New in Mingle 2.0

Mingle 2.0, a major new release, raises the bar on global collaboration and management of complex projects.

Introducing Card Trees: Branch Out. Drill Down. Roll Up.

Use this groundbreaking new feature to get a broad, overall view of the project ("The Forest"), and also dive down into details when necessary. Visually demonstrate to team members how requirements are structured and decomposed, and handle complex projects easily.

Video: Mingle 2.0 Card Trees | Blog Post: "Forest for the Trees"

Mingle Product Manager, Adam Monago, talks about Mingle 2.0 in an interview with Agile Journal:

Top 10 New Features in Mingle 2.0:

Project Planning and Collaboration:

Get the complete card and task hierarchy of the entire project, at a single glance, with Card Trees^TM. Break down your most complex features into their component stories.

Task relationships at a glance. Video: Mingle 2.0 Card Trees

Maintain hierarchical relationships between all card types including stories, defects and tasks with Parent-Child Card Relationships Using Card Trees. Access these relationships as properties in cards, filters and reports.
Create custom status reports for iterations and releases. Define what is special about your planning periods and use cards to create living, breathing status reports for all of the work they represent.

Metrics and Management:

Use Formula Properties to define metrics on your cards, which are immediately updated when any of their components change.
Use Mingle 2.0's Aggregate Properties to determine roll-up metrics based on hierarchies. Make quick decisions with immediate access to high level overviews.

Aggregates to roll up metrics. Video: Card Trees

Report across multiple projects that you manage. Get real-time visibility at any level of detail (program, project, requirement or even team member). No more juggling spreadsheets while working on multiple projects.

Complete and accurate picture on project progress in real time

Create a burn-down chart across an entire program of work, using data from multiple projects.

Team Productivity and Workflow:

Tune your project and process to your team’s rhythm. With Custom Card Layouts you can arrange the layout of properties according to an order that is most suited to your team’s requirements.
Utilize Mingle 2.0’s improved page management tools and toolbars that make navigating your team’s project wiki, a snap.

Quick access to crucial project information

Allow content stored on Wiki pages like status reports and project contact lists to be accessible via tabs.
Insert dashboard panels, charts and formulas with a single click.

Easy Integration with your Existing Infrastructure:

Mingle 2.0 also introduces APIs and provides plug-ins and tools to integrate Mingle with your existing systems with minimal effort. Leverage RESTful API to interact with Mingle over the web and integrate data housed in Mingle with other applications.
Write your own plug-in to integrate your favorite SCMs with Mingle and utilize its source browsing and indexing functionality.

Mingle 2.0 is available for download now.

Detailed list of Mingle 2.0 features and benefits.