Assignee placeholders

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Templates at the department level are made as general as possible to allow for maximum reuse. For example, due dates are set relative from the new hire’s start date (for example, two weeks after start date). Assignees can also be generalized in the same fashion by allowing tasks to be assigned to a placeholder to be mapped at runtime.

Managers can insert assignee placeholders in their template, to be filled out later. For example, a group of tasks can be assigned to “business administrator” in a template. Then, when the someone uses that template, they specify who “business administrator” is. This allows for more flexibility and template reuse.