Making edits in the backlog just became even quicker. The new auto-save feature automatically saves changes for you without you needing to reach for a button or hitting Ctrl+S. Also we added two more fields Time Criticality and Value Area that are available by default in the Scrum and Agile templates.

Are you using the Personas extension? Great! Now Backlog Essentials displays your affected personas just like in the work item form. Editing personas in the Quick Edit panel is not supported just yet but you can click them to open persona details just as you would expect.

With this update we released one of many features around the topic of backlog prioritization. For now you can use your Business Value and Effort values to calculate a basic score. There will be more advanced scoreing features coming up. Stay tuned!

With this release the long awaited customization of available fields in the Quick Edit panel finally landed. Also long requested fields like Iteration Path, Priority and more are now available. If you don’t see them by default have a look in the settings page.