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New in Rillsoft Project 10.0

Rillsoft Project 10.0: a modern foundation for project and resource planning

Rillsoft Project 10.0 is the next technical generation of Rillsoft project management software. The new version improves more than individual functions: it modernizes the foundation for project planning, resource planning, capacity planning and work with the Rillsoft Integration Server.

One key focus of this release is the reduction of technical debt. This makes Rillsoft Project easier to maintain, easier to integrate and more robust for future extensions.

What Rillsoft Project 10.0 improves strategically

  • More modern technical foundation: compiler toolset upgraded from v120 to v143.
  • Better integration: interfaces modernized from SOAP to REST.
  • AI access: built-in MCP server through which an AI assistant or a script works locally on the open project.
  • Secure authentication: login via JWT authentication (JSON Web Token).
  • Stronger resource analysis: multidimensional evaluations for people, roles, teams, projects and project attributes.
  • Better handling of large project repositories: new search and time filters in the “Open project” dialog when working with Rillsoft Integration Server.

Why the technical modernization matters

Many organizations use project management software for many years. Over time, requirements go beyond simple scheduling: centralized project storage, user management, integration into existing IT landscapes, resource analysis across multiple projects and reliable data for project portfolio decisions.

Rillsoft Project 10.0 provides a more modern foundation for these requirements. The move to REST and JWT makes integrations easier and strengthens technical future-readiness. The upgrade to a newer compiler toolset reduces legacy burden in the product base and supports further software development.

Multidimensional resource analysis

Resource analysis in Rillsoft Project 10.0 becomes more flexible. In addition to the commonly used one-dimensional resource structure, 2D, 3D and 4D structures are now available.

In the “Personnel” portfolio view, combinations of several attributes can be displayed, for example:

  • Person
  • Role
  • Team
  • Project
  • Project category
  • Project status
  • Project customer

This multidimensional view helps identify resource bottlenecks, team structures, project workloads and portfolio relationships more clearly.

Resource pool: flexible table sorting

Tables in the resource pool can now be sorted freely. This includes people, roles, teams, projects, project categories, project statuses and project customers.

For project managers and resource managers, daily work becomes clearer, especially when many master data records or large project portfolios have to be managed.

Set tasks up to a reference date to “completed”

The new function allows tasks up to a defined reference date to be set to “completed” in one step.

This is useful when project status data must be cleaned up, updated or prepared regularly for reporting.

Better project filters with Rillsoft Integration Server

In combination with the Rillsoft Integration Server, additional filters are available in the “Open project” dialog:

  • Search filter: searches all projects in all folders.
  • Time filter: narrows down the project selection by time period.
  • Result-oriented folder tree: shows only folders with matches and their parent folders.

The project list initially shows the projects from the first visible result folder. The folder can be changed to view matches from other folders.

MCP server: AI assistants on the open project

Rillsoft Project 10.0 includes a built-in MCP server (Model Context Protocol). It runs inside the visible, running application on your own machine, is reachable only at 127.0.0.1 and is not a cloud service – Rillsoft Project sends nothing. An AI assistant such as Claude or Codex, or a script without any AI, connects to the desktop client and works on the open project.

A connected client reads the computed schedule with dates, float, critical path and conflicts, analyses capacity per role, team, person or machine, finds candidates for a task, builds project structures or compares the current state with the baseline. Typical questions: Who is overloaded next week? Where is the bottleneck per role or team? Who could take this task? How far does the plan deviate from the baseline?

The scheduling engine of Rillsoft Project remains the single source of truth: the AI reads the result, it does not compute it. Every mutating call is exactly one undo step and can be reverted with Ctrl+Z. A read-only mode limits the server to evaluating tools; an optional API key protects access.

Use cases, requirements and answers to the most common questions are on the page MCP server: AI assistant on the open project. Setup, proven prompts and the tool contract for developers are on the AI hub rillsoft.ai.

Who benefits most from Rillsoft Project 10.0?

Rillsoft Project 10.0 is especially relevant for organizations that want to manage project planning and resource planning more strongly with a database and evaluate several projects, teams or resource pools centrally.

Typical use cases include:

  • multi-project management
  • project portfolio planning
  • capacity planning
  • resource planning by roles, teams and people
  • centralized project storage with Rillsoft Integration Server
  • technical integration into existing IT environments

Conclusion

Rillsoft Project 10.0 is more than a feature update. The version reduces technical debt, modernizes key interfaces and improves analysis of large project and resource repositories.

This strengthens Rillsoft Project as software for project planning, resource planning, capacity planning and multi-project management in the long term.

Frequently asked questions(FAQ)

Rillsoft Project 10.0 is the new technical generation of Rillsoft project management software for resource planning, capacity planning and multi-project management. The version modernizes the technical foundation, reduces technical debt and improves work with project and resource repositories.

Rillsoft Project 10.0 is especially suited for mid-sized industrial companies and project-oriented organizations that plan several parallel projects with limited resources. Typical users are project managers, resource managers, PMOs and organizations that need realistic capacity planning.

Rillsoft Project is not focused on simple task management or general team collaboration. The software supports realistic project planning with resources, roles, qualifications, capacities and cross-project bottlenecks. This makes it useful when task management tools are no longer sufficient for resource and capacity planning.

REST interfaces make technical integration into existing IT environments easier. JWT authentication supports modern and secure login. Together, these changes improve the future-readiness of Rillsoft Project and its work with Rillsoft Integration Server.

Multidimensional resource analysis helps evaluate resource bottlenecks, roles, teams, projects, project status and project customers together. Organizations gain a clearer view of capacities and workloads across several parallel projects.

Yes. Rillsoft Project 10.0 includes a built-in MCP server (Model Context Protocol) that runs locally in the desktop client and exposes the open project to an AI assistant or a script. Rillsoft Project still computes the schedule; the AI reads the result, and every change is one undo step. The server is reachable only on your own machine and is not a cloud service.