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Allow Complete Task per assigned person

Whilst the new feature of assigning tasks to more than one person is excellent there still needs to be a way for each person assigned the task to assign the status as it relates to them. Otherwise, a task with multiple parts or people assigned to it cannot indicate their part in the completion.

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  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    This has come up a few times in my organisation. Use cases include trainers who are running courses on Teams and wanted to use Planner to assign and track tasks that should be completed by all their students; or in organisational teams which have generic tasks that should be completed by all team members (i.e. Submit holiday requests, submit development targets etc.)

  • Derek commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    As a Project Manager, this really needs to be implemented. Without this, it is "not fit for purpose" as a Task management tool.

  • Stefan commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Dieses Feature würde die Akzeptanz von Planner auf einen Schlag tausendfach verbessern.
    Please @Microsoft. Work in it.

  • Thom McKiernan commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Got here from here: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/t5/Planner/Single-task-to-be-done-by-multiple-users/td-p/191023

    The main use of Planner in our org is via Teams. The Team manager wants to set one task, e.g. "Complete training" and then all team members can tick it off when they complete it individually. The manager can then see how many have done it and who needs to be chased!

  • Adam commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    This would be very helpful where team members have different responsibilities under the same task. Using a checklist within the task is helpful, but users are able to check off other users' checklist items under the task

  • Harry commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Regularly, we have tasks for the entire team, that everyone has to do. How can you expect the manager to make a separate task for everyone if the team is 20+ people?

    I have been following this request for some time now: there's more support, but no ms reaction.
    @microsoft, any update on this?

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Very necessary. Share with your friends. We need more votes on this! Can't believe there is no way to do this.

  • John G. commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    This functionality is definitely needed for those who manage very large teams. Being able to assign one task to multiple users for individual completion such as a submit expense reports and have each team member complete their own would definitely be useful instead of a checklist that can be modified by any individual.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    We are in a situation right now with a new user trying to set up a plan and assign task to multiple people for them to complete individually. This is needed.

  • dennis rausch commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    The amount of votes on this proposal might be artificially low, because there are at least 10 improvement proposals in this database which ask for the same. I you are a user and have voted on something similar before, why don't you add your vote also to this item, so that MS can understand the real magnitude of the demand...

    In our team, this gap, plus the limits on assigned users and total amount of tasks, disqualifies Planner for enterprise-level use.

    Thanks for hearing the cries and taking action soon!

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Our team just started using planner and this is the very first thing we wanted to do! If this feature is not implemented we will stop using Planner.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Agreed, Planner cannot be used as a Project Management tool. I was so excited when I read that you can assign tasks to multiple users. Now I come to use it and realise how useless the implementation is. For MS staff reading this:- An example would be that I am putting a plan together to rollout SharePoint and Office 365. I have a task for all users to upload a profile picture of themselves. I assign it to all staff. I want each person to mark their action as complete as they upload a picture. This removes it from their 'My tasks'. The task gets marked as complete when they have all uploaded a profile pic and ticked off their part of the task as complete.

    This is different from assigning a group task in anticipation of all assignees working together on one task. Its a case of the same task being actioned once each by many members of the group.

  • Colin Goldstein commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    I was surprised this functionality was not included in the first place. It's obvious and necessary. Please add this to the product.

  • Bryan Denton commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    This is common sense from a Planning & Tracking perspective. It simplifies the management of tasks at a higher level. Planner simply needs another layer within the task container, PLEASE ADD SOON!!!!

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