Report for updates that will delay my projects

L

Leo R

We have just implemented EPM using project 2003. I need to know how to
generate a report that will provide our project managers with a list of all
updates that, when approved by the project manager, will result in the
project being delayed.
The project managers will be receiving lots of updates from team members.
They do not have time to read every updates. They will be using the
autoapproval rule to take care of most of the updates. They need to know
which ones will delay the project so that they can concentrate on them.

Thank you in advance for any assistance .
 
J

James Fraser

We have just implemented EPM using project 2003. I need to know how to
generate a report that will provide our project managers with a list of all
updates that, when approved by the project manager, will result in the
project being delayed.
The project managers will be receiving lots of updates from team members.
They do not have time to read every updates. They will be using the
autoapproval rule to take care of most of the updates. They need to know
which ones will delay the project so that they can concentrate on them.

Thank you in advance for any assistance .
Click to expand...

I'm pretty sure that writing this report will take a fair bit of SQL
work. And unless you want to rewrite the scheduling engine, you'll
have to be more specific about "all updates that ... will result in
the project being delayed." Some of these will be easy to identify
(task on critical path, task update is after task end); others will be
harder: (task not on critical path, but update far past task end, so
would put task on critical path.)

Hopefully someone will weigh in if there is an easier way.


Sounds like a fun challenge, though...
James Fraser
 
D

Dale Howard [MVP]

Leo R --

I think it would be simpler to use a process to manage updates that will
delay a project. When a team member knows he/she is behind schedule, why
don't you mandate that the team member add a Note to tasks that will not
finish as scheduled? Then the PM can concentrate on updates with Notes.
Hopefully your PM's aren't too busy to take the time to actually read those
Notes! :)

Hope this helps.
 
Top