Is there a place or a way to do this?  It would be really nice to be able to see what people are working on at the moment!

Check the "In Progress" section of the request list as well as the "Workshop" forums.

There is no centralized, regularly updated "In Progress" list, which would be a nice idea to do in the same style of Ignition.

W.I.P. often becomes R.I.P. when the work can't be continued for various reasons.

Teamwork could also be improved. 

@@TomSawyer2112 That is planned actually, when the requests system is finally integrated with ignition. :)