Need to remove New Project permission from Team Members

[LisaD]

We are using Project/PWA 2007.

I was creating a test script for a user in the Team Member group. In
Project Center, I noticed that under the "New" drop down, that Proposal and
Activity were available (however Project was not there).

To start, we don't want Team Members creating new proposals or activities,
so I reviewed the Team Member Template, and removed the Allow permission for
"Create New Proposal or Activity". This should set it to a soft deny. I
also noticed that I had the "New Project" set to DENY. So, I removed the
DENY, so it also became a soft deny. (Trying to follow best practices)

When I logged back in as the user, the user now had access to create a New
Project in the Project Center! (New Proposal and New Activity still show on
the drop down list, but the user gets a permissions error if they click those)

I then changed the template back to hard DENY, and the user is still able to
create a new project.

The users permissions are set using Team Member template. The user is part
of the Team Member group, and the group has access to the My Tasks Category
only.

I would like the New Project option not to even appear in the Project Center
webpage, (like it was when I first reviewed it).

Your help is greatly appreciated.
\lisa

 

[Dale Howard [MVP]]

LisaD --

If your team members do not have Microsoft Project Professional 2007, they
can't create a new project, so I don't understand your concern about this
issue. On the other hand, if you include your project managers in the Team
Members group in addition to the Project Managers group, and you set the New
Project permission to Deny in the Team Members group, you will deny your
project managers from creating new projects. So, I'm glad you are following
the best practice of using the Not Allowed permission to set a soft deny
permission. Hope this helps.

 

[LisaD]

Dale,
Yes, you are correct that team members would not have project professional,
but the less options that appear that they get errors from the better. It
just makes the users frustrated.

My project managers are under the project manager template and group.

My main concern was that originally, the New - Project didn't appear, and
then I did something to make it useable again, and I can't figure out what it
was. If the permission is deny (whether soft or hard), it shouldn't rely
solely on the user not having project professional. The permission should
produce an error either way, and it doesn't. That is my concern.

\lisa

 

[Dale Howard [MVP]]

LisaD --

I understand your concerns. Use the Deny permission only at your own risk.