Merlin Project: Gantt + Kanban

Merlin Project: Gantt + Kanban


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8.2.0for iPhone, iPad and more
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Dec 4, 2023
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About Merlin Project: Gantt + Kanban

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• Work breakdown structure with Gantt diagram in many variations with plan/actual comparison
• Mind maps for graphical project planning
• Kanban boards with automatic adjustment of completed work
• Net plans in many graphical formats
• Costs and budgets with top-down and bottom-up planning
• Patented synchronization of all projects with other users via cloud services (iCloud, Dropbox, etc.)
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• Attach e-mails, checklists, project risks and additional information
• Modular reporting system
• Import from Microsoft Project

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What's New in the Latest Version 8.2.0

Last updated on Dec 4, 2023
Old Versions
New fields for the work-breakdown view, the assignments view and the resources view:

- Expected Work Variance: Contains the net difference between Expected Work and Planned Work. A positive value means more work compared to the plan.
- Expected Duration Variance: Contains the net difference between Expected Duration and Planned Duration. A positive value means a longer duration compared to the plan.
- Expected Start Variance: Contains the net duration between Planned Start and Expected Start. A positive value means a delay in the start.
- Expected End Variance: Contains the net duration between Planned End and Expected end. A positive value means a delay at the end.
- Expected Cost Variance: The difference between Expected Costs and Planned Costs. A positive value means increased costs compared to the plan.


More flexibility in the assignments view:

In the assignments view, you can now also display selected fields of the associated activities in rows for assignments. The following new columns are available for this purpose:

- Code (Activity)
- Notes (Activity)
- Tags (Activity)
- WBS Code (Activity)
- # (Activity)

In addition, all user-defined activity fields are available as columns and are also identified by the suffix "(Activity)".
You can also display the corresponding fields of the assigned resources in the work-breakdown view. The columns are marked with the suffix "(Resource)".


More overview in the work breakdown view:

- Customize the display of assigned resources via the context menu of the resource column. With the new "Show content" option, you can now select whether column content is only displayed on the activities or also on activity groups.
- Via the context menu of the comment column, you can now set whether the resource names in the column are displayed in full or only with abbreviations. You can also select the format for date and time values.


Changes:
- The minimum operating system is now iOS 15.
- The view settings inspector now closes automatically when you select a new table row.
- If you enter actual work values without a time unit in the inspector, the unit is automatically taken from other fields already filled in.
- When setting up the first user, Merlin Project now automatically asks you whether guests should have full access, read-only access or no access at all.
- If activities are still assigned when deleting resources, a warning dialog is now displayed.
- Timescale tiers in Gantt charts can now also be selected via the "Display > Timescale > Tiers" menu.
- Objects can now also be moved by dragging when the help function is activated.
- When adding new columns, you can now select multiple list entries.


Fixed issues:
- Documents from some MindManager versions could not be imported.
- File attachments could receive an incorrect timestamp.
- The earned-value BCWP was not always calculated correctly.
- When changing print settings, the print preview did not always adjust correctly.
- Reports with charts for activities with very long titles could not be exported or printed.
- CTRL clicks did not work in the style inspector.
- No values could be set for certain date fields in filters.
- General stability has been improved.
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Version History
8.2.0
Dec 4, 2023
New fields for the work-breakdown view, the assignments view and the resources view:

- Expected Work Variance: Contains the net difference between Expected Work and Planned Work. A positive value means more work compared to the plan.
- Expected Duration Variance: Contains the net difference between Expected Duration and Planned Duration. A positive value means a longer duration compared to the plan.
- Expected Start Variance: Contains the net duration between Planned Start and Expected Start. A positive value means a delay in the start.
- Expected End Variance: Contains the net duration between Planned End and Expected end. A positive value means a delay at the end.
- Expected Cost Variance: The difference between Expected Costs and Planned Costs. A positive value means increased costs compared to the plan.


More flexibility in the assignments view:

In the assignments view, you can now also display selected fields of the associated activities in rows for assignments. The following new columns are available for this purpose:

- Code (Activity)
- Notes (Activity)
- Tags (Activity)
- WBS Code (Activity)
- # (Activity)

In addition, all user-defined activity fields are available as columns and are also identified by the suffix "(Activity)".
You can also display the corresponding fields of the assigned resources in the work-breakdown view. The columns are marked with the suffix "(Resource)".


More overview in the work breakdown view:

- Customize the display of assigned resources via the context menu of the resource column. With the new "Show content" option, you can now select whether column content is only displayed on the activities or also on activity groups.
- Via the context menu of the comment column, you can now set whether the resource names in the column are displayed in full or only with abbreviations. You can also select the format for date and time values.


Changes:
- The minimum operating system is now iOS 15.
- The view settings inspector now closes automatically when you select a new table row.
- If you enter actual work values without a time unit in the inspector, the unit is automatically taken from other fields already filled in.
- When setting up the first user, Merlin Project now automatically asks you whether guests should have full access, read-only access or no access at all.
- If activities are still assigned when deleting resources, a warning dialog is now displayed.
- Timescale tiers in Gantt charts can now also be selected via the "Display > Timescale > Tiers" menu.
- Objects can now also be moved by dragging when the help function is activated.
- When adding new columns, you can now select multiple list entries.


Fixed issues:
- Documents from some MindManager versions could not be imported.
- File attachments could receive an incorrect timestamp.
- The earned-value BCWP was not always calculated correctly.
- When changing print settings, the print preview did not always adjust correctly.
- Reports with charts for activities with very long titles could not be exported or printed.
- CTRL clicks did not work in the style inspector.
- No values could be set for certain date fields in filters.
- General stability has been improved.
8.1.9
Jul 12, 2023
Fixed issues:
- Improved general stability.
- Inspector controls for subtitles are not multi-line when text grows longer.
- The style inspector did not show inherited colors.
8.1.8
Feb 23, 2023
New features:
- Added link to Merlin Project discussion forum to the help menu.

Fixed issues:
- Improved general stability.
- Syncing Merlin Project files with a Mac running Dropbox 160.4.4703 or later did not always work.
- After unlocking the iPad, the content of a project could be shifted towards the left upper corner of the screen.
- The option "Resize Columns" on project view report modules did not always work.
- Labels in chart reports could overlap.
- Opening the style editor via the context menu did not always pre-select a matching style condition.
8.1.7
Nov 3, 2022
Fixes:
- Improved general stability.
8.1.6
Oct 24, 2022
Fixed issues:
- Improved general stability.
- The Kanban column for empty status values was ordered last not first.
- The application could hang after inserting remaining work.
- Sometimes labels were cut off in the Netplan view.
8.1.5
Jul 12, 2022
Fixed issues:
- Improved general stability.
- The style editor for net plan cells did not allow to set the "images" format option for the resources field.
- Dragging the separator between outline and Gantt chart did not always work correctly when screen synchronization was active.

Changes:
- Histograms for budget/cost balance fields are now using the "Time Phase Normal" and "Time Phase Critical" style conditions. By default, histogram bars now appear in red or green, depending on whether the budget is exceeded in the corresponding time phase.
8.1.2
Feb 28, 2022
Fixed issues:
- Improved general stability.
- When importing MS Project files, tasks without work could have a wrong completion.
8.1.0
Feb 2, 2022
New features:
- On the iPad, the style inspector of the Mac version is now also available. Use it to design the look of all view elements and define which fields they derive their content from. To open the new inspector, tap the brush icon in the toolbar above a view.
- AirPlay (screen sync) lets you display content from your iPad on an external screen. Normally, this mirrors the entire interface. With the new full screen icon, you can now display individual project views full screen and in full resolution. The icon is only visible as long as AirPlay is active.
- In the report view, you can now also insert new modules, just like on the Mac.
- In the report view settings, you can set the page size, orientation, and margins.

Fixed issues:
- Improved general stability.
8.0.3
Dec 14, 2021
Fixed issues:
- Improved general stability.
8.0.2
Nov 24, 2021
Fixed issues:
- Improved general stability.
- The manual format settings for the "Complete" column did not work.
8.0.1
Sep 16, 2021
Fixed issues:
- Improved general stability.
- When printing, some printers produced only blank pages.
8.0.0
Sep 9, 2021
New functions:
- The new dynamic help explains views, columns, fields and controls. Activate it via the new question mark icon in the main toolbar and then tap and hold on an object you want to learn more about. When the mouse or trackpad is connected, it is enough to point at an object.
- You can now customize the thickness and color of the vertical timeline in the Gantt chart in the Style inspector.
- You can now start calls from the phone icon in the Resource Inspector.
- The file attachment inspector has been redesigned.
- You can now create new resource pools on the iPad.

Changes:
- The font in the inspector is now larger.
- When creating new columns, you now select the associated field in a separate dialog.
- You now change titles and fields of existing columns exclusively in the inspector and no longer directly in the column header.

Fixed issues:
- General stability has been improved.
7.2.6
Jul 19, 2021
Fixed issues:
- Improved general stability.
- The content of the overview panel was misaligned in some net plan views.
- When dynamically grouping by resources, activities from sub-projects were always put into separate groups.
7.2.5
Jun 2, 2021
Fixed issues:
- Improved general stability.
- Some fonts did not work in the header and footer when printing.
- In rare cases, documents could no longer be opened.
- HEIC format images were not accepted as media.
7.2.4
Mar 25, 2021
Fixed issues:
- Fixed a regression which led to the Gantt chart not being scrollable on some devices.
7.2.3
Mar 22, 2021
Fixed issues:
- Improved general stability.
- When opening protected documents, the entered password is now used to log in to subprojects even if it is not in the keychain.
- If errors occurred when logging in to subprojects, the wrong message appeared in the warnings window.
- Error messages could appear when separating an activity group into a subproject.
7.2.2
Mar 2, 2021
New Features:
- You can now replace resources in a project with resources from a pool. To do this, simply drag a pool resource onto a project resource.

Fixed issues:
- Improved general stability.
- The pool icon still appeared in the info column of a resource even if the associated pool resource was already deleted.
7.2.1
Feb 2, 2021
Fixed issues:
- The panel for editing filter definitions was not always shown.
7.2.0
Jan 27, 2021
New Features:
- In the project settings you can now set the formats for the outline and WBS codes, as well as edit the value lists for attachments and resources.
- Via the new item "Edit..." in the view menu you can create and manage your own views.
- Via the new item "Edit..." in the column set menu you can create and manage your own column sets.
- From activities with planning conflicts, you can now jump directly to the list with all conflicts via the context menu.

Fixed issues:
- Improved general stability.
- Individual style settings on objects from subprojects of subprojects were not considered.
7.1.4
Jan 15, 2021
Fixed issues:
- The application could crash when scribbling text with the Apple Pencil under iOS 14.
7.1.3
Jan 12, 2021
Fixed issues:
- Improved general stability.
- Exporting PDFs from a project with a slash in the title of its root activity did not work.
- Picking a target file for sub-projects did not always work.
- Sometimes, text in confirmation alerts was not readable in the dark appearance.
7.1.2
Dec 9, 2020
Fixed issues:
- Improved general stability.
- Activities could not be manually resorted by dragging when a work-breakdown view was not ordered by the # column.
- In rare cases the contents of dropbox directories could not be listed.
7.1.0
Nov 25, 2020
Fixed issues:
- Improved general stability.
- The drop zones for dragged Kanban cards were not properly highlighted.
- Sometimes Kanban cards appeared in the wrong column after dragging.
7.0.1
Nov 14, 2020
Fixed issues:
- Improved general stability.
7.0.0
Nov 10, 2020
New Features:
- Activities, assignments, resources and attachments can now be commented by users. Comments are displayed in the last tab of the inspector as a conversation thread.
- There is a new outline column for comments.
- The info column shows with a bubble symbol whether comments are present in a line. If the bubble is filled orange, unread comments are present.
- The Warnings window shows unread comments and planning conflicts as well as messages that occur during import and export.
- On iPads with iOS 14, you can now use your Apple Pencil to write directly into text fields in the outline and inspector. The function called Scribble by Apple, however, so far only works optimally if the iPad language is set to English or Chinese.
- You can now insert images in media columns.
- Tags can now be created and edited.

Changes:
- iOS 13 is now the minimum required system version.

Fixed issues:
- Improved general stability.

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