This page lists where Atlas now differs from the Atlas User Manual, revision 2 (September 29, 2026), and what these docs add.
Corrections
| Topic | Manual rev 2 said | Atlas today |
|---|---|---|
| Project activation | Planning → Active once a board has more than one ticket. | Activates at the first ticket. Lifecycle |
| Board methodology | Can't be changed after the board is created. | Switch any time with Edit board › Use Scrum. Boards |
| Create Project | Board methodology dropdown. | A Use Scrum switch. No project manager field: the creator becomes the manager. Status offers Planning, Active or On Hold. |
| Opening a board | Opens the Overview page by default. | Opens the work view: Board for Kanban; Board or Backlog for Scrum. |
| Standup Board | A separate sidebar page. | Part of Daily Updates; /standup redirects there. Review updates |
| Managers | Separate Functional and Operational Manager fields. | A single Reports To field. Org chart |
| Sidebar | Org Chart under Work; Permissions under User. | Org Chart sits under User. There is no Permissions page. Billing and Organization are under System. |
| Permissions | An editable permission matrix per role. | Removed. Access comes from your role and each project's scope and team. Roles at a glance |
| Reports | Overview, Projects, People, Work Logs for every role. | Same tabs, with Projects opening by default. The Reports page is Admin-only. |
Product changes
- Access: every project now has a scope (Private, Limited or Open). The project manager label no longer gives extra rights, and only Admins can change a project's scope or manager.
- Boards: board members were removed. Everyone with full access to a project can work on all its boards and be assigned its tickets.
- Daily update approvals: your reporting manager approves or rejects your updates, instead of any Admin or Lead.
- Users: the Active/Inactive user status was removed. Remove someone from the organization instead.
- Scheduled email reports were removed.
- Users and profiles: Department, Department Category and Team were removed.
- Org Chart: team tabs and the department search were removed. Search is by name or designation.
- Daily Updates: redesigned with the standup summary, expandable rows, Linked tickets and Use logged hours. The status filter and department filter were removed.
- Tickets: Critical priority added; the original and remaining estimate fields were removed; the Create Ticket dialog has a rich text editor.
- Admin dashboard: the org-wide Members, Leads, Total Projects and Completed Projects cards were removed in favor of the four Today cards.
- Product tours: seen tours are remembered on your account, so they don't auto-start again on new devices. The header's Tour this page button became the Help menu.
Newly documented
These existed but weren't covered in the manual:
- Tickets: types, priorities, subtasks, epics, attachments, comments and work logs.
- Workflow stages, Kanban board filters, and board archive, restore and delete.
- Backlog and sprints.
- Lead and Member dashboards.
- Recurring meetings, reminders and meeting emails.
- Health and compliance scoring.
- Accepting invitations and organizations.
- Organization settings, Billing and the Activity log.
- Keyboard shortcuts and limits.
Not yet available
Pages marked Coming soon, Preview or Partial describe features that are partly built:
- Global search (Preview)
- Billing payments and invoices (Partial)
- Burndown and velocity charts (Partial)
- Switching organizations in the app (Partial)
- Meeting RSVP, editing your profile, active sessions, deleting a company and document types (Coming soon)