Mingle Features & Benefits - ThoughtWorks Studios

Features & Benefits

Mingle adapts to the way your project team works. Developers, Testers and Business Experts use Mingle as part of their daily work. As a result, it holds accurate and real-time data enabling the team and Management to see and handle risks in time.

Mingle's groundbreaking interface helps teams visually handle project complexity, enabling them to spend time working together, rather than crunching data.

Value Proposition | Datasheet (PDF)

Project Collaboration

Card Wall Track cards representing their user stories, defects, tasks, risks/issues, etc. Drag and drop cards to prioritize or do team member assignment.

Integrated Wiki Develop rich requirements documentation, including supporting attachments. And then collaborate with team members.

Customizable Properties Set up your project exactly as you work, with attributes like "Owner" and "Development Complete". Define and track attributes across cards, which can be rolled up to report on the parent card.

Dashboards Get clear visibility on project status, with a trove of reports.

Project and Program Management

Card Trees ^TM^{[ New in R2.0 ]} Conduct Release and Iteration planning activities using a virtual Card Tree. Break-down complex requirements into simpler component stories. Maintain parent-child card relationships with Card Trees. (Video: Mingle 2.0 Card Trees)
New in R2.0

Real-time Reports Generate real time, out-of-the-box reports to track project progress. Leverage powerful reporting tools to report across multiple projects that you manage.

Project Variables ^{[ New in R2.0 ]} Define constants relative to your own project. Reuse dashboard reports and transitions that reference common attributes in your project. New in R2.0

RSS and Email Alerts Stay up-to-date with project updates. Get alerts about bugs and defects.

Project History See how a project artifact (such as a card) has changed over the course of the project.

Transitions Progress cards through the development life cycle. Ensure that your development process is adhered to.

Seamless MS-Excel Import/Export Get started quickly by importing legacy project data and defects. Export data to Excel to use features like macros.

Built-in Templates Jumpstart your project by using templates developed by ThoughtWorks and honed on our own delivery engagements.

Technology

SCM Plug-in Architecture Write plug-ins for your favorite SCM product to interact with Mingle and utilize its source browsing and indexing functionality.

RESTful APIs ^{[ New in R2.0 ]} Leverage the REST programming model to interact with Mingle over the Web and integrate data housed in Mingle with other applications. New in R2.0

Built on Ruby-on-Rails Reduced turnaround time for new features.

Browser-based (Mac, Windows, Unix) Work using the industry's best user interface.

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Project Collaboration
Card Wall	Track cards representing their user stories, defects, tasks, risks/issues, etc. Drag and drop cards to prioritize or do team member assignment.
Integrated Wiki	Develop rich requirements documentation, including supporting attachments. And then collaborate with team members.
Customizable Properties	Set up your project exactly as you work, with attributes like "Owner" and "Development Complete". Define and track attributes across cards, which can be rolled up to report on the parent card.
Dashboards	Get clear visibility on project status, with a trove of reports.
Project and Program Management
Card Trees ^TM^{[ New in R2.0 ]}	Conduct Release and Iteration planning activities using a virtual Card Tree. Break-down complex requirements into simpler component stories. Maintain parent-child card relationships with Card Trees. (Video: Mingle 2.0 Card Trees) New in R2.0
Real-time Reports	Generate real time, out-of-the-box reports to track project progress. Leverage powerful reporting tools to report across multiple projects that you manage.
Project Variables ^{[ New in R2.0 ]}	Define constants relative to your own project. Reuse dashboard reports and transitions that reference common attributes in your project. New in R2.0
RSS and Email Alerts	Stay up-to-date with project updates. Get alerts about bugs and defects.
Project History	See how a project artifact (such as a card) has changed over the course of the project.
Transitions	Progress cards through the development life cycle. Ensure that your development process is adhered to.
Seamless MS-Excel Import/Export	Get started quickly by importing legacy project data and defects. Export data to Excel to use features like macros.
Built-in Templates	Jumpstart your project by using templates developed by ThoughtWorks and honed on our own delivery engagements.
Technology
SCM Plug-in Architecture	Write plug-ins for your favorite SCM product to interact with Mingle and utilize its source browsing and indexing functionality.
RESTful APIs ^{[ New in R2.0 ]}	Leverage the REST programming model to interact with Mingle over the Web and integrate data housed in Mingle with other applications. New in R2.0
Built on Ruby-on-Rails	Reduced turnaround time for new features.
Browser-based (Mac, Windows, Unix)	Work using the industry's best user interface.