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This summer we've been working on a completely redesigned AgileAgenda.com set of services that work with the AgileAgenda software. For some time, you've been able to share your schedule on the website and then let others view it. But when this new version comes out, targetted sometime in the September-October timeframe, you'll be able to do much more, such as:

• Invite members as either an Editor, Resource or Viewer to work on the schedule
  
• Have fully working 2-way sync between the AgileTracker and AgileAgenda
• Time tracking of resources working on a project
• OpenID support
  
• RSS Feeds of tasks

Today, I'm going to tell you a little about that last item. A large number of people are moving from a model where they go and and retrieve information, to a model where information is pushed to them automatically. RSS feeds play a big role in that model and many people actively use RSS readers on a daily basis. For those people, it makes sense for them to get their task lists in an application they already use (their rss reader) instead of in a custom application (such as the AgileTracker). Therefore, when you save a schedule to the new AgileAgenda.com services there will be a variety of feeds generated for it. These include:

• One for each resource
• One containing all the milestones in a project
• A per user feed that crosses multiple projects
• A feed containing all the tasks in a project

By subscribing to these in your favorite RSS reader, you'll be able to always have an up to date list of your tasks. From the feed there will be links to allow you to view the full details, mark the task as complete, or to record time spent.

If you don't like RSS, each feed is also available as an HTML page that you can view in a browser.

Of course the feeds are in addition to the AgileTracker and by no means is meant to replace it.




P.S. These new web services will allow us to implement the #1 customer requested feature -- Being able to manage resources across multiple projects. That support is being planned and will be available in a future release.