Ever since we introduced Task Dependencies, our users gladly embraced this new feature and kept coming back with new suggestions. Many use the dependent tasks to create lists of sub-tasks. After collecting all the feedback, we came up with a redesign that combines task dependencies with sub-tasks:
- Sub-tasks still maintain dependencies with the parent task when its start date and/or deadline is moved around, but the parent task doesn’t need to have a deadline anymore (yes, this rule is gone!)
- Now you can fold/unfold the dependent tasks list
- The multiple nesting levels are clearly represented now
- Make quick connections between tasks by simply dragging them into each other!
We hope you will enjoy these updates.
This is a great enhancement that further increases 5pm from the zillions of competitors who just fail and fail at putting together a complete product.
Much appreciated functionality which has a big impact on productivity and simplicity.
Keep up the great work!
What would really, really be useful would be to have follow-on tasks, whereby there was still a dependency, but the follow-on task does not have to finish within the deadline of the task on which it is dependent. This is a very common scenario, where one thing cannot begin until another has completed, and yet there is no easy way to implement this in 5pm.
Great website, keep improving!