Reusable Resources, Basecamp Integration, and more
Reusable Resources
Resources are a key component of every project – whether those resources are people, equipment, or material. And, most of us draw resources from a pool for each project. Our customers have told us that when they plan a project they would like to have a common resource pool and select the ones required for the new project.
Well, we’ve added reusable resources to SharedPlan Central and of course integrated them with the project editors in Pro and the Central so they are easy to apply to your projects.
We’ve also taken it a step further so that you can create reusable resource packages which allow you to pool resources into convenient groups.
Basecamp® Import
Basecamp is a popular tool that many people use for day to day management of projects. In some ways, Basecamp is a competitor to SharedPlan but, we believe SharedPlan’s strength in project planning combined with Basecamp give our customers a stronger set of tools with which to plan and successfully complete their projects.
We’ve added support for importing projects from Basecamp and into SharedPlan Central. It’s quick and easy, just login to Central, click on Tools and Help and then click on Import Basecamp Project and follow the instructions.
We don’t plan to stop with just import and are working on support for exporting projects to Basecamp.
More Email Collaboration
We’ve expanded the email collaboration options in Pro and Central. In Pro there is a new option under the Collaborate menu that will allow you to send email to all project resources. In the Central project editor when you open the Resources panel you’ll see an Email All button that will do just what you think. (Thanks to Scott for the suggestion!)
Also, the next time you are in Central you’ll notice that in several places where there are email addresses you will be able to click on the address and send email.
More Is In The Works
As you may know, our future product features are largely driven by feedback from customers so if there is something you need please let us know.
You’ll be hearing from us again in the next month or so with another list of improvements. So, stay tuned…
