add user to sub groups or departments

Project:ProjectPier
Version:0.8.6-stable
Component:User interface
Category:feature request
Priority:normal
Assigned:phpfreak
Status:open - needs more info
Description

Hey I've been using project pier for a little while now and something has been niggling at the back of my mind now.
Why isn't there the functionality to add user to sub groups or departments.
Companies will all have departments and as manager of even a small business I've come to a point where I'd like to assign a task to a whole department instead of just a single person. I'm aware that I could theoretically use the client company system to do this but I would rather save that function for the different external help I work with.

Please let me know if this is possible.

#1
Assigned to:Visitor» phpfreak
Status:new» open - needs more info

It is currently not possible. My experience (CRM background) tells me that people want to assign tasks to provider groups. Provider groups are groups of people with certain skills and these people could be coming from different departments and/or companies. Departments are bound to one company so I would agree to subgroups as per your request. And a user could be part of many provider groups. To give an impression on how My Tasks would look for a user in 2 subgroups:

Personal tasks

task 19 in project A
task 21 in project B
task 22 in project A

Payments tasks

task 29 in project C
task 88 in project D

Purchasing tasks

task 33 in project F
task 55 in project G

In list view

  • Personal   | task 19 | project A
  • Personal   | task 21 | project B
  • Personal   | task 22 | project A
  • Payments   | task 29 | project C
  • Payments   | task 88 | project D
  • Purchasing | task 33 | project F
  • Purchasing | task 55 | project G