Assigning individual checklist tasks?

[Mark Hulett]

Will we get the functionality to assign subtasks (checklist items) to specific people? It gets confusing when you have to assign multiple people to a task and when each person is done with their part they just unassign the task. Would be better if we could assign subtasks to individual people or persons

[#2]

Thanks for posting the question!
Mark, there is no update on assigning individual checklist tasks. As a workaround to assigning multiple people and they un-assign when their part is done, could there be individual tasks be created, and each task has their own owner? I understand this is not ideal and it's not exactly what you're looking for, we'd appreciate if you can provide an example to help us understand why you prefer to use sub-tasks to group the tasks.

[#3]

Hi @Si Meng,
One example for me is I am a Mgr of Mgrs, so frequently I will assign the same task to all 9 of the Dir's on my team. I used to do the method above but to copy and create 9 separate tasks for each time I do this (which is often) became too much and then soon we have alot of tasks in our planner. I know this is a big problem for many that use Planner so they either need to build in less productive work arounds as you mention or use another product.

Another example - in our operational teams we will define the main task at the top but might have 5-10 items on the checklist. We have to label them with putting the assigned persons name in the checklist title for each item. They complete the checklist item, and then unassign the overall task so they don't get reminders or late notices.

[#4]

Very detailed explanation. Thank you so much for letting us hear your scenario. This is definitely something the team is thinking about! We'll take the ask back and keep our users posted on the progress.

[#5]

@Si Meng Any news about this one? To have ten entries in the list without an option to assign it individually will force us to create 5 tasks with 2 options. This let us assign it to a particular person, but it is is still impossible to see if the overall progress.

[#6]

@Si Meng Any updates on this?

[#7]

Any updates here? I used Trello in a former job and really enjoyed the fact that you could both assign sub-tasks and also assign sub-task due-dates to keep yourself and your team on track. Would really love to see this in Planner!

[#8]

Any updates here? We would like the checklist items within Planner to be able to assign to a specific person per checklist item/subtask for the purposes of on and offboarding checklist tasks for a single employee. It does not make sense to have separate tasks for each because then it is tricky to see the progress of the on/offboarding tasks required by IT overall status for one employee.

[#9]

Voicing my support for this feature also. It would be very useful to have dates and assignees added to individual checklist items.