Clarizen - Version 5.3 - Convert Email into Action



What's In the Release?

InterAct




  • InterAct transforms unstructured communication into a centralized hub of execution; This allows for improved predictability, productivity and real time transparency within the organization
  • The InterAct center promotes the next level of maturity and success for organizations by allowing users to manage initiatives, projects and tasks within Clarizen all via email
  • Easy adoption for all teams as no plugins are required and all mailing systems and devices are supported
  • Centralize all islands of work and communication from any device and mail system
  • InterAct's powerful email engine gives you the control and flexibility to define how you and your team interact with work tasks, projects, team members, managers as well as your customers




Stopwatch

Clarizen’s Stopwatch transforms your work into a collaborative execution platform by enabling you and your managers to activate timers in real time as well as understand who is working on what, thereby increasing your accountability and predictability. Users can activate the timers on specific work items in real time, directly from the application, your iPhone or via emails.

  • Clarizen’s Stopwatch can be triggered on any reportable work item
  • Once the Stopwatch is started, it keeps running in the background
  • The Stopwatch can be controlled directly from within the application, Clarizen’s iPhone App and also via email through Clarizen InterAct
  • Clarizen's Stopwatch feature supplies management with a unique real-time view of ‘who is doing what’, empowering managers with a new level of visibility into their projects and resources
  • Clarizen’s Stopwatch provides managers with a sense of predictability and transparency , projects and work can be measured and adjusted in real time
  • Team members can now share a sense of accountability and transparency with their team members and managers






Relations Summary Fields


  • Users can look up any related objects and calculate the fields associated with those objects. Formulas such as: calculating the count, sum, average, minimum and maximum of the fields of related objects
  • For example: keep in a work item that count of unclosed related issues, sum costs of related risks etc
  • Users can also calculate based on custom fields associated with related objects giving ultimate flexibility






Single Sign On

  • LDAP Integration provides organizations access via recognized security standards and protocols
  • Organizations can configure Clarizen to work synchronized with their AD\LDAP system, and by that, enabling the following:
    • Enable Single Sign On to the application, once connected to the Corporate network
    • Disable login to the application, unless connected to the corporate network
  • Clarizen allows direct integration so that each new organization member gets added as a Clarizen user as well