ProjectLoad Blog

The Home page originally showed a summary level view of the workload of an organization from the project perspective and the people perspective. The left column displayed the projects the logged in person was assigned to or managed and the right column displayed each person that reported to them. Both of these tables gave basic summary level data as well.

Based on feedback from customers, we are expanding this page to allow each person more control over what they display. On the “Settings” page, there are now options to show:

• Projects I Am Assigned To
• Projects I Manage
• My Direct Report’s Projects
• Active People (myself and my reports)
• The ProjectLoad Blog
• My Monthly Calendar
• Shared File Usage Information (only if the administrator has activated shared project files for this client)

For each of these options, you can choose to display them in the left column, the right column, or not at all.

We appreciate the feedback we receive from our customers as it helps us improve the system. If you think of other options for the Home page that would be useful for you, please feel free to let us know!

ProjectLoad now allows files and URLs to be shared by a project team to aid in collaboration. The new feature permits users to upload and download files associated with projects. It also allows users to post URLs to share among the project team. This new feature is an option that may be enabled or disabled by the administrator for each client.

When file sharing is activated, there are new buttons on the Home, Projects, and Project Editor pages that open a new Project Files page. This page permits authorized users to download and/or upload any type of file or post a URL and include a description of the file or URL. Security is controlled by the security setting of each project as follows:

• Normal: Anyone can download and upload.
• Restricted: Anyone can download and upload.
• Protected: Anyone can download, but only people assigned to the project, the project manager, or people above the project manager in the reporting line can upload.
• Confidential: Only people assigned to the project, the project manager, or people above the project manager in the reporting line can download and upload.
• Once a file (or URL) is uploaded, only the person who uploaded it, the project manager, or people above the project manager in the reporting line can modify the description or delete the file or URL.

We are very grateful for the feedback we receive on ways to improve the system and are pleased to be able to implement them. Thank you for your help in making this system even more robust and effective. If you have suggestions or feedback for us, please let us know via email, phone, or blog.