Issue Manager in Project vs SharePoint?

[Bradley]

Is there a difference between the Project Server Issue Manager and the
SharePoint Issue manager?

Is the Project version more robust with respect to relating issues to tasks
or other project centric features?

 

[Jonathan]

As I understand it, No -- the issues listed in project server are the issue
in the sharepoint site.

 

[Bradley]

So is there no connection between Project i.e. a task # and the issue in
SharePoint?

 

[Gary L. Chefetz [MVP]]

Bradley:

What are you comparing to what? Could you be a little more specific? The
issue feature in Project Server lives in SharePoint. The site definitions
specific to Project Server are highly customized for use specifically with
Project Server. So, if you're comparing the issues you see in a SharePoint
site that is based on the Project workspace template, with the issues you
see displayed in Project Server, you're looking at the same animal. If
you're comparing this to some other issue management scheme based on a
different SharePoint template, you may be comparing elephants to eagles.

 

[Bradley]

That was the crux of the question. We haven’t loaded Project Server yet and
one of the imperatives with moving to Project Server was the possibility to
have a robust issue management system tied to specific tasks or other
features in the Project file. We have just gotten SharePoint up and running
and there are templates and web parts for issue management and I couldn’t get
a clear answer as to whether that was going to be the extent of the issue
management capability. If it was that was going to be bad.

I take from what you are saying that the functionality of the web parts or
whatever loads with Project Server are more robust and integrated into the
project on the SharePoint side of things. That said, can you direct me to a
concise description of what these features are and how they work or can be
set up? Is there a demo or active site that has these features running we
can take a look at? We are in the boon-docks and as far as I know we are the
only ones with-in 1,000 miles using SharePoint and Project Server and we
can’t find anyone who can tell us “here is what it can and can’t do and here
is how it will workâ€. I think we talked to you a couple of months ago about
getting us up and running. Did you get your demo site running? If so we’d
like to take a look.

Thanks.

 

[Gary L. Chefetz [MVP]]

Bradley:

You're more than welcome to call our office to setup a demo. Keep in mind
that "robust" is subject to interpretation. We generally find ourselves
customizing both the issues and risks features for our clients who use them,
but this should be a step down the road. SharePoint is highly customizable,
and with a little tweaking, we've always been able to satisfy requirements.

 

[Engelbert]

So, if you're comparing the issues you see in a >SharePoint site that is

based on the Project >workspace template, with the issues you see displayed
in Project Server, you're looking at >the same animal.

In a standard WSS installation you don't get the Project Workspace template
as one of the templates you can choose from when creating a site.

So it would be impossible to have this same (Project Server template)
functionality available in WSS without the presence of Project Server 2003.

I've seen the Project Server template listed in a WSS template list in a SPS
2003 installation but as this is run via a third-party hosting service I
have no idea whether it is there only because that hosting service also
hosts Project Server 2003. In any case the description for the Project
Server template there clearly states that it is for use with Project Server
2003 so the question is moot.

Englelbert

 

[Gary L. Chefetz [MVP]]

If it's the issue template that ships with Project Server it's most likely
there because hosting provider is hosting Project Server. There are lots of
issue templates out there. Plus, who's to say whether the one you see at
hosting provider is out-of-the-box Project Server or a modified version.

One of the most popular areas to customize is SharePoint when companies are
using Issues and Risks in the system