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TRICHORD drives project improvement at Gemba.
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Tokyo, Japan - Sep 11, 2007: Today, Change Vision, Inc,
a software visualization company, announced TRICHORD, an Agile Project Management tool
built on Eclipse to make software projects more productive, collaborative, and fun.
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TRICHORD helps project teams drive Kaizen*1 (constant improvement) at Gemba*2 (the workplace)
using Kanban*3 (ToDo cards). Change Vision, Inc has been providing developers and managers
with easy-to-use software tools which focus on "visualization" and are inspired by concepts of
Toyota Production System and Lean Software Development.
The name "TRICHORD" connotes the principles that inspire its functionality.
TRI refers to three viewpoints (Time, Task, and Team) and CHORD means harmony.
Its goal is not just to visualize status data in the projects. Kanban makes the data
visible as if it were written on tangible cards on a wall, so that everyone can see them
at a glance, understand them intuitively, and work collaboratively.
Thus Kanban makes tasks self-directing and facilitates work flow.
TRICHORD operates as a workcenter for sharing project status across the whole team,
providing the three levels of Kanban Boards - Feature Kanban (Release-Feature),
Story Kanban (Story-Iteration), and Task Kanban (Daily-Task).
A Feature Kanban is supported by a Parking Lot Chart, Story and Task Kanbans are supported by
Burndown Charts. In addition to them, Niko-Niko Calendar (Smiley Calendar) service shares
the team's mood and works as a simple "twitter"-like SNS communication center for the projects.
Pricing and Availability
TRICHORD is expected to ship worldwide on 11th of September at an estimated price of US$200
per 1 User License. To learn more about TRICHORD, please visit
http://trichord.change-vision.com/en/index.html.
About Change Vision, Inc.
A Tokyo-based independent software vender, Change Vision, Inc. provides tools that visualize both "systems" and "projects" combined with Agile software development consulting services. Our mission is to help teams innovate their software development by visualization.
For more information, visit http://www.change-vision.com/index_en.html.
Press Contacts:
Sales and Marketing Group
TEL : +81-3-3349-5255
Mail : 
Shinjuku-Mitsui Bldg. 34F, 2-1-1 Nishi-Shinjuku Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 163-0434 Japan
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*1: A systematic approach to continuous improvement of processes
*2: Japanese word for the actual workplace.
*3: A ticket that controls process flow in Toyota Production System.
Task Kanban
Feature Kanban
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