As Runn is high-level strategic resource management and capacity planning platform, we do not currently offer task management. However, these 2 workarounds may work for your organization.
Roles
In Runn, default roles and project roles all fall under the Roles tab, but their functionality can be different. If you have more general categories of tasks, you can simple create some additional roles that are the tasks. When you assign someone- add them to the project using the Project Role instead of their Default Role.
Works if:
You have more generic and consistent tasks
You need a billing rate for each task
You want to calculate the cost of each task
You want to set a budget for each task
Need variance reporting between scheduled & actuals for each task
Advantages of the approach:
Roles is part of all plans, including free ones
Reporting is easy- roles is a required field so you every person assigned to a project will be assigned at least one task
People can have more than one role on a project
Not suited:
If you are looking to replace your ticketing system like JIRA
All tasks are independent of the project with several sub-issues
You have a mid to large organization
You have many different roles
You have a lot of variety of tasks across projects
Work Streams
In Runn, work streams can be different for each project- so you can create more granular tasks. They can also be shared across some projects, allowing you report on the costs associated with each work stream (task) but if not, can accurately reflect costs just for this project.
Works if:
You are comfortable with no Project Manager restrictions as you need to be Manager, All (User type) to add work streams ad hoc.
You do not need to set task budget
You have a more complex project hierarchy
You have more variety of tasks across different projects
Works with actuals & variance with scheduled
Advantages of this approach:
More flexible for adding more project- specific tasks
Can toggle to this view on planner
People can be in multiple work streams on the same project
Better data management for roles and contract details
Not suited:
You are on a Pro legacy plan, Professional, Starter or Free plan
You need to set a budget for each task in each project
Need very restrictive Edit or View permissions