After a positive response last month to our new user interface, we took further steps to integrate the FLAT look with other user experience parts of TeamPort.  Users will see more consistent use of the accent color (configured in Styles at log in) across menus, tabs, toolbars, tables, and matrices.

While we were at it, we compiled and tested the platform with the newest Java 17 and JavaFX17.

• Updated and compiled with Java 17 and JavaFX 17
• Refinements to flat Look and Feel, including consistent use of shading and accent hues across tables and matrices

​Please enjoy the new release!

As we wrap up a great year with several strong releases, the new version 4.3 includes a flat look at feel that will be common across all operating systems.  We've also strengthened security and made installation a little easier with code-signing on both Windows and MacOS versions.

The HELP content, which has been refined and increased, has been removed from the local folder of the Designer software and instead available as a link from within TeamPort and on the web. This change reduces the installer by at least 10 MB.

We are also announcing the release of TeamPort versions for aarch64 processors, including Apple's M1. That means that team members using up to six different computer operating systems will share a common TeamPort experience.

• New Flat look and feel, consistent across Windows, MacOS, and Linux
• New – installer for MacOS (M1 processor) and Linux aarch64
• HELP content moved from local installed folder to online location, reducing the installer size by 10MB

• Code-signing for both Windows and MacOS applications

At GPD we're keeping at it, and perhaps inspired by the pandemic, we've focused in this release on model health.  As organizations adopt model-based projects and analytics, the abilities to build, validate, and curate models are essential.  We are pleased to share a new platform capability, model health check:

• New: TeamPort Health Check – provides a list of model inconsistencies and missing elements required for simulation, tagged to specific parts of the project model for easier attention. Automatically triggered when running a simulation.

We've also enhanced a few things along the way.

• Chat window visual upgrades to match style, language and highlights user more clearly
• Added catch of rare exception when multiple users cause breakdown tree structure to become inconsistent
• Menus and items reorganized for clarity:  Debug added to Help menu, new icons added to several items
• Server:  automatic detection of previous database versions and update

The GPD team has done it again; a great new release for a new spring season.  This release adds a few features that place the user in control, with customization of the project sketch, access to multiple server side database, and client side editing of username to go along with the password self-management added last year. We continue to put in places a new teamwork analytics layer that will be the emphasis of V5.  We also tackled a long standing issue with how mutual dependencies leading to very small stochastic starts of activities would appear on a Gantt chart. (no more!)  Here are some of the updates:

• New: a Designer client menu item can be enabled to allow user to select amongst multiple databases on the server side
• New: change username from Designer client
• New: Teamwork instrumentation layer added with fingerprints
• Enhanced: Mutual dependencies better show the expected start of the activities even if very small (stochastic) progress.  Most evident on Gantt charts start milestones.
• New: Auto arrange, Explode, and Rotate buttons/ sliders in toolbar when selecting on Architecture Sketch View
• New: Selection menu with auto arrange, explode and rotation items.

Our sixth release of TeamPort this year, building on the new fourth generation for the platform. In addition to some library upgrades under the hood, we've fixed and enhanced a few things in the user experience.

• Removed warning in text replace that “cannot be undone”. Yes it can!
• Architecture Views now have double click on icon label to edit name directly.
• Upgraded rendering of text and lines to take advantage of new methods available on different operating systems.
• Increased the default font size in sketch

At GPD, we are committed to crafting easy to use, collaborative, visual software for rapid modeling, simulation, and design of complex projects. We thank our customers for the feedback and ongoing shared journey to pioneer the next generation of projects and teamwork.

As we head into fall, a new minor release of TeamPort, including:

• Indication of complexity % and nominal communication demand (hrs) in Activity Detail Pane Complexity Slider
• Designer Three Column View now fully localized, Japanese implemented.
• Designer Matrix View now fully localized, Japanese implemented.
• Design Walk application now fully localized, Japanese implemented.

Current users will be prompted when starting Designer to automatically download and update.

Listening to our dedicated customers, GPD has released the next view of the TeamPort platform, leader in model-based project management and analytics, has been updated.

• Improved server re-start speed and robustness to enhance maintenance and reduce interruption to users
• Fixed sorting in Design Walk table, including as new forecasts are added
• Several additional topics in the HELP menu
• Fixed bug in default currency settings when importing an older project model version
• Improved antialiasing and rendering in Forecast
• Travel cost defaults updated to reflect recent price patterns. Fixed bug in instant update of this table across multiple clients
• Team contract key added for PDQA to team, activity, and matrix views
• Added dependency feasibility check and written indicator in dependency detail pane

Spring is here in the Northern hemisphere, and a new release of TeamPort has sprouted. Building on the new architecture and enhancements of the platform for the fourth generation, released earlier this year, we are happy to share some cool new features and fixes:

• New: rotate selected elements in architecture sketch View
• Architecture AutoLayout views (PBS, WBS, OBS) streamlined for speed and better layout

• Improved responsiveness to name field changes in Architecture Views
• Detects and repairs PBS corruption caused by large latency simultaneous editing
• Template insert correctly places Location the world map x and y
• Locale language setting in password dialogue improved
• Timelines in Forecast detail panes now show more granularity, with as little as 1% per period on Y axis
• Best Practice topics added to HELP content
• Simulator: travel costs in simulator correctly calculate outbound and return trip costs
• Server:  memory limits increased from defaults to handle more and complex simulations

We don't often get the chance to release our software on leap day, but as our cadence of enhancements to our fourth generation platform, we didn't want to wait until March!

This release 4.0.2 includes

• Refinement of the new application, Design Walk,  overall layout  based on user feedback
• Bug fixes: persistence of travel times and costs to database, deletion of contracts in Architecture View, and removal of double listeners on team detail pane
• Preview release of fingerprints, a new teamwork analytics function that allows teams to step back and view their performance during project modeling workshops.  We'll see much more of teamwork analytics in future releases (and especially in TeamPort 5) / These preview and user activity oriented analytics are grounded with opt-in settings on client side.

With release 4.0.1, our incredible team is proud to share the next generation platform for model-based project design with a larger audience.
What's in 4.0.1:

• Formal release of Version 4, available to all GPD customers
• Significant refactoring of code to improve performance and reduce bugs identified in the preview release
• SYNC and REPORT -- for automated interchange with project models, forecasts, and spreadsheets -- updated

Along with the new application Design Walk, new Views and enhancements, the GPD team has also streamlined the fulfillment and Getting Started process.  New Getting started videos for Install and Overview created and added to a dedicated YouTube channel. HELP,  Job Aids, and Basic and Advanced tutorial updates.  Check out some of these at https://teamport.com/support 

We are also collaborating with leading universities around the world to offer full semester courses, short courses, workshops, and attractive educational license

GPD is very excited to announce the release of our fourth generation TeamPort platform.  We've worked hard to listen to our customers, update our technology  and architecture for extensibility in the coming years, and continue to innovate as the pioneer for model-based project management.
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This release is a preview release for our premier customers, including a new application for the platform, a new View in Designer, and other important enhancements.

• New: Design Walk application - tradespace views to compare multiple project models and forecasts
• New: Three Column View, to easily navigate the product, work, and organization structures
• New: Transaction change logs for improved undo and model comparison
• Enhanced: Matrix views now have zoom, auto-angled column headers, and copy view to clipboard
• Streamlined: Java no longer required on a user system. We still develop in Java and JavaFX, yet provide the modules needed as embedded in our application, imrpoving ease of installation and security.
• DB Transition: from mySQL to MariaDB, consistent with our commitment to standards based open source software.
• Database engine  updated for improved resilience and performance

​... and many more.

The tradition continues in bringing regular updates which improve speed, usability, and new visualization during  model-building and simulation of complex projects.

This release makes some important architectural upgrades under the hood as we quietly prepare for the major Version 4 release expected next year, while at the same time adding features for user account self-management and increase in consistency check of models during multi-user project editing.

The Teamwork Platform has been updated with release 3.9.2, one of a few final releases before the exciting major release.
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With 3.9.2, GPD has refined animations and navigation, allowing seamless exploration of project models in Designer with simple click or touch.  The simulator has been further optimized and prepared for some architectural changes (coming soon!).  The whole platform has been compiled and tested in Java 8.  Several new views and a new application are integrated, but we'll save the major announcement of those to our next release :) Installation has been made easier and more secure, allowing a quick start on Windows, MacOS, and Linux in just minutes.