John --
If you are using Project Server 2003, your Resource Managers can use the
Team Builder Lite feature in the Project Center page of Project Web Access.
They can use this feature to build the project team for each project needing
resources from their area of responsibility. They will not need to have
Microsoft Project Professional installed in order to do this. They can even
look at the tasks in the project as they build the team. The Resource
Managers can also use the View Availability and the View Resource
Assignments options in the Resource Center to determine which resources are
available during specific time periods.
If you are using Project Server 2002, you have a couple of options:
1. If you want the Resource Managers to actually build the team for each
project, each of them will need Microsoft Project Professional installed on
their workstation. They can then open the project and build the team for
the Project Manager. They can can apply the Resource Center views in PWA to
determine resource availability as they staff the project.
2. The Resource Manager can meet with the Project Manager at the project
manager's workstation. The two of them can open the project and work out
which resources will be part of the project team. The two of them can apply
the Resource Center views in PWA to determine resource availability as they
staff the project.
Just a few ideas. Perhaps the others will have some thoughts as well. Hope
this helps.
John said:
What is the best process in microsoft project to assign resources,
utilizing a resource manager? I mean project managers can always assign
resources to their projects but in this environment the resource managers
want the control and tell pms who is available and not. How do they communic
ate and what if priority changes?
