Thank you Bill. It takes work to build a useful habit. I think it helps to focus on the few important fields I can check and update. Everything else is in the bonus round and helpful when we put in a few more seconds of effort.
Great quick workout there. The only part of Planner that is slightly frustrating is the Comments section and in particular the way notifcaitons work, in that they do not seem to work very intuitively e.g I think the submitter has to actually comment on a task before they receive a notification when another comment is put on a task. But you seem to be suggesting at the end the video above, to take the commenting about as task into the channel relating to that task. I can see why but it does feel like you sort of creating the task twice in a way. Just wish they would sort out the notifications.
Thank you Andy. I think the Comments in Planner are their weakest feature. You can't edit them. They only send an email notification. There's no replies to comments. This is why I suggested creating a Teams post and linking to a task to discuss it. I don't know if we will see task comments improve. But I hope to see some resource go into creating a Loop component that links to a single task card.
Thanks for this video; it might be worth clarifying that "Assigned to me" tasks can come from a shared list in To Do, and in that case, the task details do not, for example, have the option to write comments, unlike tasks assigned from Planner.
@@DarrellaaS I work at a company that uses Outlook for communication and Teams occasionally. I understand this approach, as with dual communication, you have to search both Teams and Outlook. Supposedly, the New Outlook already allows searching through chats, but switching to the New Outlook is challenging since it lacks many important features from the classic Outlook. To Do is simply at hand, which is why it's used. Moreover, both Planner and To Do are practically unsuitable for task delegation, and Microsoft is deaf to practical feedback. The issue is that as a manager, you assign tasks, but the person to whom you assign a task can... delete it. In practice, for example, you assign tasks to 10 people-each with multiple tasks-and still have to remember who was assigned what, as anyone can delete a task. Therefore, neither Planner nor To Do is suitable for team management (we don’t work in an ideal world where everyone is an exemplary and responsible employee). For reference, tasks can also be assigned in Loop.
So helpful 🎉and definitely sharing with my teams
Thank you Bill. It takes work to build a useful habit. I think it helps to focus on the few important fields I can check and update. Everything else is in the bonus round and helpful when we put in a few more seconds of effort.
Great quick workout there. The only part of Planner that is slightly frustrating is the Comments section and in particular the way notifcaitons work, in that they do not seem to work very intuitively e.g I think the submitter has to actually comment on a task before they receive a notification when another comment is put on a task. But you seem to be suggesting at the end the video above, to take the commenting about as task into the channel relating to that task. I can see why but it does feel like you sort of creating the task twice in a way. Just wish they would sort out the notifications.
Thank you Andy. I think the Comments in Planner are their weakest feature. You can't edit them. They only send an email notification. There's no replies to comments. This is why I suggested creating a Teams post and linking to a task to discuss it. I don't know if we will see task comments improve. But I hope to see some resource go into creating a Loop component that links to a single task card.
Thanks for this video; it might be worth clarifying that "Assigned to me" tasks can come from a shared list in To Do, and in that case, the task details do not, for example, have the option to write comments, unlike tasks assigned from Planner.
Oh that’s right. I missed the shared To Do list scenario. Thank you for pointing that out.
How often do you use it?
@@DarrellaaS I work at a company that uses Outlook for communication and Teams occasionally. I understand this approach, as with dual communication, you have to search both Teams and Outlook. Supposedly, the New Outlook already allows searching through chats, but switching to the New Outlook is challenging since it lacks many important features from the classic Outlook. To Do is simply at hand, which is why it's used.
Moreover, both Planner and To Do are practically unsuitable for task delegation, and Microsoft is deaf to practical feedback. The issue is that as a manager, you assign tasks, but the person to whom you assign a task can... delete it. In practice, for example, you assign tasks to 10 people-each with multiple tasks-and still have to remember who was assigned what, as anyone can delete a task. Therefore, neither Planner nor To Do is suitable for team management (we don’t work in an ideal world where everyone is an exemplary and responsible employee). For reference, tasks can also be assigned in Loop.