easiest way to give write access to specific projects that are ownedby others

[anovak]

What is the easiest way to give write access to a specific PM for
specific projects that are owned by other PMs? They do not share the
same area in the RBS.
I tried creating a new category, adding the PERSON to the category
(not a group), assigning them PM rights based on the template, then
picked the project(s) that they have access to. They already have PM
rights in general.

The projects would not show up in their dialog box in the project
client for opening. This seems to be the way it should work to me.
What am I missing?

Thanks
Andy Novak
UNT

 

[Marc Soester [MVP]]

Hi Andy,

I think generally your approach is good. I would create a Category where you
chose the projects that this resource has access to and allocate this
category to the user. This should do the trick.

Another way is of course to allocate tasks that the PM is in charge of to
this PM.

So depending on what you want the PM to do, I can see that your first
approach is the appropriate one.
Hope this helps

 

[Dale Howard [MVP]]

Andy --

Although I might be wrong on this, I think the absolute easiest way is to
add the other PM to the project team and publish the project. Have you
tried this? Let us know.

 

[andy.novak]

Andy --

Although I might be wrong on this, I think the absolute easiest way is to
add the other PM to the project team and publish the project.  Have you
tried this?  Let us know.

Dale, I think that gives them write access to the Project Workspace,
but not necessarily the project plan itself.

The thing is I've done some experimenting with the category and it
just flat doesn't seem to work. I created the new category, selected
the INDIVIDUAL (not group) and it then prompted me to select rights
(which I checked off using the Project Manager template). It then
selected the specific project the individual has rights to see. And I
know this person has PM rights in general. I assumed that I did not
need to provide information pertaining to views or resources - but
perhaps I need to do that.