Disable Entering Remaining Work

[Joerg Schrocke]

Hello!

It is possible to disable that the timesheet user can change the remaining
work in her timesheets? They should only enter her actual work per day?

Many thanks!

Joerg

 

[Dale Howard [MVP]]

Joerg --

Your Project Server administrator can simply remove the Remaining Work field
from the Timesheet view in PWA. Hope this helps.

 

[Joerg Schrocke]

Many Thanks, it works!

Joerg --

Your Project Server administrator can simply remove the Remaining Work field
from the Timesheet view in PWA. Hope this helps.

 

[John Sitka]

Why would you want to do this?
Thanks.

Many Thanks, it works!

 

[Dale Howard [MVP]]

John --

Don't ask me. Ask Joerg. However, based on a post this morning, it appears
that his company's project management methodologies call for the project
manager to manually adjust the Remaining Work on a task rather than the team
members doing so. Hope this helps.

 

[John Sitka]

Thanks, I ask because I can't ever imagine this being a strategic advantage
and I would like to understand in what case it is seen as benefical.
I could see removing the Work field; which might back up the notion of...

* I don't want to let it be known how long "I think" it should take you to complete this task.

But I would not want to have a resource not contributing their best estimate once the
work had begun. Who could possibly know better than them?

Would an exception be the case of multi resource assignment on a physically distributed task?

 

[Dale Howard [MVP]]

John --

Your thinking aligns pretty much with my own about task estimates. I think
the estimate is most accurate from the person actually performing the work.
A task with multiple resources assigned might present a challenge and
require the PM's intervention on the estimate. Hope this helps.

 

[Gary L. Chefetz [MVP]]

John:

You couldn't begin to imagine how twisted and convoluted business process
can become when logic is not the prevailing value in an organization.
Inasmuch as you've worked in government, I'd think you could tell us some
wild stories about such things.

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