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RobOK
Bronze Contributor
Jan 26, 2017
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Planner feature progress?

I was very excited to see a "light" project management tool from Microsoft and I like that they are pushing out minimal products. I have to say that I was hoping for faster product evolution. I don't...
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  • Dave Heller's avatar
    Dave Heller
    Feb 02, 2017

    Thank you everyone for your feedback and interest!

     

    I can reassure you that we hear your feedback and are actively working to develop and ship features that you have mentioned here and on UserVoice. We are also working on making Planner a more beautiful and seamless experience across O365 workloads.

     

    I am presenting the latest developments for Planner and the updated roadmap at Ignite Australia on February 15, and the session content will be publically available shortly thereafter. Please continue to give feedback here and UserVoice, as I promise you we all see it!

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Alex Henry
Copper Contributor
Jan 30, 2017

Planner's slow progress as a product is definitly concerning. There is a ton of potentail that's simply not being reached and I'm wondering if Microsoft is simply not putting enough resources behind it at this time.

 

  • Why can't I archive cards, lists or boards yet? Only being able to permanently delete content is a good way to ensure a product never gets adopted 
  • Still limited to one checklist per card
  • Should be allowed to assign more than one person to a card when necessary
  • Additonal controls of Plan themes and boards would be nice to have
  • More mobile support

 

  • Stephan Swinford's avatar
    Stephan Swinford
    Steel Contributor
    Jan 31, 2017
    Alex Henry wrote:

    Planner's slow progress as a product is definitly concerning. There is a ton of potentail that's simply not being reached and I'm wondering if Microsoft is simply not putting enough resources behind it at this time.

     

    • Why can't I archive cards, lists or boards yet? Only being able to permanently delete content is a good way to ensure a product never gets adopted 
    • Still limited to one checklist per card
    • Should be allowed to assign more than one person to a card when necessary
    • Additonal controls of Plan themes and boards would be nice to have
    • More mobile support

     

    Shoot, they haven't even figured out notifications yet. You either have the choice of no notifications, or the firehose of subscribing to the Group and seeing everything.

     

    I'm guessing it's just a really small team, but to not even see small incremental changes...

    It's hard to support a product that appears to be dead.

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