Approval Manager

[Teresa S]

Here's a puzzle: We're using Project Server 2007 with MOSS. I created a
template for projects in Project Professional. When a project manager uses
the template, saves the work plan as a project and uses the tasks already
listed here's what happens:
The first resource assigned to any pre-existing task will have me as the
approval manager.
Any additional resource assigned to that same task gets the project manager
as the approval manager.
If the project manager deletes pre-existing tasks and enters his own tasks,
the resources get the project manager as the approval manager.
We aren't using timesheets and all users are set as their own timesheet
manager and default assignment owner.

We want the project manager to be the approval manager. Did I miss a step
when I created the template?

 

[Dale Howard [MVP]]

Teresa S --

Nope, you are not missing anything. You are seeing a known and documented
bug in Project Server 2007. Unfortunately, this bug sets the template
creator as the Status Manager for every regular task in projects created
from the template. To work around this, the PM can simply insert the Status
Manager field in the Gantt Chart view (or any task View) and then set the
Status Manager value for each task. Please know, however, that there is
also a bug in Project Professional 2007 that prevents the PM from using the
Fill Handle to "fill down" the values in the Status Manager field. There is
a Hotfix for Project Professional 2007 that fixes this bug, fortunately.
Hope this helps.

 

[Teresa S]

Dale! My main man, thank you so much.

Teresa S --

Nope, you are not missing anything. You are seeing a known and documented
bug in Project Server 2007. Unfortunately, this bug sets the template
creator as the Status Manager for every regular task in projects created
from the template. To work around this, the PM can simply insert the Status
Manager field in the Gantt Chart view (or any task View) and then set the
Status Manager value for each task. Please know, however, that there is
also a bug in Project Professional 2007 that prevents the PM from using the
Fill Handle to "fill down" the values in the Status Manager field. There is
a Hotfix for Project Professional 2007 that fixes this bug, fortunately.
Hope this helps.

 

[Dale Howard [MVP]]

Teresa S --

You are more than welcome, my friend. This was one of the first bugs I ran
into when writing our Managing Enterprise Projects book. And believe me, it
took me a while to diagnose the probem.