Project 98, Oldies Goldies

[Ali Canlidinc]

Hi all,

I saw you are all talkin' about 2003 or 2003 Pro versions but I have a
question related w/ 98.
Can MS Project be used my multi users?
Also, I downloaded trial version of 03 but didn't have chance to check it
out: In 03, can I keep track of multi projects?
One more question, in a design office, every user has its own calender and
there are project calenders. MS Project has multiple calenders? And can there
be integration of Outlook Calender with Project?
Sorry for number of questions, thank you
-Ali

 

[Jan De Messemaeker]

Hi,
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Hi all,

I saw you are all talkin' about 2003 or 2003 Pro versions but I have a
question related w/ 98.
Can MS Project be used my multi users?

When several users try to open a file simultaneously, only the first obne to
open hs read/write access, the other ones read only. That is the same for
all versions.

Also, I downloaded trial version of 03 but didn't have chance to check it
out: In 03, can I keep track of multi projects?

That is a different question,n the answer is yes. You can insert projects
into a master project to have a common view on all tasks and/or you can link
them to a resource pool to get o,tegrated resource management.
That again is true for all versions (98 till 2003)

One more question, in a design office, every user has its own calender and
there are project calenders. MS Project has multiple calenders?

Yes of course
And can there

be integration of Outlook Calender with Project?

Only through Project Server, not through the desktop version on itself.

 

[Ali Canlidinc]

Jan,

Thanks for the answers, I have a few more questions.

What do you mean by " you can link them to a resource pool to get o,tegrated
resource management"?

Sub-projects are stored under master project. Are they entered as tasks?
Because, as far as I know, you can not enter project in a project in MS
Project98. Am I right?

About synchronization in Project Server: How it actually works with Outlook?
Version differences cause any problem? (Outlook 2000-SP3 with Pro.Server)

Thanks

"Jan De Messemaeker":

 

[Mike Glen]

Hi Ali,

Welcome to this Microsoft Project newsgroup

You might like to have a look at my series on Microsoft Project in the
TechTrax ezine, particularly #17 - Multiple Projects, which is aimed at
Project 2000+, it is mostly similar in 98 though the screen shots may not
tie up. See this site: http://tinyurl.com/2xbhc or this:
http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/Pub0009/LPMFrame.asp?CMD=ArticleSearch&AUTH=23
(Perhaps you'd care to rate the article before leaving the site,
Thanks.)

FAQs, companion products and other useful Project information can be seen at
this web address: <http://www.mvps.org/project/>

Hope this helps - please let us know how you get on

Mike Glen
MS Project MVP

 

[Ali Canlidinc]

Hi Mike,

Thanks for answer. I will check out articles ASAP.

Hope they will help

Thx

"Mike Glen":

 

[Jan De Messemaeker]

Hi,

About linking to a resource pool, it is exactly as I said. You can do that.
Tools, Resources, Share resources.
This feature is still the same in 2003 as it was in 98.
Be sure to have 98 SR1 because it was very buggy in 98 before the SR1
In a resource pool resource load is handled as if all projects together were
just one project. You see total load, you can even do resource leveling over
all the projects together.
I can't explain it better than the help on resource sharing..

You cannot enter a project in a project? Who says?
Insert, Project.

As for synchiro with outlook, I don't know server very well. There is a
download from MS to do it, and I know of a product called Allocatus that doe
it more completely.
AFAIK you need all the latest versions (Project and Outlook)

 

[Mike Glen]

You're welcome, Ali

Mike Glen
MS Project MVP

 

[Ali Canlidinc]

Hi Jan,

Thanks for answers, I will check & post again in here, in case of a problem.

-Ali