Release Notes - September 2024

New Functionality & Enhancements

  • In Kanban projects with EZ mode, a Percentage Complete value can be assigned to sub-states in the Kanban workflow

    The % Complete value of each Kanban item is now displayed on its respective card, and the % Complete value of each Kanban state in its respective Kanban workflow is displayed next to the name of the column.

    For example, if you have three Inflight columns in your Kanban workflow, experienced managers can generally accurately estimate the effort required for each step to get a Kanban card to the Completed state. To assist with this, project managers and PMO can now set % Complete values to Inflight sub-states in a Kanban workflow, which will then predetermine the % Complete value for every item that moves through this workflow.

    To further our example, let's say that once a Kanban card has moved from the first Inflight column to the second, the card is considered 50% done, and when it moves from the second Inflight column to the third, the card has 25% more completed, and when it moves from the third Inflight column to Completed, the final 25% is completed.

  • Search on the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) now includes items hidden by closed phases or pagination

    Previously, when performing a search on the WBS, items hidden by closed phases or pagination were not displayed in the search results. With this release, these hidden items are also displayed in search results for authorized users, if relevant to executed search.

  • Acclaim Projects now allows creation of Risks and Issues without connection to a task, and Risks and Issues can now impact Health Scores where relevant

    Previously, Risks and Issues had to be created in conjunction with a task. With this release, this restriction has been removed and authorized users can now create Risks and Issues at the project level as well, without assigning a task.

    Additionally, Risks and Issues can now be configured to impact Health Scores, at the task level if related to a task, or at the project level. To do this, when creating a risk, click on the relevant radio buttons under the Impact field to identify if this risk impacts the task's or project's schedule or finances; you can also identify if the risk affects the quality of the task or project.

  • When applying a template to an integrated Accolade project, Acclaim Projects now ensures that only templates with the same Process Model ID is displayed, if the specific Accolade project's Process Model ID has been received

    For integrated Accolade projects on Acclaim Projects, if the specific project's Process Model ID has been sent by Accolade, Acclaim Projects only lists project templates with that particular Process Model ID when a user is looking to apply a template to that project. If the Process Model ID is unavailable, all Accolade project templates are listed.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed issue with reports displaying Project Manager as Manager

    Previously, some reports displayed the text 'Manager' for Project Managers. This has been rectified, and now the reports display details as expected.

Deprecated or Removed Functionality

Acclaim Projects September 2024 has no deprecated or removed functionality.