Combined Project Portfolio Management release notes for upgrades from Vancouver to Xanadu

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To help you prepare for your upgrade, we have combined the cross-family Project Portfolio Management release notes onto one page. Read this summary of the new features, changes, and updated information for your product from Vancouver to Xanadu.

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If there were no updates for a release notes section in a certain family release, we included a short note for your reference. For example, if a product did not have any updates in Tokyo, the row says "No updates for this release."

Important information for upgrading Project Portfolio Management to Xanadu

Before you upgrade to Xanadu, review these pre- and post-upgrade tasks and complete the tasks as needed.


Release	Release notes
Vancouver	No updates for this release.
Washington DC	No updates for this release.
Xanadu	No updates for this release.

New features

Between your current release family and Xanadu, new features were introduced for Project Portfolio Management.


Release	Release notes
Vancouver	Managing financials for your projects Plan and manage projects using the new, interactive UI. Starting with the Vancouver release, you can create and manage cost plans by using the new Project Workspace. For more information, see the Project Workspace release notes. Resource Management Workspace View the allocation details of resources and their assigned tasks using the Resource Portfolio view. Use the quick filters to build a condition and define a date range to view a specific set of resource allocations. View the resource requests for projects or tasks in the bottom screen area and access the request to allocate resources.
Washington DC	Enhanced project planning and management Create and manage cost plans by using the new Project Workspace. For more information, see the Project Workspace release notes. New experience to view and manage resource allocations Experience the next level of Resource Management in the ServiceNow® Resource Management Workspace application, which provides resource managers with an exclusive, centralized workspace to quickly view the allocated, approved, or pending work of your resources and manage resource allocation requests. Filter the work requests to identify a priority. Migrate resource plans and operational resource plans to attribute-based resource assignments Migrate the resource plans of your projects and demands to attribute-based resource assignments and work on resource allocations using Project Workspace. Migrate cost plans to attribute-based costs plans Migrate cost plans to attribute-based costs plans for your projects and demands while migrating resource plans to attribute-based resource assignments to manage your projects and demands in Next Experience using Project Workspace. Generate labor costs for epics Generate labor costs based on the resource assignments for epics. Migrate financial baselines to Next Experience Migrate the financial baselines of your projects or demands to Next Experience and capture the actual expenses recorded using the Classic UI. Next Experience support for Strategic Spend Tracking for PPM dashboard Visualize the costs and analyze the total expenses for your organization’s strategies and goals using the Next Experience user interface in the Strategic Spend Tracking for PPM dashboard. When you upgrade Strategic Spend Tracking for PPM to v1.1.0, the dashboard is automatically migrated to the Next Experience UI. You can access the new dashboard by navigating to All > Strategic Spend Tracking for PPM > Analytics. For more information on the Next Experience user interface, see Next Experience UI. Migrate Idea Manager dashboard to Next Experience Generate a report on idea metrics, trends, and categories using the Next Experience user interface in the Idea Manager dashboard. Migrate PMO dashboard to Next Experience Track project budgets, expenses, and status using the Next Experience user interface in the PMO dashboard.
Xanadu	Time Card management Starting with the Xanadu release, new customers can directly access the Analytics Time sheet, Analytics User manager, and Analytics Project manager dashboards in Next Experience.

Changes

Between your current release family and Xanadu, some changes were made to existing Project Portfolio Management features.


Release	Release notes
Vancouver	No updates for this release.
Washington DC	No updates for this release.
Xanadu	Project Portfolio Management The new ServiceNow® Project Workspace application provides a more efficient, streamlined way for you to work. For information about how to upgrade, see Project Workspace. Project Portfolio Management is still supported in this release.

Removed

Between your current release family and Xanadu, some Project Portfolio Management features or functionality were removed.


Release	Release notes
Vancouver	No updates for this release.
Washington DC	No updates for this release.
Xanadu	No updates for this release.

Deprecations

Between your current release family and Xanadu, some Project Portfolio Management features or functionality were deprecated.


Release	Release notes
Vancouver	No updates for this release.
Washington DC	No updates for this release.
Xanadu	No updates for this release.

Activation information

Review information on how to activate Project Portfolio Management.


Release	Release notes
Vancouver	The ServiceNow Project Portfolio Management is available with activation of the PPM Standard (com.snc.financial_planning_pmo) plugin. For more details, see Activate PPM Standard. Install Scenario Planning for PPM by requesting it from the ServiceNow® Store. Visit the ServiceNow Store website to view all the available apps and for information about submitting requests to the store. For cumulative release notes information for all released apps, see the ServiceNow Store release notes.
Washington DC	Project Portfolio Management is available with activation of the PPM Standard (com.snc.financial_planning_pmo) plugin. For more information on activation, see Activate PPM Standard (Project Portfolio Management). Install Strategic Spend Tracking for PPM by requesting it from the ServiceNow Store. Visit the ServiceNow Store website to view all the available apps and for information about submitting requests to the store. For cumulative release notes information for all released apps, see the ServiceNow Store version history release notes.
Xanadu	Project Portfolio Management is a ServiceNow AI Platform feature that is active by default.

Additional requirements

If any additional requirements were introduced or changed for Project Portfolio Management we have noted them here.


Release	Release notes
Vancouver	No updates for this release.
Washington DC	No updates for this release.
Xanadu	No updates for this release.

Browser requirements

If any specific browser requirements were introduced or changed for Project Portfolio Management we have noted them here.


Release	Release notes
Vancouver	No updates for this release.
Washington DC	No updates for this release.
Xanadu	No updates for this release.

Accessibility information

Review details on accessibility information for Project Portfolio Management, such as specific requirements or compliance levels.


Release	Release notes
Vancouver	No updates for this release.
Washington DC	No updates for this release.
Xanadu	No updates for this release.

Localization information

If there are specific localization considerations for Project Portfolio Management we have noted them here.


Release	Release notes
Vancouver	No updates for this release.
Washington DC	No updates for this release.
Xanadu	No updates for this release.

Highlight information

If there are specific highlight considerations for Project Portfolio Management we have noted them here.


Release	Release notes
Vancouver	Work on resource assignments easily from the ServiceNow® Project Workspace. As a Resource Manager, get a dedicated Resource Management Workspace to view resource allocation and requests. Effortlessly manage planned costs and expense lines for your project financials directly from the Project Workspace.
Washington DC	Migrate resource plans to resource assignments of projects and demands and work on resource allocation using ServiceNow® Project Workspace. Migrate cost plans to attribute-based labor costs for your projects and demands. Generate labor costs for Agile epics. Migrate baselines for your projects and demands to Next Experience. Migrate the Idea Manager dashboard to Next Experience. Migrate the PMO dashboard to Next Experience. Migrate the Strategic Spend Tracking for PPM dashboard to Next Experience. See Explore Project Portfolio Management for more information.
Xanadu	View the New Analytics Time sheet, Analytics User manager, and Analytics Project manager dashboards for time sheet and time card users in Next Experience. See Project Portfolio Management for more information.