15.3 has just been released, below is a round up of my favourite new features in CA PPM.
1. Blueprints
Blueprints provides the ability to configure the layout of the project in a very easy way and allows configuration of the "detail" page per blueprint.
This means we can have simple task projects or full fat projects with everything enabled, it's up to you how to use it.
Excited to see how this will evolve for other areas of the product
2. New project list layout
In 15.3 the project list has new colours and the ability to drill right into a project section such as conversations. The project card can be configured in blueprints making it great for different business units use cases.
3. Introduction of Financials (existing plans)
We can now view existing plans inside the new UX. The default shown is the plan of record and we have some very exciting new views which make financials simple. The ability to drag and drop groupings and apply filters is great!
official documentation
New User Experience: Manage Financial Plans - CA PPM - 15.3 - CA Technologies Documentation
4. Transaction Review - Ability to drill into actuals in the financial plan
We now have the ability to click on any actual value and drill into the transactions associated.
You can do this at cell, row or column level. I.e. the resource, month, year, total
This makes it very handy if PM wants to question transactions without leaving their plan.
5. Kanban task board
Finally in CA PPM we have a kanban board view, which is a visual way to represent task status and progress.
You can use this many ways such as task progress or even "ownership" lanes, since they can be renamed and deleted.
Colours and owner can be applied and we can have a conversation in the task without leaving. On top of that we still have the "phase view" and now even the traditional gantt a click away.
Conclusion
15.3 offers the enterprise customer a fantastic fresh way of managing modern projects.
These are just some of the many new features and I hope you get to enjoy them soon!
Please get in touch with your CA account team for a demo
Official documentation
CA PPM - CA PPM - 15.3 - CA Technologies Documentation
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