Use of Web Access with Project Server 2002

[John McD]

I am having some difficulty determining if I should use
Web Access with Project Server 2002.

I am managing a very large project plan with multiple
components but we do not require a broad resource access
to the plan. Team leads (c. 20 people) will be responsible
for updating plan changes and status.

I want to restrict each lead to their plan sections and
want to use a approve and promote process for plan
changes. It seems this can be done with Web access but it
is not clear if I can just use Project Server 2002. Nearly
everything else in Web Access is either a nice to have or
not needed.

Has anyone done what I suggest using just Project Server
2002?

 

[Gary Chefetz MVP]

John:

It depends on what you mean by "plan changes." You can
report progress and create new tasks through Project Web
Access, but by no means can you manage a project plan this
way.

You'll be disappointed to learn that if you do mean
managing a plan, there's no way to protect sections of the
plan from manipulation by anyone who can open it.

Gary