BigGantt 8.8.0 Release notes

Inline editing of task duration

Conduct duration-based planning more easily - In most cases, telling how long a task will take is necessary to define the actual start and end date. That’s why duration-based planning in BigPicture is becoming more intuitive and time-efficient. You can edit the task duration field right on the Gantt chart (in the task-list columns).

Grey out irrelevant dependencies

Navigate dependency networks with greater clarity - While working on projects with a vast dependency network you need to know how every single task is connected with other items. Thanks to this smart UI tweak, whenever you mark a specific task on Gantt, all dependencies that are irrelevant to that task get greyed out – giving you a neat and clear view of the situation.

Handy period pickers

Set time ranges of your projects and other initiatives in just three clicks! - Why click five or more times when you can get the same result in just three clicks? When you create or edit a project or whatever other items you use for organizing work in the Overview module or in other modules without children items, you can set their time ranges by just marking them on the compact calendar grid – the period picker.

Contextual access to scope definition

Access the Scope Definition screen in contextually relevant places - The scope definition screen; the one where you specify what range of tasks is included in an initiative – is becoming more accessible. Now, you can open it in all those places where defining an initiative’s scope is necessary, like an empty project. Consequently, you can easily preview your Scope Definition settings and adjust them incrementally.

Allocation insights in the Resources panel (Gantt module)

Monitor resource allocation on Gantt in a more knowledgeable way- Numbers on color-coded cells of the Gantt module’s Resources panel have always been an enigma to new users. In fact, checking why a resource was overloaded required visiting the Resources panel. Now, you can display details such as effort mode, total workload, and remaining capacity of a resource right in the Resources panel of the Gantt module.

Category	Feature description	Sneak peek
Navigation and layout	Keyboard shortcuts Shortcut added - takes a user back to the Home (root) box.  Cmd + H (mac) Ctrl + H (windows)
	Scope definition Less frequently used settings are hidden by default (Scope Owner, Task types).
	Scope definition settings can be accessed from the Gantt module (pop-up) Basic scope definition settings can be reviewed and edited without going to the box configuration screen.  Only a Box Admin can edit scope definition Box editor and Box viewer can only preview the scope definition in read-only mode
Inline editing	Inline editing - duration (working days)  The "Duration working days" field value can be edited in the column views of modules. The change triggers a recalculation of the task duration - the end date is adjusted.
Closed and archived boxes	Inline editing - unavailable for closed and archived boxes Attributes of closed and archived boxes can't be changed using inline editing.
	Closed boxes - action buttons disabled The restriction is applicable to all modules. Closed boxes function in read-only mode.
Usability	Gantt module - Resources panel Workload details pop-up opens after clicking on a workload indicator.