aC forum: Dependecies http://www.activecollab.com/forums/topic/2379/ Recent posts on topic: Dependecies en-us Sun, 07 Sep 2008 00:30:13 UTC http://www.activecollab.com/forums/post/12112/#post12112 http://www.activecollab.com/forums/post/12112/#post12112 Post #11 by Ilija Studen Ilija Studen
RSDi:
Ilija - What if you could at least change the order in which the tasks are laid out on the page? Is that something that will be in V 1.1?


v1.1 is "frozen" (no new features will be added by the time it is launched) and this feature didn't make it in. We'll see to add this in one of the upcoming versions, but I really cannot provide any details or a timeframe for it.

]]> Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:57:10 UTC http://www.activecollab.com/forums/post/12111/#post12111 http://www.activecollab.com/forums/post/12111/#post12111 Post #10 by fbrockerhoff fbrockerhoff
RSDi:
Ilija - What if you could at least change the order in which the tasks are laid out on the page? Is that something that will be in V 1.1?


This would be a nice compromise!

Regards,

Falk

]]> Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:38:15 UTC http://www.activecollab.com/forums/post/12110/#post12110 http://www.activecollab.com/forums/post/12110/#post12110 Post #9 by RSDi RSDi Ilija - What if you could at least change the order in which the tasks are laid out on the page? Is that something that will be in V 1.1?

]]> Mon, 17 Mar 2008 20:32:52 UTC http://www.activecollab.com/forums/post/12102/#post12102 http://www.activecollab.com/forums/post/12102/#post12102 Post #8 by Brian Brian We used to use a system that had that but found it more difficult than it was worth. Essentially it takes at least twice as long to set up tasks and define all the dependencies.

If you really need that, you could look at dotProject, however, I would warn you that we found that system to be bugging.We then switched to Celoxis, a hosted commercial product at about $14/mo/seat. That product worked great but again we decided it was more than we needed and it didn't work well with clients (too complicated).

]]> Mon, 17 Mar 2008 19:21:49 UTC http://www.activecollab.com/forums/post/12101/#post12101 http://www.activecollab.com/forums/post/12101/#post12101 Post #7 by Ilija Studen Ilija Studen I understand your request. You want to be able to define strict workflow where tasks need to be executed in specific order and cannot be completed any other way, but the way you defined. It's just that I don't see how it would benefit most of the users.

Dependencies make things so much complicated without providing any REAL benefit. Sorry, but I don't see this feature in activeCollab any time soon, if ever.

]]> Mon, 17 Mar 2008 18:57:45 UTC http://www.activecollab.com/forums/post/12100/#post12100 http://www.activecollab.com/forums/post/12100/#post12100 Post #6 by fbrockerhoff fbrockerhoff
Ilija Studen:
We do not think strict workflows are a good idea so we do not plan to introduce features that would enforce them.


Hm, maybe you have an alternative idea. I want to describe a workflow .. for example what to do if a customer gets a new server. Things have to be done, in the right order. Cabling, switch configuration, server installation, monitoring setup, etc.

Regards,

Falk

]]> Mon, 17 Mar 2008 18:15:07 UTC http://www.activecollab.com/forums/post/12090/#post12090 http://www.activecollab.com/forums/post/12090/#post12090 Post #5 by Ilija Studen Ilija Studen
fbrockerhoff:
Does the active collab team has an opinion on this feature? :)


Task dependencies support is not planned at the moment. We do not think strict workflows are a good idea so we do not plan to introduce features that would enforce them.

We added an easy way to subscribe to tasks (like you can subscribe to tickets and other objects) so you can easily be notified via email when task you are waiting for is completed.

]]> Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:19:05 UTC http://www.activecollab.com/forums/post/12089/#post12089 http://www.activecollab.com/forums/post/12089/#post12089 Post #4 by fbrockerhoff fbrockerhoff Maybe you missed my post. Does the active collab team has an opinion on this feature? :)

Regards,

Falk Brockerhoff
smartTERRA GmbH CEO

]]> Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:17:37 UTC http://www.activecollab.com/forums/post/11306/#post11306 http://www.activecollab.com/forums/post/11306/#post11306 Post #3 by fbrockerhoff fbrockerhoff Is this a planned feature for the future? If not, I would like to place my wish for this feature here.

It's not just for notification, but for a strict workflow management.

Falk

]]> Fri, 04 Jan 2008 19:32:04 UTC http://www.activecollab.com/forums/post/11303/#post11303 http://www.activecollab.com/forums/post/11303/#post11303 Post #2 by Ilija Studen Ilija Studen This feature is not currently available. You can always subscribe on a particular ticket and get notified when it gets completed so you know that you can start working on something else.

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