Besides new functionality, the commercial version of TX Chrono, a TFS timesheet application, will have a trial period to provide insight into how project managers and developers can solve time reporting limitations of Microsoft Visual Studio and Team Foundation Server.
August 21, 2008, Chicopee, MA TeamExpand, a developer of products complimentary to Microsoft Visual Studio Team System (VSTS), today announced the commercial version of its TX Chrono, a timesheet tracking application targeted at software development organizations standardizing on the Visual Studio .NET environment. Besides a number of bug fixes, the commercial version of TX Chrono features new workflow functionality and complete TSF compatibility to make software development activities more visible and predictable. A trial version of the product will also be available for free download.
Automated time tracking with TFS timesheet
Traditionally, VSTS/TFS users suffered from a lack of timesheet reporting capabilities, said Andrei Yurkevich, CTO of TeamExpand. TX Chrono expands the time reporting limitations of the system, helping team members easily submit their time reports and enabling project managers to take control over employee activities, which results in increased productivity and accelerated release cycles.
Allowing project managers and team members to submit, approve, and analyze timesheets, the Web-based TFS timesheet application also provides a set of notification and reporting capabilities that TFS lacks. This automates time reporting and the analyzing process, and brings visibility across all project-related activities, giving team leaders the amount of control over the project necessary to ensure the teams success. The Aberdeen Group reports 88 percent of organizations that achieved Best-in-Class status have already partially or fully automated their time and attendance data collection.
TX Chrono features:
Web-based timesheet submission and approval Individual and non-standard schedules Non-standard working hours per day or per week Separate billable and non-billable tasks Custom timetables Pre-build and advanced reporting Automated notifications and alerts on projects, individuals, and activities
Related Web Demos
http://teamexpand.com/product/tx-chrono/web-demos
Pricing
The TX Chrono license is priced at $15, per seat, per month. A 30-day fully functional free trial version of TX Chrono is available at http://teamexpand.com/product/tx-chrono.
About Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS)
Team Foundation Server (TFS) is a set of development tools for source control, data collection, reporting, and project tracking, designed for collaborative software development projects. It is available either as a stand-alone software package or as the server side backend platform for Microsoft Visual Studio Team System (VSTS). For more information: msdn.microsoft.com/teamsystem.
About TeamExpand
TeamExpand develops products complimentary to Microsoft Visual Studio Team System (VSTS) and provides specialized application life-cycle management (ALM) services to software organizations standardizing on Microsoft Visual Studio and Microsoft .NET. TeamExpand services include VSTS customization, automation, process guidance, support, training, and consulting. Headquartered in Western Massachusetts, TeamExpand operates a development center in Minsk, Belarus. For more information on TeamExpand, please visit www.teamexpand.com.
