Can project send email reminder of task start date?

[projectnewbieMT]

Thinking of using MS Project 2007 primarily as a tickler system to make sure
that simple tasks occur before certain critical dates. The program needs to
monitor the date/time and prompt people via email that certain deadlines are
near.

 

[JulieS]

Hi ProjectnewbieMT,

Project 2007 has a "Reminder" button on the tracking toolbar which
sends a task to Outlook 2007. You can then place a reminder through
outlook on that task. However if the task in Project changes you
will need to update the task in Outlook manually.

You can also place deadlines on tasks and will get a flag in the
indicator column when you have missed a deadline -- however, again
it requires the project manager's attention.

I hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.

Julie
Project MVP

Visit http://project.mvps.org/ for the FAQs and additional
information about Microsoft Project

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[wtmifm167]

I tried using this function and was given an error that restarted th
program. One thing I will note is that the task was shared by tw
persons and one of them had no email attached. I reported it to MS, bu
is there a work around to this

 

[JulieS]

Hello wtmifm167,

We cannot see the message you are responding to so don't know what
"function" you've tried. The message may be visible on the
techarena site, but your message has been posted (and is being read)
through the microsoft newsgroup. To enable us to help you, please
post specifically what version of Project including service packs
you have installed and what function you tried and what happened.

I hope this helps. Let us know how you get along.

Julie
Project MVP

Visit http://project.mvps.org/ for the FAQs and additional
information about Microsoft Project

 

[Ravikanth peduri]

Hi I wish to confirm if there is any way by which MS Office project mpp file can send us an alert if there is a change, or if there is an impending task to complete
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Ravikanth



projectnewbieM wrote:

Can project send email reminder of task start date?
10-Dec-08

Thinking of using MS Project 2007 primarily as a tickler system to make sure
that simple tasks occur before certain critical dates. The program needs to
monitor the date/time and prompt people via email that certain deadlines are
near.

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Can project send email reminder of task start date?
Thinking of using MS Project 2007 primarily as a tickler system to make sure
that simple tasks occur before certain critical dates. The program needs to
monitor the date/time and prompt people via email that certain deadlines are
near.

Hi ProjectnewbieMT,Project 2007 has a "Reminder" button on the tracking
Hi ProjectnewbieMT

Project 2007 has a "Reminder" button on the tracking toolbar which
sends a task to Outlook 2007. You can then place a reminder through
outlook on that task. However if the task in Project changes you
will need to update the task in Outlook manually

You can also place deadlines on tasks and will get a flag in the
indicator column when you have missed a deadline -- however, again
it requires the project manager's attention

I hope this helps. Let us know how you get along

Juli
Project MV

Visit http://project.mvps.org/ for the FAQs and additional
information about Microsoft Projec

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I tried using this function and was given an error that restarted theprogram.
I tried using this function and was given an error that restarted th
program. One thing I will note is that the task was shared by tw
persons and one of them had no email attached. I reported it to MS, bu
is there a work around to this

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Hello wtmifm167

We cannot see the message you are responding to so do not know wha
"function" you have tried. The message may be visible on th
techarena site, but your message has been posted (and is being read
through the microsoft newsgroup. To enable us to help you, pleas
post specifically what version of Project including service pack
you have installed and what function you tried and what happened

I hope this helps. Let us know how you get along

Juli
Project MV

Visit http://project.mvps.org/ for the FAQs and additiona
information about Microsoft Project


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[Rob Schneider]

There is no way out of the box to do this. Take note that it is not a
"server" type of program that has this sort of automation capablity. I
can envision how you could write some VBA code that would interrogate
the project data to detect the "events" of note and then send an email.
That program could be launched by a person, say once a day or once a
week or something.


--rms

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[Rod Gill]

I would also note project server sends out email alerts and also that every
implementation I've worked on, those alerts have been turned off. Once
someone gets more than a handful of emails a week from the same source they
tend to get rues set up to automatically move to delete folder! Any unwanted
email is regarded as spam by most people, so don't spend too much time on
automating this!

--

Rod Gill
Microsoft MVP for Project - http://www.project-systems.co.nz

Author of the only book on Project VBA, see: http://www.projectvbabook.com

There is no way out of the box to do this. Take note that it is not a
"server" type of program that has this sort of automation capablity. I
can envision how you could write some VBA code that would interrogate the
project data to detect the "events" of note and then send an email. That
program could be launched by a person, say once a day or once a week or
something.


--rms

www.rmschneider.com






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