Release information
Projektron BCS 24.2
With the release of Projektron BCS 24.2, we are presenting innovations that make your work easier and increase security. The implementation of Passkeys enables password-free authentication, which not only increases security through strong encryption and phishing protection, but also optimizes user-friendliness. In addition, the personal Kanban board and the new to-do lists offer a more efficient way to organize your tasks. Update to BCS 24.2 now to benefit from these functional improvements!
Implementation of passkeys in BCS
With BCS 24.2, all users can use the password-free authentication method with passkeys, as already used by companies such as Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon and PayPal. Passkeys provide secure login through strong encryption, phishing protection and prevent stolen credentials from being misused. In addition, logging in without a username or password makes it easier to use.
The introduction of Passkeys not only increases security, but also improves user-friendliness by avoiding typical password problems such as weak or forgotten passwords. For administrators, this means less work in password management. Passkeys can be managed directly in the user account and deleted if necessary. Read our blog article to learn more about Passkeys.
This feature is also available for BCS.start.
Simply better organized: personal Kanban board for organizing your work
Do you sometimes feel overwhelmed by all the tasks you have to deal with? The personal Kanban board in Projektron BCS 24.2 enables each user to organize their tasks more clearly and efficiently. With user-defined swim lanes and statuses, you can add tickets, reminders, or appointments as board elements and arrange them using drag and drop.
Each element can be given a deadline, a title and a description, which makes planning and tracking your tasks considerably easier. You can also easily map recurring tasks by adding a repeat rule. Benefit from this new functionality and increase your efficiency and organization with the personal Kanban board in Projektron BCS 24.2!
This function is alsoincluded in BCS.start.
To-do lists in description fields of tickets or Kanban cards
Projectron BCS 24.2 implements a lightweight to-do list that is available in the description fields of various BCS elements. This functionality is based on the CKEditor, which makes it possible to create simple and user-friendly to-do lists directly in the text editor in order to process BCS elements in an even more structured way.
This function is alsoincluded in BCS.start.
Safety-related changes
It's worth updating to the latest BCS version! We are constantly working to identify potential security vulnerabilities and fix them immediately. The latest BCS version always contains the fixes for security gaps made in previous releases.
Further selected functions of the 24.2
Usability & GUI
- Icons replace label buttons
- New background images for workspaces
- Cache with Ctrl + S
- Performance optimizations in weekly booking and in views with comment function and history
- Resubmissions can be created via the toolbar and pop-up window
Appointment calendar, appointments & agenda
- Appointments outside the office can be visually highlighted
- Optimization of the calendar display so that 15- and 30-minute appointments can be visually distinguished
- Appointments of a person group can be displayed
- New, very flexible repetition rules for appointments
- Reject/decline of all appointments in a period possible
- Create appointments via pop-up window while linking objects to an agenda
BPMN
- Processes can be filtered by project affiliation
- Standard process available: approval process for mobile working
Project management
- When copying PSP elements, “function sets” can optionally be excluded
- New file storage at interval-planned material cost plans
- Direct assignment of order items to project tasks
- Marked order items can be changed directly via the action menu with regard to the “distribution” attribute
- Effort plan: Warnings if forecast external personnel costs exceed ordered personnel costs
- Project templates revised for more clarity
- Planned expenses for tickets can be stored and copied within project templates
Resource management
- Entire group of people can be requested as a resource for a project, without breaking down the effort required for individual members
- Capacity in full-time equivalents (FTE) can be displayed in the utilization mountain and resource utilization
- Deployment planning possible as a percentage of the monthly target working time
Furthermore
- Customers can import standard rights via the interface
- Outgoing invoices / expense invoices: DATEV export status can be easily reset
- Outgoing invoices: Limit for total amount in the invoice generator
- Dynamic vacation calculation: Vacation calculation takes into account adjustments to contractual annual vacation entitlements during the year
- Cumulative expenses from ticket-based tasks can be automatically transferred to offers
- Project portfolio management: Projects in portfolio overview can be filtered by various attributes
- Jira synchronization: E-mail address of the BCS user can be used instead of the user ID for user mapping
And much more!
You can find even more new features and more detailed descriptions of all new functions in the Projektron BCS release notes and documentation.
Thilo Menges
Head of Corporate Development, Medical University of Lusatia - Carl Thiem
"What also impresses us is the release stability and transparency of Projektron BCS itself. We always have the feeling that we are transparently informed about product development - whether via the website, the newsletter or the release events in the fixed quarterly release cycle. One visit to the website and you can see immediately: What is planned for the next release? What has been released recently? What is already available, but maybe I don't use it yet? Because of this transparency and reliability, Projektron's product development deserves great praise."
Ralf Junge
Head of PMO, Sandstein Neue Medien
"We appreciate the flexibility and maximum customizability that BCS offers. In fact, we have also had many specifications made. We always eagerly await new BCS versions, and we usually update very quickly after a new release. Here we see another fantastic advantage of BCS - it is maximally customizable and yet easily update-compatible."
Outlook
Projektron BCS 24.2
The agile development model Scrum combined with the appropriate Projektron BCS support makes it possible: Find out here which important innovations are planned for the next version. Please note that there is no guarantee that the announced features will appear in exactly this form and in the next release. Short-term changes cannot be ruled out.
We have decided to combine the innovations from the originally planned versions 24.3 and 24.4 into one comprehensive update. This means you can benefit from a bundled release that not only provides all the innovations in one go, but also makes the changeover easier and more efficient for you. With BCS 24.4, you get a larger package of functions – including the tools you need to implement the mandatory e-invoicing requirement from January 2025.
E-invoicing: New functions for the 2025 e-invoicing requirement
E-invoicing: New functions for the 2025 e-invoicing requirement
From version 24.4, Projektron BCS offers enhanced functions to support companies with the introduction of the e-invoicing requirement from January 1, 2025. The functions enable complete, seamless processing of invoices, automatic validation, and archiving in accordance with legal requirements.
With BCS, you can quickly upload 24.4 electronic invoices in the common XRechnung and ZUGFeRD formats and have them automatically validated. BCS creates the invoice data directly as an incoming invoice and saves you the manual data entry – error-prone processes are no longer necessary. In addition, each invoice is securely stored in the file storage and can be viewed at any time. If you continue to use the invoice data in accounting programs such as DATEV, an additional interface between BCS and your accounting software ensures that further processing runs smoothly. This way, you are well prepared for the upcoming e-billing requirement and can rely on efficient and secure processes.
In combination with an approval workflow for incoming invoices in the BPMN process designer, you thus have tools at hand for easily adapting your invoicing processes to the new legal requirements, helping companies to prepare their IT infrastructure in good time for the e-invoicing requirement.
New day booking: Time tracking is now even more convenient
Time tracking using the day booking view in Projektron BCS is very popular. BCS users can use it to process all of their bookings of their working and project times for a day. From BCS 24.4, time tracking using this view should be even easier and more convenient. That is why it is receiving a significant technical and visual overhaul. This gives the day booking significantly better performance, improved user guidance and makes it more transparent.
AI integration for BCS – 24.4 brings smart user help
How do I create a ticket? Where can I record project risks? How do you enter work appointments? BCS users will soon receive quick and competent answers to such questions from the AI. With version 24.4, users will be able to use the integrated AI for their user questions for free for the first time. The AI helps to answer questions about Projektron BCS quickly and accurately by accessing company-specific knowledge and existing data records from the comprehensive documentation. Admins and project teams in particular benefit: they can flexibly configure the AI and create their own applications that meet their specific requirements. The AI will also use RAG techniques to generate answers from secure, internal data sources – ideal for anyone who needs quick and precise solutions. The Projektron AI can be operated completely locally, keeping sensitive data protected.
