Release Notes
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.