Re: Server 2002 admin projects

From: Gary L. Chefetz [MVP] (garyNOSPAM_at_chefetzDOTorg)
Date: 02/19/04 

Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2004 19:42:24 -0500

Michelle:

I prefer fixed-duration tasks, non-effort driven, low percentage of units on
the assignments 1 to 2% and train your users to manage remaining work or
you'll have to. 

-- 
Gary Chefetz [MVP]
http://www.msprojectexperts.com
We wrote the book on Project Server
"Michelle" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:1203b01c3f67f$41fff9c0$a101280a@phx.gbl...
> Thanks Gary, I kind of guessed this unfortunately.
>
> Given this then, what is the best way of capturing non-
> project and non-working time with Pro 2003 and Server
> 2002 ?
>
> I can see a section in server where you can set you non-
> project/working categories that will appear in people's
> task *** page on the server, but I do not see how this
> time can be collated, or viewed in a collated fastion,
> either by total reported time by task or by person.
>
> If instead the easier way is for you to set up a regular
> project to collect non-working/project time, how would you
> define the tasks such that people can report time to them
> as they expend it, but not such that the tasks take a
> fixed amount of a persons schedulable time.  For instance
> unexpected IT issues that stop work.  I don't want to
> define a task that is a recurring number of hours each
> week that they may be able to bill time to.  Also, if I
> create a task that is insignificantly short, say 1 minute,
> as soon as someone bills time to it, the remaining hours
> drop to 0 and the task is considered complete.
>
> I just rambled there for a bit but wanted to show that I
> have tried to put some thought into this.
>
> Thanks for any help,
>
> Michelle
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Michelle:
> >
> >Project Server 2002 does not support Project 2003
> Administrative projects.
> >In 2002, you use standard projects for this.
> >
> >-- 
> >
> >Gary Chefetz [MVP]
> >http://www.msprojectexperts.com
> >We wrote the book on Project Server
> >
> >
> >"Michelle" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message
> >news:11d6701c3f64d$29d7d070$a101280a@phx.gbl...
> >> Hi Guys,
> >>
> >> I have been trying to create an administrative project
> >> from Project Pro 2003 on Project Server 2002 so that I
> can
> >> track non-project time.  When I try and save a project
> >> from Pro 2003 as an administrative project I get told
> that
> >> I do not have sufficient permissions.  This is strange
> >> because I have full admin permissions on the server with
> >> the account I log on with.
> >>
> >> I don't have any other accesss or permissions issues,
> just
> >> this one.
> >>
> >> Any thoughts about this would be very appreciated.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >> Michelle
> >
> >
> >.
> >