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Urban Turtle 3.0 was designed with the idea that the user should be free to use any process template he sees fit. In order to shield us from the details of each template, we are introducing what we call configuration mapping files that sit between Urban Turtle and the process template. And since different projects can use different templates, we needed a way to specify which mapping file should be used by each project.

To specify the mapping file for your project, launch Team Web Access, choose your project and open the Planning Board. In the iteration panel to the left, you will find the project iteration box now sports an icon with a hammer on it. This is the shortcut to the configuration page.

Click on it to get to the configuration page. From there, all you have to do is select the mapping file to use and click Apply. A validation process helps you determine which mapping files are compatible with your project’s template so that you run into errors when accessing Urban Turtle’s boards.

- Louis

Our apologies. The registration form for the Webinar scheduled on May 12th is not ready. If you are interested in participating, please send us an email at urbanturtle@pyxis-tech.com. We will contact you with the registration form as soon as it is available. In the meantime, please visit our new website www.urbanturtle.com to get more information on Urban Turtle 3.0 Release Candidate which was made available today.
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The Urban Turtle team is proud to finally present the release candidate of our Agile Project Management extension to Team Web Access 2010: Urban Turtle 3.0. This new version sports a brand new look, a streamlined user interface and full support for Team Foundation Server 2010. Make sure to download it and request a free 30-day trial, you’ll find that you can’t do Agile in TFS 2010 without Urban Turtle.

In the last few months, we’ve spent quite some time working on our template support. Out of the box, Urban Turtle supports the MSF Agile 5.0 process template. We’re actually quite proud to introduce what we think is the first and only 3-column task board to work with MSF Agile 5.0 without any modifications.

But what’s even better is that we support virtually any process template through an xml mapping file. We already provide one such file to support MSF Agile 5.0, but new ones can be added to support your own template.

We’re aiming to sim-ship alongside Team Foundation Server 2010 which has just been made available, meaning the RTM version should be ready before the end of the month. Right now, the release candidate has only been tested with TFS 2010 RC. We recommend using Microsoft’s virtual machine to try Urban Turtle 3.0 RC.

We hope you enjoy this latest release, and please do provide some feedback so that we make the turtle even better!

- Louis Pellerin