Project 2007: Delete user who is resource owner

[Mr Major Thorburn]

When I setup our test project 2007 server I setup the users via manage users
and manage groups.
I added some projects from project files.
When trying to use Build Team or Resource plan the list of resources is not
as expected.
I found out that I needed to add the resources into the Resource plan.
That was ok until I came to add a resource for a user I had added via the
Manage users route.
The attempt to add the resource failed becuase it stated the resource was
already in use.
When I tried to delete the user via Delete Enterprise Objects I got an
message about the user being a project and resource owner.
I updated the projects and changed the owenr to Administrator.
Now when I try to delete the user it states the user is a resource owner.

Where do I change the resource owner so I can then delete this user?

It would have been nice to be able to just make the user created via Manage
users a Resource.

Anyone help on the resource owner bit?

Regards, Major (that is my Christian name ;-)

 

[JoeSenna]

When I setup our test project 2007 server I setup the users via manage users
and manage groups.
I added some projects from project files.
When trying to use Build Team or Resource plan the list of resources is not
as expected.
I found out that I needed to add the resources into the Resource plan.
That was ok until I came to add a resource for a user I had added via the
Manage users route.
The attempt to add the resource failed becuase it stated the resource was
already in use.
When I tried to delete the user via Delete Enterprise Objects I got an
message about the user being a project and resource owner.
I updated the projects and changed the owenr to Administrator.
Now when I try to delete the user it states the user is a resource owner.

Where do I change the resource owner so I can then delete this user?

It would have been nice to be able to just make the user created via Manage
users a Resource.

Anyone help on the resource owner bit?

Regards, Major (that is my Christian name ;-)

Major,

I had similar problem...here is what I was encountering and what I did
to work around issue.

1. I syncronized AD between domain and PWA, thus adding users to my
enterprise resource pool.
2. I built a project from Project Professional and added resources
form the client, through add resource option, from project server
3. I saved and published project, creating workspace and URL

I noticed that the respources were not assigned tasks according to the
plan. I wanted the resources to access their tasks via the My Tasks
option. No matter what I did using the client to build a plan and try
to replace/match the resources within PWA the associated resources
would not get their tasks.

Since this exercise I learned two important things

1. The use of RBS, security and resource ownership are all tied
together. http://technet2.microsoft.com/Office/f/?en-us/library/75738122-a531-41a2-aaa0-b49a297251851033.mspx
I am currently configuring RBS in our environment.
2. Also, best practice (Per MS Technical Specialist) is to originate
a project directly from the server and not try to import a project to
the enterprise server form an already created plan.

So my new procedure that yielded the results I was looking for and
properly assigned a resource to a plan. After many hours of beating
my head against my desk!

1. Initiated a new project from the project center
2. Created plan with either no resource or a temp resource
3. Saved Plan, Published Plan
4. Choose build team from the project center area
5. Added associated resources to the team as needed
6. Edit Plan from Project Center
7. Assign resources to their tasks within Project Professional 2007
8. Leveled project as needed
9. Saved file
10. Publish plan back to PWA

When users entered PWA they were assigned their tasks - HMMMM?

Hope that helps and if anyone can shed some light as to why
initiating, building, assigning enterprise resources can not be done
directly from Project Professional 2007 that would be great. Not sure
what I did wrong?