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Integrate Planner Tasks to Sharepoint Tasks

Integrate Planner Tasks to Sharepoint Tasks

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  • etienne commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Having Planner usable with Sharepoint Task would be really interesting i.e. move your completed Planner buckets and then link it with SharePoint. Would be great for viewing multiple plans at the same time.

  • Scott Walton commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Would love to have something that would roll up Planner tasks into a list view that integrates with multiple plans.

  • Melissa commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    We are using the Planner Webpart but a key need is the "Schedule" or a Calendar view of our Plans that we can easily share with others. Integration with Sharepoint tasks/task lists would at least allow us to use that for the Calendar view

  • Andrew Kampen commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Currently the thing holding my team from switching over to Planner from task lists is the ability to overview multiple plans in one place. This is a must-have feature for managers. I'm currently looking into using a flow or graph to sync a sp list with plans. The SP list should basically plunged in to be just a different view, but that also support multiple plans.

  • Rob commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    The capability of team visibility of team member tasks due weekly is critical. Task lists are not clear. Planner is much better with due date buckets. To be able to select tasks from the task list (that was imported from MS Project) into a Plan wou7ld be great. Currently, only "published" MS Projects associated with a PWA can be linked to a planner plan, but then the project cannot be sync'ed with the sharepoint Task List, which is also critical, allowing member to view the entire project without needing additional MS Project licenses. Uugh!

  • Alex Murillo commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Agree with many of the existing posts that Planner lists should be backed by, or can be connected to a SharePoint Tasks list, without this feature Planner is not something that I will standardize my team to use.

  • Steve Lowery commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Integration of planner tasks to sharepoint would solve one of the the biggest challenges we face. The ability to consolidate tasks from various planners into a Management view (a dashboard to slice, dice and view tasks by resource, project, team etc). Currently it is very difficult to manage multiple plans

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    this will allow users to choose either the more detailed project plan view or the simpler bucket

  • Paul Tan commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Planner tasks should be stored as Sharepoint tasks, in this way, the attachments can be stored in SharePoint tasks. Additionally, SharePoint already has the functions to restore deleted item, to maintain versions and to handle approval via workflows etc.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Link sharepoint task list with planner would be great addition to manage everyday work

  • Oscar commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    I'm a PMP and Agile certified Portfolio Manager and I've been trying to build a managing structure and methodology with Microsoft Office for some time. My goal? Cheapest portfolio and project management framework and methodology. Office already comes with a bunch of tools, I want to make sure I use them to their full potential.

    I've searched for ways to integrate hibrid projects into Office 365 but I've not found any out-of-the-box way to do it so here are my suggestions.

    Here is what I thought of by using Sharepoint and Planner only.
    Out-of-scope: MS Project, too expensive.

    - Epics/User Stories - They reflect SCOPE. They need to be managed by Product Owners/Scrum Masters and also Project Managers for reporting and scope tracking.

    - Activities and Tasks - They need to be managed by the Scrum Team and the Scrum Master to assure team velocity.

    1) Epics and User Stories (Product Backlog) could be tracked in Sharepoint (Project Site) as a custom list where the P.O can detail the User Story. These Stories can each be approved by appropriate stakeholders to assure the user story is ready to go and aligned with business need (PMI/Agile Requirement).

    2) Note that I wrote CUSTOM LIST, not TASK LIST, in item (1) above. As of now I don't see the product backlog list as a tasklist because we won't have target dates for many of the user stories until we come to their priority. I see (1) as a tool specific for SCOPE MANAGEMENT (PMBok 5.0 SCOPE MANAGEMENT PROCESS). I could associate it to the WBS Dictionary.

    3) This Product Backlog could sync with a Planner Column, preferably with a specific Planner Card to ease Scrum Team work. They don't need access to sharepoint, they only need access to Planner! I see this as a security requirement because often I've seen third party development teams working with companies and we don't want them having access to our Sharepoint. Having access to a specific Planner project, however, is okay.

    3.1) When updated in Planner/Sharepoint, the respective sharepoin task or planner cardis updated and vice versa.

    4) Planner could have the ability to link cards to a specific different card. Example. In a planning session it is expected to break Product Backlog items into tasks which may or may not fit into a Sprint. Problem with Trello, Asana and other tools is that you lose that link once you create a new card. As PMI wrote in process 5.0 SCOPE MANAGEMENT, we need a tracebaility of requirements to assure that we are delivering what is expected. This has been a major issue for me and many other project managers I've spoken to. Keeping an excel sheet for this is just not practical.

    Bonus features:
    - Cards could have complexity points to measure team speed.
    - Sum of dates of cards linked to an epic would lead to a estimated date for Epic/User Story completion on Sharepoint
    - Planner card linking could display Epic % completion

    This method aims at:
    - Keeping Product Owners and Project Managers at Sharepoint.
    - Allowing Project Managers to include sprints as tasks in a Task List while including other tasks that are not related to any agile methodology (Hibrid Project Management)
    - Scrum Masters could navigate between Sharepoint and Planner, but only when required to dwell into activity/task items of Planner.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    one task list to rule them all is what is very much needed. Finding all tasks in one place - from sharepoint lists, onenote, outlook etc. would save soooo much time.

  • DN commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    There are so many ways to integrate email, task, note and meeting information in O365 and 2016 tools. Everyone of them, however, is glaringly missing a key capability. There is no clear solution, if any, as every method requires an extensive workaround, which destroys the benefits. It's like the strategy is "we'll give you three out of five and see if you can make do with that."

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