Re: change owner of project that is using only generic resources

From: Dan Ross in Austin (DanRossinAustin_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 01/19/05 

Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 13:43:07 -0800

Roxane,

In addition to the steps I outlined in my original response, the Project
Server "admin" will also probably have to go change the owner from the old to
the new project manager. One way for admin to do that is to go to Projects
tab in the Project Web Access highlight the row that has the project name and
click the "edit" icon at the top and then change the "owner" field from the
old manager to the new manager. These "admin" steps should result in the new
project manager name showing up as the owner.

The steps I mentioned in my earlier note were to force approval for
time*** entries to go to the new project manager, but then I remembered you
only had generic resources so those steps probably are not necessary until
you assign real people to the tasks.

Regards,

Dan Ross in Austin

"Roxane" wrote:

> Hi Dan,
>
> No the project manager(s) assuming ownership have not done this yet, I
> suppose when they do, their name will automatically be added to the "owner
> list" in PWA, which is what I ultimately want, so that I can restrict access
> to projects to only their owners. I was really looking for another way to
> add these managers to the owner's list so I can force ownership on them (but
> I suppose they can be done other ways).
>
> Thanks, this will work, don't know why I didn't think of it:)
>
> "Dan Ross in Austin" wrote:
>
> > Roxane,
> >
> > Has the project manager who going to assume ownership of the project opened
> > it with Project Professional selected "Collaborate>Publish>Republish
> > Assignments" and then ticked the box next to "Become the manager for these
> > assignments"?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Dan Ross in Austin
> >
> > "Roxane" wrote:
> >
> > > Hi Gary,
> > >
> > > Yes, it is an enterprise plan. I have generic resources set up in the
> > > enterprise resources pool. All our plans use these generic resources to do
> > > resource forecasting, but we have many different managers creating these
> > > plans. We are not using the Project Managers Group, but are using a
> > > different group where these managers have the permission to create & save
> > > projects...
> > >
> > > "Gary L. Chefetz (MVP)" wrote:
> > >
> > > > Roxane:
> > > >
> > > > Is this plan actually an Enterprise plan? As defined by:
> > > >
> > > > http://www.projectserverexperts.com/Shared%20Documents/enterpriseproject.htm
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > >
> > > > Gary L. Chefetz, MVP
> > > > "We wrote the books on Project Server"
> > > > http://www.msprojectexperts.com
> > > >
> > > > -
> > > > "Roxane" <Roxane@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > > > news:0086881E-8F52-4C25-9935-557CE0EBBFE5@microsoft.com...
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > I have a project plan that only contains generic resources and I want to
> > > > > change the owner of that plan. I open up project proffesional 2003, open
> > > > the
> > > > > plan & I go to Collaborate>Publish>Republish Assignments but I do not get
> > > > the
> > > > > option to change the owner.
> > > > >
> > > > > So I try to change the owner of the plan in PWA. In the project Center
> > > > view,
> > > > > I select edit for the plan I want, but get the message "There are not
> > > > > enterprise custom fields to edit for the project". How do I set up these
> > > > > enterprise custom fields?
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks for any help anyone can offer.
> > > > > Roxane
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >