The recent webinar had many frustrated comments made,  this is my view of the root of many of the issues:

Historically, 

Ms Project , Outlook, and SharePoint all had Tasks.  They all had the same underlying robust data structure,  and Project could sync with SharePoint Tasks, SharePoint tasks could sync with the Outlook client Tasks.  You could view and work with  Tasks  in any place.   You knew what a task was.

Other than individual visibility,  now you have Outlook Tasks that won’t talk to planner,  ToDos that aren’t  planner Tasks ,  MS Project Tasks that apparently you can upload to Planner(?) but not Sync.  Outlook Tasks can be individually assigned to someone else but not managed in Planner.  SharePoint Tasks (being deprecated?)  can still be synced with Outlook, but these aren’t visible in Planner/ToDo.  Onenote Tasks  can be assigned as Tasks but not managed in planner.  

Then we have Loop Tasks for Teams that aren’t part of planner,  nor owned by a team. 

Working with planner,  one can’t even copy a task without 4 operations,  one task at a time. Previously one could copy a task and paste it as many times as needed.  There doesn’t seem to be a drag of anything to a planner Task.

‘Goals’ have been added , which look like Buckets – haven’t tried those. Multiplan seems to have disappeared 

The goal of the new Planner was to be able to see all your Tasks in one place.  Great for individuals,  so much work and confusion for a team / manager.    Case in point;  a manager cannot ‘out of the box’ look at all Planner Tasks assigned to a resource in one place. (Without restricting oneself to one massive Plan)

I’ll have to keep plugging, it’s all so scattered though.  😞

​The recent webinar had many frustrated comments made,  this is my view of the root of many of the issues: Historically, Ms Project , Outlook, and SharePoint all had Tasks.  They all had the same underlying robust data structure,  and Project could sync with SharePoint Tasks, SharePoint tasks could sync with the Outlook client Tasks.  You could view and work with  Tasks  in any place.   You knew what a task was. Other than individual visibility,  now you have Outlook Tasks that won’t talk to planner,  ToDos that aren’t  planner Tasks ,  MS Project Tasks that apparently you can upload to Planner(?) but not Sync.  Outlook Tasks can be individually assigned to someone else but not managed in Planner.  SharePoint Tasks (being deprecated?)  can still be synced with Outlook, but these aren’t visible in Planner/ToDo.  Onenote Tasks  can be assigned as Tasks but not managed in planner.   Then we have Loop Tasks for Teams that aren’t part of planner,  nor owned by a team.  Working with planner,  one can’t even copy a task without 4 operations,  one task at a time. Previously one could copy a task and paste it as many times as needed.  There doesn’t seem to be a drag of anything to a planner Task. ‘Goals’ have been added , which look like Buckets – haven’t tried those. Multiplan seems to have disappeared  The goal of the new Planner was to be able to see all your Tasks in one place.  Great for individuals,  so much work and confusion for a team / manager.    Case in point;  a manager cannot ‘out of the box’ look at all Planner Tasks assigned to a resource in one place. (Without restricting oneself to one massive Plan) I’ll have to keep plugging, it’s all so scattered though.  😞  Read More

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