Feb 23 2022 01:49 AM - edited Feb 23 2022 05:35 AM
Hello,
I had to change our Project management to MS Planner recently, and I have to say, that I am incredibly astonished about the poorness of the user interface and functionality. It seems, that the most basic functionality is not supported and makes working with MS Planner a real pain. Even worse: A lot of collaboration features are not working or missing, which leads to frequent misunderstandings in our project team and makes people miss our on important task updates and information.
I would really like to know, if others are experiencing the same issues, and if Microsoft is planning to resolve them anytime soon. Some of them have been around for more than 3 years now, as my research showed.
Here is my list:
Notifications:
Notifications are undoubted one of the most important features in a collaboration tool. They don't work in MS Teams:
Comments
Comments are a super important feature for any Task. They document the progress and are THE collaboration feature on tasks.
Batch Editing Tasks:
There is no way to move or edit multiple tasks at once / in batch, only in "List" view. Complete catastrophe for any efficient Task management. Why can this not be done in any view?
Tasks are always sorted alphabetically
The only place, where tasks can be sorted manually, is the "bucket". An alphabetic order does not make sense in a Task manager. I want to sort my tasks in a working order.
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Performance
Very poor Mobile Experience in the App.
no widgets, ugly user interface, missing out on many features, unfit for on-the-go mobile usage.
Resumé:
I believe I am not the only one, being very unsatisfied with MS Planner. Especially Notifications should really be a complete standard nowadays, and are nothing that has to be "invented".
Please Microsoft: get the basics right! Currently planner is unusable for efficient collaboration in teams. I assume anyone using it, has been trapped in the same place as me: The organization is using MS teams, so the planner is now MS Planner. I am sorry, but I cannot imagine, that anyone decided for MS Planner when there was the option to chose any other P Tool freely. For me, MS Planner is obviously on the lower end of the ranking of available PM Tools.
Paul
Apr 21 2022 08:06 AM
@paulhoepnerAgreed with every word! Where are the updates? Also need "read-only" permissions.
Apr 23 2022 06:02 AM
@paulhoepner I have to agree with everything you say!
Regrettably, Microsoft excel themselves when it comes to missing out on basic functions!