What's New in Release 23.6.4

As a continuation of Release 23.6 and it's theme of maximizing resource efficiency, we have taken a customer centric view to improving the usability of Amplify with the following minor updates.

Properties

• Updated order of sections under Properties, with Goals and Scenarios moved to the top of the page to improve visibility of important information
• Made Properties fields 2/3 width and Status reporting indicators 1/3 width to make better use of page real estate
• Removed save notification from displaying when there has been no changes to an input field
• Added the ability to mark the initiative as ‘Complete’ from the Properties page

Goals Dashboard

• Updated cards above the graph to show:
  • Difference between ‘Planned’ and ‘Target’
  • Difference between ‘Forecast’ and ‘Target’
  • Difference between ‘Forecast’ and ‘Plan’
• Added ‘Forecast FY’ column to the table
• Added ‘Variance’ column to the table that displays difference between Plan and Forecast
• Removed ‘Total Plan’ column from the table

Performance Dashboard

• Add links to relevant registers on pie graph widgets to give the user a pathway to drilldown further for more information
• Pending approvals widget changes:
  • Added new column which shows how many days approval has been pending
  • Order of items is now oldest to newest pending approvals 
• Delivery threats widget changes:
  • Grouped items by initiative based on:
    • Status (High to Low). If the status is the same, then:
    • Number of threats (highest to lowest). If both status and number of threats are the same, then:
    • Initiative end date (soonest to latest)
  • 10 delivery threats would display by default under each initiative group, with a ‘Load more’ button to view addition items
  • Depending on the level of the hierarchy being viewed, the performance dashboard will filter the list on initiatives accordingly. For example, a user viewing the Performance dashboard on the Program level, would only see threats directly associated with this level or lower-level initiatives

Value Dashboard

• Performance & loading improvements:
  • Phased the loading of the page so that the graph loads first and then the table to ensure that information is displayed as soon as possible to the user
  • Display a loading indicator within graph and table, so a user isn't mistaken for thinking there is either no data or that the page is broken
• Added a success notification when a view has been created or edited
• Moved graph display options from standalone ‘cog’ icon to Filter

Global Navigation

• Added the word ‘New’ to the quick create menu in the top navigation bar to make the intended use of this button clear to the user

More exciting improvements are coming in the next patch release to the following product areas:

• Global Navigation
• Project Dashboard
• Schedule
• Process Dashboard
• Project Brief