Microsoft Teams: Using Planner to stay organized

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Matt Soseman wrote:

How are you using Planner?

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@We're not. We gave it a try a few months ago, but the main issue we ran in to was the lack of notifications (or, if a poor soul subscribes to a Group, the firehose of email notifications). Most of my users are just now discovering how to collaborate outside of Outlook, but they still rely on email to organize their day and keep them aware of changes. In the example in the blog post you linked, the only reason that Adele Vance knew a task was assigned to her was because she was @ mentioned. We can't expect Plan creators to @ everyone for every task, and we can't expect everyone to visit Planner every day to check if they have tasks, especially if they aren't frequently given tasks.

When explaining the lack of notifications to my users, one said, and I quote, "that's dumb", and I don't disagree.