form
Migrated from Drift chat to Crisp for customer support
Fixed broken Jira links in some Check-in Reports
Fixed a bug in Slack login page that blocked login for some users
Oct 29, 2021 - New Pricing
Troopr Check-in is now billed separately from other Troopr products. Customers can get the benefit of lower prices when buying products separately. See pricing page for more details.
Fixes and Enhancements
Check-in "Create" button in creation form will disable after click to avoid accidental multiple clicks.
Check-in reports now use Slack display name in place of user full name
Fixed bug in planning poker that allowed answering after wait time
Sept 28, 2021 - Conversational Answering
Troopr Check-in participants can now answer Check-in directly in chat without having to open a form. This allows for easier answering, better formatting and support for @mentions. Read more about it here: Conversational Answering
Fixes and enhancements
Report date format now uses cleaner {date_short} at {time} format
Fixed a bug that caused Retro Check-in webapp report to crash
Sept 1, 2021 - Submit answers before time
Check-in participants can now submit answers to the next Check-in before time. Just click on the “Early Answer” button in the Check-in answer prompt in Slack or in webapp.
Fixes and enhancements
Troopr Check-in customers can now set an automated schedule in planning poker Check-ins.
Aug 16, 2021 - Duplicate an existing Check-in
Check-in admins will now be able to duplicate an existing Check-in without having to create the same from scratch.
Fixes and enhancements
You can now add participants by display name or full name or email when creating or updating Check-ins.
Troopr Check-in reports will include participants that skipped and marked leave in the summary reports rather than in the thread.
Retro Check-in reports now allow Check-in administrators to vote
Fixed alignment issues in Check-in card listing in web app
July 19, 2021 - Global Holidays for all Check-ins
Troopr now allows you to set default global holidays across Check-ins. Individual Check-ins will also have the option to override the default holidays.
Fixes and enhancements
Desktop push notification message will now show a short summary about the notification.
Vote and Comment actions removed from all Slack reports except Retrospective based on customer feedback
June 28, 2021 - Fixes and enhancements
Troopr Check-in customers will now have restricted visibility of their Check-ins to only participants and administrators.
Fixed bug that caused time zones to not appear in web app reports
Performance improvements in listing user Check-ins
Troopr Check-in will now use display names over full names for participants in Check-in reports.
Performance improvements to delivering reminders for Check In
Workspace admins will now have visibility into all Check-ins in webapp and Slack
June 17, 2021 - Like and comment on Standup and task Check-in responses
Like and comment on Standup responses Participants can now like and comment on responses in Standup and task Check-in reports in web app.
Fixes and enhancements
Performance improvements for all Check-ins page in Troopr webapp
Minor bug fixes in “action items” feature in retrospective Check-in
Made minor improvements to task Check-in report delivery
Fixed issues that prevented some external guests from submitting standup Check-in responses
Fixed issues with missing acknowledgement messages for some Check-in participants
Fixed issues that prevented some users from accessing action buttons in task Check-in
Made minor improvements to Jira activity log in standup reports
Made improvements to “My absences” and “time zone” settings
June 2 - Check-in cards are sorted by Schedule
Check-in cards sorted by scheduleCheck-in cards are sorted by schedule in Slack and webapp.
Fixes and enhancements
Fixed issues with Check-ins Slack report threads
Performance enhancements for the Check-in tabs in webapp: reports, insights, action items, holidays and settings
Troopr now takes display name or email id if the user hasn't provided their name during install
Check-in admins are now permitted to take all the actions from either Slack or web app
Made improvements to Check-in loading speed
Check-in recent list are now sorted alphabetically in the web app sidebar
May 24 - New web app UI
Cleaner and more organized UI allows more space for content and scales better for upcoming new features in Troopr.
Fixes and enhancements
Fixed issues with edit option for planning poker Check-in
Now the new admin receives an acknowledgement message with an auto login link “Go to Troopr App”
Added Sunday as an option in Schedule for all the Check-ins
Fixed issues with delete Check-in button
Fixed retro grouped feedback truncated issue
Fixed issues with votes and comments in grouped feedback for retro Check-in
Check-in anwer button now work from any workspace in the Slack grid
Fixed issues with previous standup answers not showing up in web reports
May 5 - Support for retrospective Check-in anonymous
Now you can schedule an anonymous retrospective Check-in in 3 simple steps.
Participants can answer in Slack. Troopr aggregates the responses into Slack and web reports. Group/ungroup feedback. Anonymously vote and comment on other responses from either Slack or web reports. The retro action items are added and tracked to completion. Now you can add retro action items as issues in Jira.
Fixes and enhancements
Fixed issues with Check-in answer button in App home for manual schedules
Fixed issues with Standup report showing no content
Added access restriction in Slack and web reports for retro feedback grouping
Error message added to task Check-in for unmapped users
Retro Slack and web reports show number of votes, comment and action items
Fixed issues with transfer of likes from duplicate to master feedback groups in retro Check-in
April 22 - Support for team mood Check-in anonymous
Now you can schedule an anonymous team mood Check-in in 3 simple steps.
The team members can participate in Slack. Troopr aggregates the responses into Slack and web reports. Anonymously comment or share feedback on other responses from either Slack or web reports.
Fixes and enhancements
Grouping of retro responses either from Slack or web report
Number of votes on the retro responses are displayed in the reports
Fixed issues with report data in planning poker web reports
Likes and comments are transferred from duplicate to master feedback in retro grouping actions
Insights page of Check-ins by default show data from last 1 month
Team mood insights page now show best day and worst day based on mood scores
Apr 12 - Improved Retro Check-in
Retro Check-in improvements
You can now Vote and Comment on retro Check-in responses directly in the Slack Check-in report. You can also see the list of action items for then Check-in by clicking the "Show All Action Items" button in the Slack Check-in report summary message.
Fixes & enhancements
Fixed issues with Slack user profile update sync failing in some scenarios
Fixed issues with Shared Standup Check-in not showing report data for external members
Troopr web app - paginated lists now allow page size configuration
Fixed a bug with engagement data when multiple Check-ins instances triggered on same day
Planning poker webapp shows issue description when answering
Fixed issues with Shared Standup Check-in insights page in web app
Fixed bug in Check-in "send to email" action in insights page
Apr 5 - Custom Team mood emojis
Team mood emojis
Team mood Check-ins can now be customized to choose the emoji for description of each option presented to participants during the Check-in.
Fixes & enhancements
Now you can submit feedback on Troopr from the web app (like how it is done in Slack)
You will now see acknowledgement in a popup on creating a new Check-in in Slack
Fixed an issue with incorrect date in Check-in last updated time
Mar 26 - Team mood insights
Team mood insights
Team mood Checkins now show chart representing mood score for each day for selected time period. You can use this as subtle indicators of how your team or participants are doing.
Fixes & enhancements
Checkins are auto enabled now after creation
Checkin insights page has option to download engagement data along with responses
Mar 22 - New sidebar UI
New sidebar UI
Cleaner and more organized sidebar allows more space for content and scales better for upcoming new features in Troopr.
Fixes & enhancements
Slack user name, profile pic updates now auto-sync into Troopr
Troopr workspace switcher in webapp shows workspaces list in alphabetical orde
Check-in answering in apphome is enabled again
Task Check-in now uses user token to pull issues and during report generation
Mar 15 - Planning Poker enhancements, Custom Help Docs
Planning poker Check-in JQL support
Planning poker Check-in now supports answering with reason in web app. Planning poker Check-in can now be re-used with same JQL filters any number of times. The Check-in will dynamically pick issues based on the configured JQL and run a new session every time.
Answering in Slack
JQL support
Planning poker Check-in estimation template
Planning poker Check-in now supports estimation templates. You can pick from built-in templates including linear, Fibonacci, T-shirt or blank and customize to your needs.
Estimation
Custom Help Docs
Customers can now set their own help docs link if they have their own getting started material for their team. This setting is available in the Feedback settings page. This will update the links to Help docs everywhere within Troopr.
Custom help docs
Fixes & enhancements
Task Check-in Jira activity log design is now easier to read and more compact
Planning poker Check-in will now (by default) send report as soon as all participants respond
Retro Check-in Action Items is read-only except for participants & administrators
Check-in skip feature will be disabled after wait time when "late Check-in" is disabled
Mar 8 - Customize Unfurl behavior
More granular Unfurl configuration
Now you can choose how Troopr expands context when Jira issues are mentioned in Slack. You can also completely disable this behavior. See configuration in Connection page for details.
Fixes & enhancements
Planning poker Check-in can now be setup and edited in web app
Fixed bug in answering Check-in from web app where previous answer was disappearing from screen
Planning poker Check-in - minor design updates to answer form & report
Retro Check-in - in case of skip or leave states, vote and comment options will be disabled
Retro Check-in Action Items will be read-only except for participants/admins
Feb 22 - Retro Action Items & New Check-in report formats
Retro action items
Answer grouping
Retro checkin action items
Now you can extract action items from your team feedback and track them to completion. Extract action items by clicking on "Action Item" button corresponding to the feedback. Track all action items in separate "Action Items" tab. This feature is available in the web application and will be coming soon to Slack as well.
New Check-in report formats
More options to customize how Check-in reports will render in Slack. Based on the size of your team and their needs, you can pick the option that is optimized for better engagement and alignment.
Fixes & enhancements
Slack can now render preview of most Troopr "blockkit" notifications via fallback message
Resolved bugs that sometimes broke "Likes" and "Comments" functionality in retro
Resolved bug that broke Check-in manual reminder feature in web app in some scenarios
Feb 8 - New Dashboard and more enhancements
New Dashboard
The new Troopr web Dashboard page will be the default landing page. Other than the personal reports which you could always configure here, the new dashboard has shortcuts to important pages for managing your Check-ins, Jira account and more. Login to https://app.troopr.io and see for yourself.
Previous answer
Standup check-ins now include answers from the previous report at the time of answer and in the report
Late submission and update
Task Check-in - updated design to be glance friendly for longer reports
Fixes & enhancements
Troopr now handles cases when app is accessed from a Grid member workspace where it is not installed. More Grid workspace bugs resolved.
Billing module now handles payment failures with support for self service resolution options
Checkin : Users removed from Slack workspace are removed from all Check-ins
Slack app dashboard (apphome) now shows last refresh time
Insight report member selection in filter is now faster
The person who installed Troopr is the Troopr workspace administrator by default. Now you can add more administrators using Troopr workspace administration feature. Add any member of the workspace as administrator. Read more about workspace administrator privileges here.
Check-in administration
The new Check-in administration management allows one or more users to be Check-in administrators. Check-in administrators can manage Check-in including adding and/or removing other Check-in admins. Read more about it here
Checkins late submission
Checkins late submission can now be disabled. Read more about it here.
Fixes & enhancements
Engagement and Mood score included in Check-in Slack report summary message
Dismiss button now shows up in almost all messages from Troopr
Checkin new scheduling options now available in web app as well
Users without Jira account mapping are also shown in Task Check-in participant list
Checkin insight now shows values rounded to firs decimal point
Retro Check-in webapp report now support Jira issue mentions like in Standup Check-ins