Release Notes
2025.1 - A Portfolio of New Features
This release marks a significant milestone in enhancing the flexibility and depth of our project and portfolio management tools. With new views, enhanced details access, and user status profiles, version 2025.1 is designed to streamline your management processes and provide deeper insights into your projects and portfolios. Migration ⚠️ To ensure a seamless transition to the new features and enhancements introduced in this release, it is required to perform the migration steps described in Post Update Activities: 2025.1.
2024.1.21 - Initiate and Innovate
Dive into our latest update which brings an array of powerful new features designed to streamline your project and portfolio management processes. From comprehensive overviews to enhanced financial planning tools, version 2024.1.21 enhances your ability to manage and review all aspects of your projects and initiatives. Migration ⚠️ To ensure a seamless transition to the new features and enhancements introduced in this release, it is required to perform the migration steps described in Post Update Activities: 2024.1.21.
2024.1.20 - Making Every Minute Count
This release marks a significant advancement in how time is managed within projects. With the introduction of time recording and time approval functionalities, as well as enhancements to user experience and integration capabilities, PPM Process Package continues to evolve to meet the dynamic needs of modern project environments. Migration ⚠️ To ensure a seamless transition to the new features and enhancements introduced in this release, it is required to perform the migration steps described in Post Update Activities: 2024.1.20.
2024.1.19 - A Checklist for Success
Dive into the latest enhancements of PPM Process Package that bring significant advancements in questionnaire management, task organization, and resource pools. Version 2024.1.19 introduces intuitive features that seamlessly integrate into your project management workflow, enhancing usability and efficiency. Features Overview Lists for Tasks and Checklist Items Task Overview: A new Task Overview has been added, featuring tabs for “My Tasks”, “Tasks in Substitution”, and “Favorites”. This structure enhances the visibility and management of personal and delegated tasks, ensuring users can easily track and prioritize their workflow. Checklist Item Overview: Manage your checklist items more efficiently with the new Checklist Item Overview. Similar to tasks, this feature includes tabs for “My Checklist Items”, “Checklist Items in Substitution”, and “Favorites”, offering a streamlined way to access and organize your checklist responsibilities. Resource Pool Management Full Support for Resource Pools: A new dedicated tile for Resource Pools has been added, allowing users to create, update, and delete resource pools. This functionality provides enhanced control over resource allocation and management, supporting more dynamic project staffing strategies. New PFCG Role for System Maintainers: In most scenarios, the average user does not have the need to define resource pools on their own. Therefore, this release introduces a new PFCG role /STX/SOL_PPP_MAINTAINER, which allows the respective user to see tiles meant for general system configuration and maintenance. As of this release, this new role only grants additional access to the new “Maintain Resource Pools” tile. In future releases, additional new tiles will follow. As always, our PFCG roles may be seen as an example and we recommend creating your own PFCG roles based on them. Overhauled Decision Points Redesigned Decision Points Interface: The header in the “Decision Points” tab on items has been completely overhauled to enhance usability. The new design is optimized for ease of use, particularly on mobile devices, making it more accessible and intuitive. Quality of Life Improvements in Project Structure Clear Severities: Manual and aggregated severities are now available within the Project Structure, providing greater flexibility and precision in managing project risks and priorities. Mark as Favorite: Tasks and Checklist Items can now be marked as favorites directly within the Project Structure. This addition causes them to appear in the “Favorites” tab in their respective newly introduced Overview, facilitating quick access to frequently used entries. Questionnaires for Items Intuitive User Interface: The interface for managing questionnaires is designed to be exceptionally user-friendly, providing a clear and easily navigable overview even when multiple questionnaires exist for a single item. This ensures a smooth and efficient user experience. Seamless Customizing Integration: Our questionnaires utilize existing PFM customizing settings directly from transaction SPRO / SIMG, eliminating the need for additional BRF+ customizing. This integration simplifies the setup and ongoing maintenance processes, aligning closely with standard PPM-PFM configurations. Bug Fixes We’ve been hard at work squashing bugs to make your PPP experience smoother. Here’s what we’ve fixed in this release:
2024.1.18 - Refined Resources
Dive into a transformative update with version 2024.1.18, where groundbreaking features meet substantial performance enhancements. This release pushes the boundaries of what’s possible in project management, providing dynamic new tools designed to supercharge your planning and execution processes. Get ready to experience unparalleled control and efficiency in managing your projects! Migration ⚠️ To ensure a seamless transition to the new features and enhancements introduced in this release, it is recommended to perform the migration steps described in Post Update Activities: 2024.1.18.
2024.1.17 - Strategic Staffing
This release introduces significant enhancements that further refine project management capabilities within PPP. From advanced staffing planning to new export functionalities and improved authorization checks, 2024.1.17 is designed to streamline project oversight and enhance data interchangeability. Migration ⚠️ To ensure a seamless transition to the new features and enhancements introduced in this release, it is recommended to perform the migration steps described in Post Update Activities: 2024.1.17.
2024.1.16 - Managing Manpower
This release brings a series of enhancements designed to provide a more comprehensive and intuitive management of resources and staffing, alongside several other user-driven updates that further refine functionality and usability. Migration ⚠️ To ensure a seamless transition to the new features and enhancements introduced in this release, it is required to perform the migration steps described in Post Update Activities: 2024.1.16. Features Resource Management Enhanced Resource Overview: Newly introduced “Resource Management” provides a detailed view of resource availability across multiple projects and roles with a modern look and feel, differentiating it from the classic PPM UI’s “Resource Overview”. Drill-Down Capabilities: Users can now view total, remaining availability, and assigned effort for each resource, with direct navigation options to the relevant project or role details. Read-Only Initial Release: Currently, the overview is read-only, with planned future updates to enable direct editing within the Resource Management interface. Staffing Management Comprehensive Staffing Overview: Similar to Resource Management, “Staffing Management” offers insights into project and role staffing and resource assignments, enhancing visibility and control over staffing logistics. Detail-Oriented Drill-Downs: Access detailed information including demand, remaining demand, and total assigned effort for each role, with clickable resources for further exploration. Initial Read-Only Access: This release introduces a read-only overview with future capabilities for editing staffing data directly in the interface. Change Documents on Roles Extended Change Tracking: Building on the recent introduction of Change Documents within the Project Structure, this feature is now also available for Roles, enhancing traceability and accountability. “Inherited From” in Authorizations Authorization Clarity: A new “Inherited From” column in the Authorization tab helps clarify the source of specific authorizations, indicating whether they are assigned directly or inherited from a parent node. Update Role According to Tasks Task-Based Role Updates: Align roles with assigned tasks effortlessly using a new button that updates Role details based on the tasks assigned, mirroring functionality available in the classic PPM UI. Value Helps for Object Links Simplified Object Selection: Creating links to PPM objects is now easier with value helps, facilitating the selection of appropriate objects. Plans to extend similar aids for non-PPM links are underway. Enhanced Description Fields Handling Advanced List Management: Users can now filter, sort, group, and search using description fields within Overview Lists, expanding the utility and flexibility of custom views. Mass Task Role Assignment Expanded Mass Assignment Options: Extending the mass assignment capabilities, users can now assign a single task to multiple roles, enhancing efficiency in role-task alignment. Additional Information Access via Fiori Launchpad: The new Resource Management and Staffing Management features are accessible through new tiles added in Fiori Launchpad. An example PFCG role /STX/SOL_PPP_RESOURCE_MGMT is provided as a template to integrate these tiles. Bug Fixes We’ve been hard at work squashing bugs to make your PPP experience smoother. Here’s what we’ve fixed in this release:
2024.1.15 - May Contain Traces of Views
This release continues to advance our platform with significant enhancements that streamline project management tasks and improve user interface flexibility. From advanced view management to smarter search capabilities, these updates are designed to elevate your project management experience. Migration ⚠️ To ensure a seamless transition to the new features and enhancements introduced in this release, it is recommended to perform the migration steps described in Post Update Activities: 2024.1.15.
2024.1.14 - Past Perfected: Writing History
This release builds significantly upon our commitment to enhance the PPM Process Package, introducing powerful new functionalities and further performance improvements. From creating versions directly within PPP to advanced conflict checking and the introduction of displaying change documents, 2024.1.14 is designed to simplify and enhance your project management experience. Features Create Project Versions Direct Version Creation: Users can now create Simulations and Snapshots of projects directly within PPP, eliminating the need to use the classic PPM WebDynpro UI. This full support for creating project versions streamlines the workflow and maintains data consistency. Change Documents Tab Audit Trail for Project Nodes: A new ‘Change Documents’ tab has been introduced within the Project Structure to track modifications to project nodes, detailing changes, timing, and the responsible party. Initially available to PPP Admins, access can be extended to other users via BRF+ settings. Advanced Conflict Checking Comprehensive Conflict Detection: PPP now checks for multiple types of conflicts within resource planning:
2024.1.13 - Edit en Masse: Planning at the Speed of Thought
In this release, we continue to expand the functionality and efficiency of PPP with new features designed to enhance your project management capabilities. From mass editing in Project Planning to performance enhancements, this update is all about making your workflow smoother and more intuitive. Features Mass-Edit in Project Planning Efficient Bulk Changes: You can now select multiple rows in Project Planning and simultaneously edit a column’s value for all selected entries. This feature extends to advanced data adaptations, such as setting severities, facilitating quicker updates across multiple project components. Column Personalization in Project Planning Personalized Interface: Similar to the column selection settings familiar from Overview Lists for Items and Projects, Project Planning now allows users to personalize their views. This new personalization option lets users choose which columns to display, tailoring the interface to show only relevant information. Automatic ID Generation Using Number Ranges Streamlined ID Management: PPP now utilizes predefined number ranges from classic PPM, as configured in SPRO, to automatically generate external IDs for new Items and Projects. This ensures consistency and efficiency in ID allocation across your projects (and items). Further Performance Enhancements Quicker Project Access: Continuing our commitment to performance improvement, this release further reduces the loading times when accessing project details from the Project Overview. Experience even faster navigations and smoother transitions within the application. Bug Fixes We’ve been hard at work squashing bugs to make your PPP experience smoother. Here’s what we’ve fixed in this release:
2024.1.12 - Performance Unleashed
This update marks a major milestone in our ongoing efforts to enhance the efficiency and responsiveness of the PPM Process Package. Version 2024.1.12 brings substantial performance improvements across a variety of key functionalities, ensuring a smoother and faster experience for all users. Features Significant Performance Enhancements Faster Project Access: Accessing single projects is now more responsive, drastically reducing load times and improving user productivity. Enhanced Node Interaction: Expanding nodes in the Project Structure has been optimized for speed, making navigation within complex projects quicker. Streamlined Node Copying: The process of copying nodes from other projects or templates in Project Planning is significantly faster, facilitating easier and more efficient project setup. Aggregated Severities Efficiency: We’ve enhanced the performance of aggregating severities, ensuring that updates are swift and less resource-intensive. Quick Scheduling Updates: Scheduling dates within projects is now more rapid, helping teams stay agile and responsive to changes. Checklist Item Data Loading: Loading times for checklist item data have been greatly reduced, streamlining task management and checklist processing. Bug Fixes We’ve been hard at work squashing bugs to make your PPP experience smoother. Here’s what we’ve fixed in this release:
2024.1.11 - Save the Day, Automatically
This release introduces pivotal updates with the rollout of Auto Save and ReadOnly Mode, aimed at streamlining your interaction with the PPM Process Package. These features are designed to enhance data integrity and ease of use, reflecting our commitment to improving user experience through smart functionality. Migration ⚠️ To ensure a seamless transition to the new features and enhancements introduced in this release, it is recommended to perform the migration steps described in Post Update Activities: 2024.1.11.
2024.1.10 - Custom Fields & Performance Gains
As part of our continuous efforts to enhance the functionality and efficiency of the PPM Process Package, we are excited to introduce version 2024.1.10. This release brings forth advancements in customization, performance enhancements, and new features designed to streamline your project management workflow. Features Performance Enhancements BRF+ Access Speed: Significant improvements in BRF+ access speed across the application enhance overall performance and user experience. Reliable Field Reloads: The reliability of reloading relevant fields has been improved, ensuring that data is up-to-date and accurately displayed. Easy Role Copying and Pasting: New buttons for copying and pasting roles within a project are now enabled by default, simplifying role management and duplication. Under the Hood Improvements Project Tree Loading: Substantial under-the-hood improvements in loading the project tree, both in Project Planning and Project Structure, lay the groundwork for significant performance enhancements in upcoming releases. Custom Field Definitions in DPR_PART and DPR_BUPA_LINK Enhanced Data Customization: Customers can define their own customer fields within DPR_PART and DPR_BUPA_LINK, offering greater flexibility in tailoring data to fit specific project needs. These fields will be displayable and changeable directly within PPM Process Package with upcoming releases. Bug Fixes Here’s what we’ve fixed in this release:
2024.1.9 - Demand Distribution & Real-Time Customization
Following an intentional period of comprehensive testing to solidify the platform’s stability, we are excited to launch version 2024.1.9. This release ushers in advanced features that empower users with real-time customization and expand the visual and functional versatility of PPP. Migration ⚠️ To ensure a seamless transition to the new features and enhancements introduced in this release, it is required to perform the migration steps described in Post Update Activities: 2024.1.9.
2024.1.8 - Stability Enhancements
In our ongoing commitment to reliability and optimal performance, we are swiftly addressing critical issues with an essential mid-week update. Version 2024.1.8 of the PPM Process Package focuses on implementing urgent bug fixes to ensure uninterrupted service and enhanced user experience. Our team has worked diligently to identify and rectify these challenges, reinforcing our dedication to the quality and stability of PPP. Migration ⚠️ To ensure a seamless transition to the new features and enhancements introduced in this release, it is required to perform the migration steps described in Post Update Activities: 2024.1.8.
2024.1.7 - Bridging Roles and Tasks
As we continue to evolve and refine the capabilities of the PPM Process Package (PPP), we are excited to announce the rollout of version 2024.1.7. This update is headlined by a significant enhancement in role management and task assignment, designed to streamline project structuring and resource allocation. Features Role Task Assignments (RTA) Enhanced Role Functionality: A new dimension of project management is now accessible through the “Tasks” tab within Roles. This functionality enables the assignment of Tasks from the Project Structure directly to a specific Role. Additionally, Resources can be assigned to these tasks simultaneously, facilitating a more integrated and efficient project planning process. Customizing for BRF+: For those utilizing custom BRF+ decision tables for PARTICIPANT_TABS (see Customizing Role / Participant Tabs), the new tab ID to include is TASKS. This ensures that your custom settings can seamlessly incorporate the new “Tasks” tab for an optimized user experience. Advanced Customization for Mirrored Tasks Flexible Field Settings: The customization options for fields on mirrored tasks have been significantly expanded. It’s now possible to differentiate between assigned and unassigned mirrored tasks, allowing for the dynamic display or hiding of specific fields based on the task’s assignment status. This flexibility ensures that the information presented is relevant and tailored to the task’s context within the project. Bug Fixes We’ve been hard at work squashing bugs to make your PPP experience smoother. Here’s what we’ve fixed in this release:
2024.1.6 - Gantt Integration & Enhanced Customizing
In our relentless pursuit to provide a comprehensive and efficient project management solution, we are excited to roll out version 2024.1.6 of the PPM Process Package. This update marks significant advancements in project visualization and customization flexibility, further empowering users to tailor the platform to their unique needs. Migration ⚠️ To ensure a seamless transition to the new features and enhancements introduced in this release, it is required to perform the migration steps described in Post Update Activities: 2024.1.6.
2024.1.5 - A Personal Favorite
Continuing our journey to enrich the PPM Process Package (PPP) with user-centric enhancements, we’re proud to introduce version 2024.1.5. This update brings forward innovative features designed to improve project structure accessibility and streamline project navigation, ensuring that users can manage and access their projects more efficiently than ever before. Features Project Structure Sharing with Deep Links Effortless Sharing: We’ve introduced the ability to share nodes within the project structure through “Deep Links.” With a new “Share” button on each project node within the Project Structure, sharing is now more intuitive. When another user opens a Deep Link, they’ll be directly navigated to the shared node within the project tree, enhancing collaboration and ease of access. Power User Flexibility: For those accustomed to shortcuts, copying the browser URL now serves as an efficient method to share project nodes, catering to power users who prefer swift, straightforward actions. Favorites for Quick Project Access Personalize Your Workflow: Users can now mark projects as “Favorites,” which will be visible in a dedicated tab within the Project Overview. This feature allows for quick access to frequently visited projects, streamlining workflow and project navigation. Seamless Integration: Marking a project as a favorite in the classic PPM WebDynpro UI will automatically reflect in PPP’s “Favorites” tab, and vice versa, ensuring a cohesive user experience across different interfaces. Bug Fixes We’ve been hard at work squashing bugs to make your PPP experience smoother. Here’s what we’ve fixed in this release:
2024.1.4 - Relate, Schedule, Aggregate
As we continue to enhance the functionality and user experience of the PPM Process Package (PPP), we’re thrilled to announce the arrival of version 2024.1.4. This update focuses on further empowering Project Managers with tools for refined project analysis, planning, and execution. Dive into the details of the latest features designed to streamline your project management processes. Features Aggregated Severities in Project Planning Enhance your project management with the ability to aggregate severities across all project nodes. This new feature simplifies the process of determining a node’s overall severity value based on the severities of its child nodes, making it easier for Project Managers to assess and prioritize work accurately.
2024.1.3 - Prioritizing Precision
As part of our commitment to enhancing and evolving PPM Process Package, we’re excited to unveil version 2024.1.3. This update introduces a host of new features designed to streamline your project management workflow, alongside critical bug fixes for an improved user experience. Features Project Planning Severities Now update a project node’s severity and display the related icon directly in the Project Planning tab, enhancing visibility and priority management.
2024.1.2 - Authorizations, Reimagined
In our latest update, we’re excited to introduce a suite of powerful features designed to enhance your project management capabilities within PPP. At the forefront of this release is the highly anticipated “Authorizations” tab, alongside significant improvements to filtering dialogues and BRF+ decision tables. Dive into the details of what’s new and improved! Features Introducing the “Authorizations” Tab A new “Authorizations” tab is now available across all project nodes, allowing for precise ACL-based authorization management right within the Project Structure tab. Tailor access to “Users”, “User Groups”, and “Organizational Units” as per your project’s needs.
2024.1.1 - Mastering Project Versions
As we continue our journey in 2024, PPP is evolving with even more powerful features and enhancements. This update is all about refining your experience and expanding the capabilities of PPP to ensure a more intuitive and efficient workflow. Let’s explore what’s new in version 2024.1.1! Features Introducing the “Version Overview” Ever wished for a bird’s-eye view of all Project Versions? The new Version Overview is your answer. Similar to the Project Overview, it provides a comprehensive list of all Project Versions, including Snapshots and Simulations. The best part? You can customize all available fields using BRF+ for a tailored experience. Jump right into the Details View with just a click on any entry.
2024.1.0 - New Year, New Features
Happy New Year! 🎉 Just three weeks into 2024, and we’re already rolling out some exciting updates to PPP. This release is packed with new features, especially in the “Roles” area, along with performance improvements and bug fixes. Let’s dive into what’s new and improved! Features Introducing the “Roles” Tab Create, Update, Delete, and Staff Roles: We’ve added a brand-new main tab for “Roles.” This is where you can fully manage roles – create, update, delete, and even staff them with ease.
2023.1.3 - Introducing Project Planning
Welcome to the first officially released PPM Process Package Release Notes! Going forward, every new release of PPP will be accompanied by a post, like this one, giving you an overview of all significant new features and bug fixes. Features Introducing: Project Planning The Project Planning tab has officially left the “technical preview” state and is now available for first usage. As opposed to Project Structure, Project Planning will allow users to see the Project from a “bird’s eye view” and edit it with ease.