Simplify Your Worklife

As more people have been using Manymoon we’ve noticed a large number asking for greater customization in how projects and tasks are used in their organization.  We’re happy to announce the release of Project Templates and Custom Tasks Status!

Every job function, person or organization has processes and workflows they may repeatedly use. Manymoon allows you to set up a template for each process that can be applied to future projects. You can make templates private, public or selectively share them. For example, you can create a “Hiring and Recruiting” template that includes the job description, hiring managers and interview process.  You can then use this template each time you have a new job your organization is looking to fill.

We’ve also created a Template Gallery that allows you to view all public and private templates you have access to.  Public templates are a great way to learn from others who have worked on similar projects.  Want to figure out how to put together a great party?  Try the Event Planning template! Want to build a web site?  Try the Temple Web Workflow template!

Currently, each task in Manymoon has a ‘Status’ that could be “Open”, “Completed”, “Deferred” or “Deleted.”  With the new Custom Task Status feature, you can create a new status called ‘Stage’ that can be set to “Received Application”, “Interviewed” and “Hired.”  It’s a great way to tailor how Manymoon supports your own processes and workflows.

As always, we look forward to your feedback!

We’re excited to release some commonly requested features you’ve asked for!

Streamlined Bulletin – it’s even easier to view activity and comment on it! We added profile photos to make it a snap to quickly glance at the Bulletin and see what your connections are working on.  We also added most comments at the top, next to the user’s name, so you can immediately see what they are talking about. And finally, we moved the project name to the far right to reduce clutter.

Drag and Drop Milestones – you can now re-order milestones in the order you would like to complete them!  This is a great way to create simple dependencies between milestones (e.g., move “Milestone C” before “Milestone A”).

Apply Milestone Dates to Tasks – you can now set the milestone date to all tasks underneath it. For example, if “Milestone A” has a date of March 31, 2010, you can click “Update Task Dates” and all tasks in that milestone will have their due date changed to March 31, 2010.  This is a simple way to create loose, date-based dependencies between tasks.

Immediately Add Tasks to Milestones – you can now add a task to a milestone from the “Assign Task” tab or within each task pop-up.  Manymoon will even auto-complete milestone names for you. This should be a fantastic time saver!

As always, let us know what you think and how you’re using Manymoon to be more productive!

Tags are commonly used online to help label and organize information.  You might be familiar with tagging photos or bookmarks online and know it’s a great way to discover new information.

You can now tag any task, project, document, link or event, even yourself, in Manymoon!  Just click on any tag and you will see a list of all associated information that you have access to.

For example, you might be working on a customer issue for ACME International.  You can create a task to track the customer issue and tag it “acme issue #5″.  You can schedule a meeting with the customer and upload a product manual – each with the same tag.  When you click on “acme issue #5″, Manymoon will show the task, meeting and product manual.

Here’s another example: you might be interviewing multiple people for a job position.  You can add each of their resumes to Manymoon and tag each as “job candidate”.  The next time you click on this tag, Manymoon will display a list of all relevant resumes you’ve come across.

This is just the beginning of what we’ll be doing with tags, so stay tuned!  And let us know how you use tags to get work done.