How

[ST]

Hi,

How can the following situation be handled in version 2007...a team member
leaves on vacation and forgets to reassign their task to another team member
who takes over while the other team member is on vacation?

The updates need to submitted on a regular basis with the progress being
made reflected accurately. Is there any way the resource taking over take
the initiative and submit progress on the task, or must the project owner or
status manager get involved in this process?

/SpiroT.

 

[Dale Howard [MVP]]

ST --

The project manager must handle the reassignment in the Microsoft Project
2007 plan. There is no way for a team member to completely take over a
fellow team member's task. The best a team member can do is to self-assign
on a fellow team member's task, but the process leaves the original team
member assigned to the task. Hope this helps.

 

[ST]

Hi Dale,

you wrote: "The best a team member can do is to self-assign on a fellow team
member's task". How is this accomplished? Is it only via Self-Assign Team
Task? What if it is not a team task?

We are using 2007.

/Spiro.

 

[Dale Howard [MVP]]

ST --

On the My Tasks page, the team member can click the New pick list button and
choose the Task item on the list. On the New Task page, click the Project
pick list and choose the project in question. Then click the Existing Task
option and select an existing task in that project. This is the other way
to self-assign a task, in addition to the option to self-assign a Team task.
Hope this helps.