setting actual start and finish dates in Project Web Access 2002

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Christophe Dore

Hi,

I am currently evaluating MSProject Standard 2002 ans Project Server 2002.

Let's take an example . I planned a task starting oct 24, ending oct,31
to a developper (name it Dave).

now, for some reasons, Dave starts to work on this task on Oct 27, and
as he is a good developper (or a not-so-much-tester :)), he acheives
this task on Oct, 30.

Dave does not have MS PRoject 2002. He uses MSProject Server Web Access.

I have seen how Dave can notify me of the progess of the work, but how
can he tell me when he actually started end finished this task, so that
it changes the fields "Actual Start" and "Actual Finish" of the task in
my MSProject file ?

Is it possible ?
Should I change of release ?
Any idea welcome.

Thanks in advance,
 
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Dale Howard

Christopher --

What you wish to do can be done fairly easily in Microsoft Project 2002 and
Project Web Access. The project manager in this scenario would need to add
the Actual Start and Actual Finish fields to the list of fields that are
published with the project in Microsoft Project 2002. This can be done by
clicking Tools - Customize - Published Fields. Hope this helps.

I'm not sure what you mean by "Should I change of release?" Do you want to
restate that question?

--
Dale A. Howard
Enterprise Project Trainer/Consultant
Denver, Colorado
http://www.msprojectexperts.com
"We wrote the book on Project Server"
 
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Christophe Dore

OK. I found the Tools/Customize/Published Fields feature. I have added
the two fields.

I have had to publish again the project plan and all the assigments to
have those info available in the developer timesheets, but it seems to
work...
 
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Dale Howard

Christophe --

I did not realize that you have Project 2002 and Project Server installed
already, or else I would have mentioned that after you add these fields, you
need to actually "push" the new fields to the timesheets by clicking
Collaborate - Publish - Republish Assignments. I am sorry if my omission
caused you any frustration or wasted time. Good luck!

--
Dale A. Howard
Enterprise Project Trainer/Consultant
Denver, Colorado
http://www.msprojectexperts.com
"We wrote the book on Project Server"
 
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Sarah

Christophe,

Also, if you have your resources report their Actual Work on a daily
basis in the Web Access, Project will automatically use the correct
Actual Start and Actual Finish dates. I don't currently have the
Server Edition of Project, so someone else may have to fill in the
steps to achieve this, but on the Timesheet page in PWA, once it's set
up right, your resources should have the ability to enter time on the
right side of the screen in a timephased view as you would see in the
Task Usage or Resource Usage views in Project itself. They also have a
Remaining Work field. In your example, if Dave enters Actual Work on
Oct. 27, 28, 29, 30, and 31, then enters zero in the Remaining Work
field for that task, Project will show for that task an Actual Start
date of Oct. 27 and an Actual Finish date of Oct. 30.

Hope this helps!
Sarah

PS-No, you do not need to upgrade to a different version.
 
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