[2007] Remaining Work in Timesheet

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Robert X

Hello,
In the Project Server 2003 Timesheet, the resource could easily modify the
Remaining Work : up or down. So that the schedule was well adjusted.
How and where can the resource do that in 2007?
Thanks again,

Robert
 
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Dale Howard [MVP]

Robert X --

The team member must click the name of the task to display the Assignment
Details page. That page offers much more information that the team member
can report, including the Remaining Work field. Hope this helps.
 
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Marc Soester

Hi Robert,

Alternetafly you have the ability to display the "remaining work" as a
column within "My task" or "my timesheet". This will allow the user to chagne
the remaining work without drilling down to the task.
you can change this within Server Settings > Manage Views.
Hope this helps
 
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Robert X

Thanks a lot, Dale and Marc
I'll do that

Marc Soester said:
Hi Robert,

Alternetafly you have the ability to display the "remaining work" as a
column within "My task" or "my timesheet". This will allow the user to
chagne
the remaining work without drilling down to the task.
you can change this within Server Settings > Manage Views.
Hope this helps
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Robert X

Marc,

I added the Remaining Work in the My Assignments view which is used in the
My Task page. OK
But it seems that it's not possible to add any column inthe My Timesheet
view which is used in My Timesheet page...
Did I missed something?

Robert
 
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Dale Howard [MVP]

Robert X --

You cannot add the Remaining Work column to the My Timesheet page. You can
add it to the My Tasks page, however. Hope this helps.
 
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Marc Soester

Hi Robert,

I have just checked again and sorry to say, you can only add the remaining
work into "My task" to amend it, not in the timesheet. You will need to drill
down to the task in order to accomplish this in timesheets.
Sorry
 
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Morten

Hi,

An additional question regarding timesheets and remaining work

We have marked the option “Time entry by Timesheet only. Users will sync to
update tasks†(under â€Task Settings and Display†in Server Settings).

Using this option we have some difficulties finding a way for the project
members to report Remaining Work (because the Remaining Work field on the
Assignment Details page is grayed out).

Any suggestions to solve the problem?

The only solution we have identified so far is to rewrite/extent the
timesheet webpart.

Morten
 
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Duncan

Hi,

An additional question regarding timesheets andremainingwork

We have marked the option "Time entry by Timesheet only. Users will sync to
update tasks" (under "Task Settings and Display" in Server Settings).

Using this option we have some difficulties finding a way for the project
members to reportRemainingWork(because theRemainingWorkfield on the
Assignment Details page is grayed out).

Any suggestions to solve the problem?

The only solution we have identified so far is to rewrite/extent the
timesheet webpart.

Morten
Click to expand...

Sorry, do not have an answer, but would love someone to try and answer
this question....

If you want to ensure that actual time is driven from the timesheet
update, how do you allow a team member to report remaining work.

option 1 - fill out remaining work in timesheet from clicking onto
task name to show the assignment details - greyed out.
option 2 - fill out timesheet then import time into "my tasks"; insert
remaining work as a column in "my assignments" view - field read only.

There must be something i am missing...

Anyone got past this yet...
???
 
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Morten

Hi Duncan,

I found one way to report remaining work and use the timesheet options
(sync) in Project 2007:

Import our task to outlook and report the actual and remaining time using
the outlook task sync. options - using an other mail/calendar system will be
a challenge.

If you want to use administrative time in your timesheet reporting the
outlook task approach is not working well because the administrative "task"
is not populated automatically in the timesheets and I haven’t found a
possible way to manually assign an administrative "task" to your timesheet.

New and better suggestions on the issues are most welcome!

Morten
 
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Duncan

Hi Morten

Thanks for your comments. I found that If you change the process
round we can get rid of some duplication and allow for the entry of
remaining work

1. PM publish project (no change there)
2. In "My Tasks" - Team member adds actuals and ETC (remaining
work) - remember you need to add the field to the "My assignments"
view!
3. In "My Tasks" -Team member submits task updates to be approved
by project manager
1. In "Task Updates" - The project manager will approve task
updates
4. In "My Timesheets" - Team member complete timesheet for non-
working time categories with actual hrs per week; project time is
automatically populated from "My Tasks" J
5. In "My Timesheets" - Team member submits timesheet for non-
working time categories to be approved by resource manager
1. In "Task Updates" - The resource manager (if there is one)
will approve non-working time then the "actual work" will be visible
in the project as "work" (not "actual work" !) under Other Projects,
Timesheet

I like that this process cuts down the process complexity. I also like
that this separates project update from non-working time update.

I don't' like that this process would preclude you from using the
server setting "Time entry by Timesheet only. Users will sync to
update tasks.". So you could find that the time that is entered into
the projects does not equal the time on the timesheet.

Actually so far I have found no way to use the lockdown control that
would also allow you to update remaining work! So maybe it's a moot
point.

Duncan
 
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Morten

Hi Duncan

Thanks for your comments.

Our organization wants to use timesheets to handle both project and
non-project time. Due to our internal accounting procedure a detailed and
aquarate time registrations is a must. It is required that the time used on a
task equals the time registered in our timesheets. Therefore we have to use
the function "Time entry by Timesheet only. Users will sync to update tasks."

Using this function our Team-members can’t change anything (e.g, start date
on a assignment, remaining work and so forth) leaving the Project Manager to
do all changed (team members sending e-mails). Actually we also wants our
team-member to be able on there own hand to attach documentation (word
documents etc.) on the task worked on but this seem to be a no go using the
function “Time entry by Timesheet only. Users will sync to update tasks." We
are in a deadlock situation.

Suggestions on the issues are most welcome!

Morten
 
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