Re: Enterprise Resource / multiple projects ?

From: Dale Howard [MVP] ("Dale)
Date: 04/08/04 

Date: Wed, 7 Apr 2004 18:49:51 -0600

JeffP --

There are two ways that the owner of Project B could learn of the resource's
misfortune:

1. The owner of Project A calls the owner of Project B, knowing that
Project B is dependent on project A..

2. The owners of Projects A and B have set a cross-project dependency
between the dependent tasks in each plan. After the resource's accident,
the owner of project A reschedules the task 1 week later and saves the
project. The next time the owner of project B opens the plan, he/she will
see that the external predecessor task has slipped one week, driving the
task in project B one week late as well.

The first option would be my personal preference, as I believe the use of a
software tool can never replace good project communication. Hope this
helps. 

-- 
Dale A. Howard [MVP]
Enterprise Project Trainer/Consultant
http://www.msprojectexperts.com
"We wrote the book on Project Server"
"JeffP" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:96B8434A-8B9B-4827-8DAE-FA675FF0E9AE@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
>
> I have the following question for project server experts:
>
> Project A has activity 1 using Ent resource 1 (activity is sched to end
5/2/04)
> Project B has activity 1 using Ent resource 1 (activity is sched to start
5/3/04)
> so far no problems, all planning is done and project files saved to the
server.
> Ent resource 1 is hit by a car and this delays the finish of proj
A-activity1 by 1 week.
>
> my question:
> the owner of project b may not even work in the same country as the owner
of project a,
> how do they find out that proj B-activity 1 is going to be delayed a week
or do they have to relevel their project to see the change in start date?
>
> tia
> Jeff
>
> ps i have tried to model this problem but with inconsistent results.

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