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Notable features and fixes for each major or minor version of AppLife DNA.

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AppLife DNA Version 3.0

Released January 31st, 2012

Please visit the AppLife DNA home page for product details.

Changes in version 3.0

Online Review Service
Publish requirements documents to the new AppLife DNA Online Review Service. Invite up to 20 stakeholders to participate in a collaborative online review. Short duration review sessions get valuable and necessary stakeholder feedback quickly, shortening requirements iterations and helping to producing better requirements artifacts.
User Interface Mockup Designer
Create and insert user interface screen mockups directly into Sections. The new Mockup designer provides a full-featured workspace to communicate user interface ideas and iteratively modify them based on stakeholder feedback.
Add Diagrams to Sections
Create and insert flowcharts and diagrams directly into Sections. Diagrams help communicate requirements details and can now be quickly and easily inserted into your requirements content.
Replaced Text Editor
The text editor used within AppLife DNA has been replaced with a more modern and feature-full component, capable of supporting Mockups and Diagrams.
Many Stability and Usability Improvements

AppLife DNA Version 2.0

Released February 4th, 2011

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Changes in version 2.0

Simplified Requirements Model
The Version entity has been removed, along with section inheritance based on versions. This simplifies how requirements are defined, and how documentation is generated in AppLife DNA, making the process significantly more intuitive.
Project Explorer Panel
The new project explorer panel provides easy access to project sections, requirement categories, and snapshots.
Improved Application Usability
Individual views have been replaced with a multi-document tabbed interface. This enables multiple sections and requirements grids to be open and editable at the same time, making requirements analysis easier.
Re-organized Commands for Intuitive Operation
Document generation commands have been re-organized in dialogs. This makes the application ribbon simpler and the user experience in generating documentation more intuitive.
Comparison Requirements Report
The Requirements Report can now be compared with project snapshots and changes made since the snapshot was taken are marked up in the report. New requirements are adorned, and removed requirements identified.
Merge Related Content
Defined requirements and related section links in child sections can be merged with a parent section, enabling a single insertion into a generated document for an indented branch of sections.
Improved Page Break Control
A section can be configured to always start on its own page. This is easier to configure and control than inserting page breaks directly into section content.
Replacement Insertions
Replacement fields can be placed within sections to insert project-specific information into documentation as AppLife DNA generates specifications. Replacement insertions enhance generated documentation customization abilities, ensuring all generated content can be localized, or made to conform to organization standards.
Customizable Text Values
Text content inserted during documentation generation can be customized. This allows for localized documentation, and documentation that conforms to organizational terminology.
Print Requirements Grids
Requirement grids are now printable.

AppLife DNA Version 1.1

Released December 1st, 2009

Version 1.1 adds the following features.

New Split Category - Requirements View
The new split category view improves requirement management by providing requirements navigation through-drill down style category organization. This new view enhances the current in-line view and provides yet another way to analyze project requirements.
Categorized Requirements Dashboard
For any category hierarchy level, view the current requirements analysis progress, at a project scope or iteration scope. See instantly what percentage of requirements have been completely analyzed, where the high priority requirements are, and how much effort is yet to be done.
Drag Drop Requirements Management
The AppLife DNA Requirement Views are now completely drag-drop enabled, making requirement manipulation activities easier and more intuitive.
Drag Drop Section Organization
The Specification Section pane is now drag-drop enabled, making the reordering of Sections easier and more intuitive.
Improved Document Table Content Change Comparison Mark-up
Comparison Spec mark up of sections that include document tables with changes is now improved.
New Adornments to Images in a Comparison Spec
Images that are new or removed between compared iterations are now adorned with a borders to indicate their difference from the baseline.
New Structured Numbering Spec Generation Option
Specification Generation now supports adding structured numbers to the generated document based on Section content styles.
Easily Identify Incomplete Requirements in Requirements Views
Requirements not yet marked as completed can be highlighted for easy identification within all Requirement Views.
Export Requirements to Excel
Group & Filter Requirement Views can now be exported into a Microsoft Excel workbook.
Enhanced Specification Authoring Aids
Requirements information can be easily accessed while authoring Sections by hovering over items in the Section Requirements pane.
Enhanced Requirement Versioning Aids
A new option to automatically version all new requirements to the working version has been added. A new feature has been added to control the versioning of new requirements being added to a Requirement view that is filtered by version.
Improved Requirements View Behaviors
Requirements views now scroll cleaner and are easier to view. New category expand/collapse behaviors make navigating requirement views easier.
Hide Shipped Versions
Versions that have been completed and shipped can now be hidden from the project Roadmap.

AppLife DNA Version 1.0.2

Released June 10th, 2009

Please visit the AppLife DNA home page for product details.

Version 1.0.2 adds the following features.

Saved Group & Filter Views
Organize and save custom requirement grid configurations. Easily switch between saved views.
Enhancements to Comparison Spec Change Markup
Many improvements have been made to improve mark up and readability of comparison specifications.
Improvements to Requirements Search
Full text searches include the use of the OR operator, quoted phrases, an exclusion operator, and stop words.
Jump To Requirement ID
Navigate to a known requirement ID quickly.
Improved Filtered Grid Behavior
A requirement dialog is now presented while creating a new requirement that would be filtered from the current grid view.
Import from SharePoint Lists
Requirements can be imported from a Microsoft SharePoint server.
Import from Fogbugz Projects
Requirements can be imported from a Fog Creek Fogbugz server.
Rename Snapshots
Rename snapshots from the snapshot management dialog.
Override Default Document Titles
Change the titles of generated documents from the project properties dialog.
Auto Generated Snapshot Name added to Cover Page
When snapshots are automatically created upon generating a specification, the name is now on the specification cover page for later reference.
Suppress Unnecessary Auto-Generated Snapshots
Auto-Generated snapshots are no longer created if the specification has not been modified.
Start in the Group & Filter View
Application preference to start in the Group & Filter view upon startup.

AppLife DNA Version 1.0

Released April 17th, 2009

Please visit the AppLife DNA home page for product details.

Version 1.0 adds the following features to the preview release along with corrections to reported issues.

Requirement Importers
Import requirements into AppLife DNA from delimited text files and Microsoft Excel. Imports can be configured to honor source identity columns which allows for repeated imports from source files without duplicating previously imported requirements.
Auto-Save
AppLife DNA projects auto-save every five minutes (by default), protecting you from work loss in the event an unexpected software or computer glitch.
Efficient Image Storage
Images are stored in the project file only once, regardless of the number of versions and snapshots that are added. This prevents unnecessary project file size bloat.

AppLife DNA Preview Released

Released March 2nd, 2009

We are proud to release AppLife DNA. This initial release includes all of the features necessary to start iteratively authoring software specifications. Please visit the AppLife DNA home page for product details.

"With AppLife DNA, we have drastically improved our specification processes. Using snapshots and comparisons we can talk about just the changes that were made since our last review. This software has made a positive impact in a very short period of time. Good Job!"