What’s new?

Date: instantly available In this webinar we share the new possibilities in the Fortes Change Cloud release of fall 2024. Marco Efftink shows the new capabilities and explains how and when to use them. Watch this webinar using the button below.

As of this version of Fortes Change Cloud, the Strategic Themes section in the portfolio app has been renamed to Objectives. This also allows for improved integration with the strategy app.

As of version 18, the Fortes Change Cloud application now offers models for setting up and using the Agile Program module. This new functionality makes it easier to manage and coordinate Agile programs, allowing teams to collaborate more efficiently and respond more...

As of Fortes Change Cloud version 18.10, it is also possible to specify a start date when starting a project. If there is a base schedule included in the project model that is selected, then this schedule will be moved to the specified project start date.

As of version 18, it is also possible to use the multi-select fields in filters and slicers in the dashboards on the Insights module and the dashboards in the portfolios. Here, the values are no longer existing as the existing combined values, but are presented in a...

In this version, it has been made possible to copy new dashboards in the Insights app from an existing dashboard. This selection is optional. If nothing is selected here, the new dashboard will be created with the default template.          ...

In agile programs, the filter options provided can be used in several places. These filters can be used to set up a temporary quick filter or save it to a view for quick application via the drop-down menu. In this version, new options for filtering on agile programs...

OAuth (Open Authorization) is a security protocol that allows a person to delegate their access rights to a resource. This is used when connecting between the Fortes Change Cloud and Jira. The latest version (OAuth 2.0) is now supported in the Fortes Change Cloud. As...

By adding OData as a data exchange protocol, it has now become very easy to access data (e.g., data from a specific portfolio) towards reporting tools outside the Fortes Change Cloud. We chose OData because this widely used open standard provides a unified way to...

Strategic financial management in portfolio and project management is a process by which financial resources are allocated to projects oa. based on their strategic value. The goal is to optimize the organization's financial resources and achieve its strategic...

Power BI is a powerful data analysis and visualization tool that can be used to visualize portfolio performance and risk. It can help create portfolio reporting dashboards that can be shared with your team, management or customers. That's why we are adding Power BI to...

Strategic themes are used in portfolios to define distinctive organizational objectives. Linking these themes to the various initiatives in a portfolio creates an additional layer on which to steer. Insights such as "cost per theme," "capacity needed per theme," or...

The Fortes Change Cloud provides support for SAFe. This has been expanded to include the ability to plan a roadmap. This new functionality comes on top of the already existing PI (Planning Interval) scheduling. This allows planning at all the usual SAFe levels:...

The change history of Portfolio items and Plan items (Features, Actions, Gantt chart plan items) is retained. Looking into the new Changes History of an agile program quickly answers the following questions: 'When was this item moved to the next step' and 'who did...

In various places in the Fortes Change Cloud, information can be entered into screens (also called canvases): e.g., a map of a portfolio item. Those input screens can consist of fields, but also more advanced objects such as lists: e.g., risk list. It is now possible...