Is Project 2003 compatible with Outlook 2003?

[Sherry]

Is Project 2003 able to automatically update information
from Outlook 2003? Meaning, if our timeline is in
Project, can we incorporate Outlook task updates into the
Project timeline?

Another way to explain it is that my manager uses Project
for project management and assigns Outlook Tasks for
specific details relating to each project. Do Project
and Outlook work together to automatically post Outlook
Tasks into the Project timeline/details/notes?

 

[Jason-W]

Hi,

This may be of some assistance if you have Project Server:

http://office.microsoft.com/assistance/preview.aspx?
AssetID=HA010842281033&CTT=4&Origin=CH010687201033

It is an Outlook add-in for that allows you to transfer
your project tasks to the Outlook calendar & report your
status updates back into Project.

HTH,
Jason

 

[Steve House]

Not automatically, and it is a one-way path from Project to Outlook. The PM
can use the Workgroup tools to email task assignments from Project to a
resource's Outlook mailbox. Once accepted, the tasks are added to the
Outlook to-do list. The PM can request status updates but a resource simply
checking off a task as partially or fully complete in their Outlook task
list will not in itself generate an update back to Project. Instead, the
resource gets an email from Project via the PM that says essentially "You
were scheduled over the last <timeframe> to spend XXX hours doing YYY. How
many hours did you spend and how long do you estimate before it's done?" and
the PM then triggers an update to Project after reviewing the resource's
reply.