Deliverables-Multiple Sites

[Charles]

OK - have posted mostly in SQL groups, but have a Project Server question -
here's the situation:

We would like to deploy Project Server for the IT Department - several
different departments in IT - CIO (the exec level) - department managers
(NetOPS, Development, Support, Help Desk, etc) - everyone in their own
repsective departments are basically Project Managers and handle their own
Projects. So basically - here was my thoughts on how to set up:

SITES - a seperarate Site for CIO and each department (ie, ....pwa/CIO,
.....pwa/NETOPS, ...pwa/software, etc)
Templates for each site for uniformity of look and web parts (Project
Center, team Discussion, etc)
When someone creates a Project in MSOffice Project 2007, they create a
workspace under each respective site (ie, ....pwa/Software/Project 1,
....pwa/NETOPS/Project 1, etc)

This way I can control Permissions and prevent someone at the Help Desk from
seeing or altering Projects in the Software site, while still allowing
Department managers to see all the Projects in their respective departments,
and allowing the CIO to see everything.

My problem is this - Deliverables or a Custom List. I would basically like
to have a Deliverable for the top level task of each Project be in a Central
Deliverables List for the CIO - but since Deliverables don't seem to roll up
any higher than the workspace (not to other sites) - how could this be done,
or is there an alternate way to do this? Basically I need the usual quick
Dashboard how are all the Projects./Issues/Risks doing at a glance for the
CIO.

 

[Ben Howard]

Hi Charles,
Project server will handle your requirements for restriction to projects by
different users. This is easily implemented by using the Resource Breakdown
Structure, which basically gives business unit heads visability to projects
within their org and the CIO visibility to everything. Team members etc only
get the rights to view projects that they "belong" to. What you will lose is
different templates for project workspaces, Project Server allows only one
(out of the box).

Worth reading up on security here
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc197571.aspx

So in your instance I would only have one PWA instance and it will meet your
requirements, pretty much out of the box.

 

[Charles]

So - if this is the case - would I create one site (ie, ///pwa/ITSITE) or
just work with the PWA root? My goal was to use a site so I could add the
appropriate web parts, but I kept running into the fact that the deliverable
for the project file went no higher that the top of the workspace, and not
to the site - so if I were to provision a workspace under the pwa root,
would the Deliverables for all the Project files roll up to the Deliverables
list in ....pwa?

 

[Ben Howard]

Project Workspaces all site at the same level in the sites hierarchy, under a
site that you determine. There is therefore no aggregation of lists within
the workspaces (unless you use the concept of programmes and master
projects). For the CIO to see all deliverables, they would tend to use the
Data Analysis feature of OLAP (out of the box), or create a dedicated SSRS
report or perform some WSS aggregation.
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Thanks, Ben.

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