What's New in LYNX – September / October 2026

These releases brings improvements to task management, project scheduling, reporting, and the AI Board, alongside continued development of LYNX-X.

LYNX

Improved Task Visibility in My Activities and Active Tasks

Additional columns have been introduced to provide more project information directly within task lists.

These include:

• Project Priority and Business Priority
• Milestone Buffer Percentage
• Task Progress (%)
• Global project properties, such as Product Team

These improvements help users better understand task priorities, project progress, and the context of their assignments without switching between views.

Improved Milestone Buffer Deadline Configuration

A new space-level configuration option provides greater flexibility in how milestone buffer deadlines are displayed on work package cards.

Users can choose whether the Milestone Buffer Deadline field displays the most critical milestone buffer deadline or the next milestone buffer deadline along the dependency chain.

This allows milestone information to better reflect different planning and execution requirements.

Improved Project Actual Dates

The Project Properties view has been enhanced to provide greater visibility into Actual Start and Actual Stop dates.

These values can now be reviewed and adjusted when necessary, supporting more accurate lead-time calculations and historical project performance analysis.

Resource Load and Scheduling Improvements

Several improvements have been made to scheduling calculations and resource load visualization:

• Improved Level of Effort (LOE) sizing to prevent unexpected resource load peaks.
• Corrected LOE sizing behavior when predecessor tasks are completed.
• Improved buffer calculations for fixed-duration tasks.
• Improved handling of the "Do not level" constraint to prevent scheduling calculation errors.
• Added an ASAP positioning option in Resource Load to display started tasks at their earliest possible scheduling position.

These changes support more reliable scheduling results and a clearer understanding of resource requirements.

Reporting and Project History

Several improvements have been made to reporting and historical project data.

• Improved sorting of date and ID columns in reporting and Fever Chart tables.
• Improved access to historical buffer and project information.
• Improved reliability when generating and saving reports.
• Corrected issues affecting CSV exports and PDF report templates.
• Improved stability when opening reports and navigating from reports to projects.
• Improved handling of report data and scheduled report generation.

These updates aim to make reporting more consistent and reliable across different project and portfolio views.

Other Improvements and Fixes

• Corrected issues with task deletion and task list visualization.
• Improved handling of required fields and custom properties.
• Fixed issues affecting hour bookings and user selection.
• Improved task tracking and date-range filtering.
• Corrected issues with project history tags and buffer information.
• Additional stability and performance improvements.

AI Board

User-Level AI Board Access

The AI Board can now be enabled or disabled for individual users, providing greater control over access to AI-powered functionality.

Expanded Data Access for AI Widgets

The AI Board has been enhanced to work with additional planning and configuration information, including:

• Scenario planning information.
• Values stored in Units of Measure (UoM) tables and lists.
• Stage descriptions and related project information.

These improvements expand the possibilities for creating AI-powered widgets and analyzing project and portfolio data.

Improved AI Application Integration

Several improvements have been introduced to support AI-powered applications within LYNX.

These include more consistent handling of task statuses, resource requirements, identifiers, and application windows.

Additional stability improvements help ensure a more reliable experience when running AI applications.

LYNX-X

LYNX-X continues to evolve with improvements to usability, project management, and application stability.

Booking Module Improvements

The Booking Module has been further improved to provide a more consistent and intuitive experience when reviewing and registering booked hours.

These enhancements continue to align booking functionality with the workflows available in the traditional LYNX Scheduler.

CCPM Compliance Checks

Support for CCPM compliance checks has been improved in LYNX-X, helping project managers evaluate planning compliance, including for released projects.

Improved Stage Dependency Management

Stage dependency management has been enhanced, allowing users to remove predecessor and successor relationships directly within LYNX-X.

Additional Stability and Usability Improvements

• Improved search functionality and error handling.
• Corrected issues affecting custom fields and document links.
• Improved application window behavior.
• Improved stability when handling complex operations.
• Additional fixes across project and task management views.

We continue to expand LYNX-X functionality and welcome your feedback as the application evolves.