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P4 Plan is an enterprise Agile planning tool that provides a single platform for decision-making at the project, program, and portfolio levels. Organizations that use P4 Plan can easily handle diverse and dispersed teams, expanding scale, changing goals, and tight schedules. You will require P4 Plan Client to use P4 Plan. You can download the same from here: https://www.perforce.com/downloads/helix-plan-client .
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- Effortlessly sclaes to meet a team's unique needs.
- Fully-supported planning methodologies enables teams to limit work in progress to increase value delivery and overall efficiency.
- Customizable dashboards and reports enable teams to see the data that is most important to them at a glance.
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P4 Plan
P4 Plan is an enterprise Agile planning tool that provides a single platform for decision-making at the project, program, and portfolio levels. Organizations that use P4 Plan can easily handle diverse and dispersed teams, expanding scale, changing goals, and tight schedules.
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Version release notes
P4 Plan (formerly Hansoft) 2025.1 Release Notes
Release date: February 2025
Brand Alignment Hansoft is now officially branded as P4 Plan, bringing it into alignment with the Helix Core and Swarm ecosystem.
Enhanced Priority Permissions
Administrators can now configure permissions for Sprint Priority and Backlog Priority columns.
These columns can be set to Read-Only or Normal, improving governance of team workflows.
The legacy option 'Let team members change sprint priority in To do list' has been removed.
Improved Item Insights
Item detail panels now display counts of comments, links, and attachments for quicker situational awareness.
Watch notifications have been expanded to include start and finish dates, ensuring better tracking of key milestones.
Enhancements
User Experience
Date and time pickers have been refined: single clicks no longer unintentionally alter date values.
Graphical editor improvements: arrow drawing issues with short arrows are now resolved.
Improved visibility and interaction consistency across Windows, macOS, and web clients.
Integration and Security
SSO now leverages curl 8.4.0, providing enhanced performance and up-to-date security standards.
Compatibility updates for third-party dependencies (k8s libraries, OAuth integrations).
Bug Fixes
Resolved an issue where the Windows client could crash during Excel export/save operations.
Fixed a bug where portfolio Watch/Unwatch actions were not working correctly.
Addressed an issue preventing items with problematic time spent assignments from being marked complete.
Fixed incorrect display of Original Estimate when unset.
Resolved sporadic crashes in the graphical editor during image annotation.
Upgrade Notes
Customers upgrading from Hansoft 11.x should note the branding change:
Product references, documentation, and web services now appear under P4 Plan.
API endpoints remain backward-compatible, but future releases will standardize naming.
Database schema upgrades are automatic and backward compatible.
The upgrade to curl 8.4.0 may affect custom SSO integrations; administrators should validate configurations post-upgrade.
Known Issues
In some environments, cached Watch notifications may display outdated usernames until the client is restarted.
When exporting large backlogs to Excel, performance may be degraded on Windows 11 clients with certain antivirus configurations.
The legacy Hansoft SDK is still supported but will be deprecated in a future release; migration to the P4 Plan API is recommended.
Compatibility
Server: Compatible with P4 Plan Server 2023.2 and later.
Client: Compatible with Windows 10/11, macOS 12+, and Ubuntu 20.04/22.04.
Integrations: Verified with Helix Core 2025.1, Swarm 2025.1, and Jenkins 2.440+.
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Usage instructions
Connect to P4 Plan:
- Download the P4 Plan client (<https://www.perforce.com/downloads/hansoft-client> ).
- Open the P4 Plan Client.
- Login using the following details:
a. P4 Plan Server: < P4PlanPublicIP>
b. Port: 50256
- Click Connect.
- Use username Administrator. The password is the output value of <P4PlanInstanceID> where initial i in instance id is capital.(e.g. I-12abcdef) (If you need to log in to the Server Administrator client, use the same password.)
- For more information, see the P4 Plan User Guide (<https://help.perforce.com/hansoft/current/user/index.htm> ).
- Activate your P4 Plan license key (you will receive an email for that). In the P4 Plan Client go to Admin > Upgrade license. Copy and paste the license key manually.
Additional Documentation:
- https://www.perforce.com/support/helix-plan-customer-handbookÂ
- https://help.perforce.com/hansoft/Â
- https://portal.perforce.com/s/article/205174491Â
- https://portal.perforce.com/s/article/10001Â
- https://www.perforce.com/contact-usÂ
- https://www.perforce.com/support/training/hansoft-training#tab-panel-7947Â
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