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The slow evolution of Planner compared to other Office 365 apps
Microsoft Planner added the ability to assign multiple people to a task. It’s a good step, but it’s the first new feature in nine months. That’s curious when you compare to the development cadence of...
Task management is really the one thing that is keeping Groups adoption from taking off in my organization. Being able to schedule and organize work between departments and projects is so critical to everything we do. Planner looks so good, it's so close, but it's just a couple of last little details that are holding us back. Namely notifications and mobile apps. That's really what's so frustrating to me. It's so close! But when I see things like email notifications and alert options having been "started" for over a year (!) with no tangible progress, it's a little disheartening.
- Agree in general, but I'm optimistic it is close. (but I also wonder if we've been spoiled by the rapid rate of changes in the other services).
I suspect alot of focus was redirected to make it work nicely with Teams as opposed to focusing on the service features over the past several months.
Our users are super excited about Planner (its way better than the SharePoint Tasks/Action Items we've been using for years), and they are actually hoping for Planner to become a "Personal Tool" as well instead of just a Group tool. Maybe one day...
