Feature Requests in Project Manager
I have a query: It is related to resource allocations across projects as per our previous enquiry. We need to be able to identify resource allocation across a portfolio of projects. We would like to be able to see whether project manager team members are over/under allocated at a specific date for the foreseeable future with regards the various projects on which they have time allocated. We would like to be able to generate project management template reports which will identify the following:
List of team members, view from date (i.e. today’s date) until some date in the future. With the total allocation on projects at the specific point in time (not taking into account work that has already been undertaken). So we want to be able to report on the actual planned resource allocation for the period from now until a future time.
When we try to generate reports we get allocation which takes into account work already completed which does not give us an accurate picture of future allocation issues.
My question is can you customize ProjectManager.com to accommodate this for us, or would you be able to tell us if you would have this functionality at some date in the future? Preferably if you can give us an estimate of when this may be available (month, couple of months, next year? Reason I am asking is because our client wants to see this across his project plan portfolio of projects and we would like to reassure him that ProjectManager.com will be able or can provide this functionality now or at some specific time in the future.
We have a meeting with him at the end of the week so would appreciate a response as soon as possible.
Great idea. We plan to implement exactly this functionality in the short term. It has already been designed and will be released on 1 February. We have a number of speed increases, and this particular report will then be our next highest priority. Let me know if this answers your question sufficiently and if you have any further suggestions or questions. We would love to hear them.


