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title: "BigGantt 18 May 2026"
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> Macro (aura-html)

**Release date**: 5/18/2026

This page outlines the updates included in the latest release of BigGantt.

**Version: **8.71

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# New

## Multi-team planning

### Multi-team planning custom fields have been added

Now you can **assign multiple teams to tasks** to perform long-term planning and **estimate the needed team effort**. Calculate how many resources are needed to implement the plan and how many resources are left for other topics.

![image-20260309-133152.png](media://4ceafac1-6d3a-488b-ae40-353c65f1074e)

Two new fields have been added:

- **Multi-team planning (Story Points)**
- **Multi-team planning (Time Estimates)**

The new fields allow you to assign a team and its effort to a task:

![image-20260309-133752.png](media://4fb34779-9636-4a5c-959b-8d742b482206)

**Note**: The **muti-team estimates are stored in BigPicture** and aren’t connected to any Jira field - they do not affect the estimate and team fields of tasks. This lets you later easily compare the initial plan to the actual exectution. This lets you later easily compare the actual work done to the initial plan.

![image-20260309-135518.png](media://c7262105-b86d-48f6-87dc-aa8df0c6d786)

Use the **resources panel** to see how the workload estimation calculations. Make sure to adjust the view settings to see the calculations for the planning data.

**Note**: For the calculations to work, the tasks need to have start and end dates.

![image-20260309-134713.png](media://aa1f6dd5-846a-451f-95ab-c146dc92fcd2)

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# Enhancements

## User interface changes

- The three-dot menu has been removed (applies to the new navigation). The view options can be adjusted in the **Indicators** drop-down.

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> Macro (details)
> 
> | **Release date** | 5/18/2026 |
> | --- | --- |
> | **Highlights** | - [new]
>   - **Multi-team planning** custom fields have been added.
> - [Enhancements]
>   - User interface change. |