Updates for Project Online on the Public roadmap
By blurg64
Just a quick post to highlight a couple of exciting new capabilities for Project Online that have appeared in the Office roadmap, that you may have missed.
The following two items have been added under the launched category. The first
Bulk updates in Project Online
Workflow creators in Project Online can bulk update project custom fields with a single service request. Previously, each custom field update required a separate service request. This results in much faster transition between multiple demand management phases.
Improvements to Demand Management in Project Online
T_hrough effective use of demand management workflows in Project Online, you can decouple project site creation from project publishing. This results in Project advancing to the next stage in the workflow much faster._
Finally, there is one new Project Online relevant item under development which is pretty exciting and certainly something I have heard people ask for again and again 
Task Notifications in Project Online
In Project Online, team members can opt-in to receive email notifications. Team members will receive email alerts whenever a new task is assigned to them. They will also receive daily email reminders with a list of tasks that are upcoming or overdue.