Disabling Timesheet functionality in MS Porject Server 2007

[mkarr]

We are services company and don't need to track time or hours worked. Our
resources are offshore and charged at a flat monthly rate regardless of
hours. Our model is focused on tracking tasks and deliverables to our
customers for each project. I want to know if there is a way to disable or
hide the time tracking functionality in Project Server 2007. It will only
add overhead we do not need or want to implement.

 

[Dale Howard [MVP]]

mkarr --

Yes, you can certainly disable both the My Timesheets functionality and the
My Tasks functionality, if that is your organization's need. This means
that your PM's must manually update the status of their project plans in
Project Professional 2007. To completely disable all of the My Timesheets
and My Tasks functionality, do the following:

1. Log into PWA with administrator permissions.
2. Click Server Settings - Project Web Access Permissions.
3. In the General section, deselect the following permissions:

New Task Assignment
Reassign Task

4. In the Project section, deselect the following permissions:

Accept Task Update Requests
Create New Task or Assignment

5. In the Resource section, deselect the following permissions:

Adjust Timesheet
Approve Timesheets
Create Surrogate Timesheet

6. In the Time and Task Management section, deselect ALL permissions.

7. In the Views section, deselect the following permissions:

View Approvals
View Task Center
View Timesheet Center

8. Click the Save button.
9. Click the Quick Launch link in the Look and Feel section of the Server
Settings page.
10. Click the My Work link in the Set Menu Item Details data grid.
11. On the Add or Edit Link page, set the Display Link in Quick Launch
option to No.
12. Click the OK button and then click the Save button.

Hope this helps.

 

[Angie]

Hi Dale,
Thank you for the details.
Before I make any changes and to make sure I understand, I have one more
question...
I want to turn off Timesheets and publish projects directly from Project
Pro, but allow enterprise resources team members to use the Outlook Add In to
update progress on their tasks.
Is this possible?

 

[Gary L. Chefetz [MVP]]

Angie:

In this case you want to disable Timesheets, but do not disable the My Tasks
page. Users will have the option to use either Outlook or the My Tasks page
to update their tasks. Make sure that you set your system to us the "percent
complete" tracking method. You might also consider collecting the actual
start and actual finish dates for each task as using the percent complete
method does not capture these automatically.

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