Project Code Customization

[Giovanni]

Hi all,

2 PROBLEMS:

Using Project Server 2003 and Project Professional 2003, when a
resource charge worked hours on a project, using PWA, then, when the
PM approves worked hours, Project Server 2003 opens Project
Professional and updates the GANTT with Actual Work.

But, if actual Work is different from the planned work it
redistributes hours of the planned work. (First Problem)

If the task on which hours are charged is a Fixed Duration task, and
the resource begins to insert worked hours not from the Fixed Start
Date of the task, Project shift the beginning date of the task to the
first date on which hours are inserted (Second Problem).


Does anyone has done any customization inserting code that avoid this
behaviors?

Or, does anyone has experience of how much time could be necessary to
modify these behaviors of Project?

Thanks,
Giovanni

 

[Rod Gill]

Hi,

Firstly actual date being date of first Actual work entered is desired and
how project does it by design: no chance of changing this.

Fixed duration does this. You have told Project to keep the duration
unchanged, so when you enter actual hours Project has to recalculate the
remaining work hours. If the remaining work hours aren't correct you need to
train team members to update remaining work in the time sheet. If you don't
want redistributed hours you need to use Fixed Units.

I'm afraid Project is just doing what you've told it to do. You could change
this by some heavy duty VBA code, but much better to set Project up to
deliver what you want.

So given what a resource types in, what behavior do you want to see?

 

[Giovanni]

Hi Rod,

when a resource inserts worked hours I want that the following happen:

1. The field "Actual Work" for the days for which the resource has
inserted hours should reflect the values inserted. (Actually it works
in this way)

2. The field "Work" for the days for which the resource has inserted
hours must be = to the field "Actual Work". For the following days
must be = to the original planned values. (actually it doesn't work in
this way)

Is there a way you know to solve the point 2?

Thanks!
Giovanni

 

[Rod Gill]

Hi,

Yes, don't use fixed duration. By having fixed duration you are telling
Project not to change the duration, so it doesn't. The only thing it can do
is edit the hours per day as deleting/adding work would cause chaos!

 

[Jason Leung]

Changing the task type = Fixed Work should meet your two requirements.
Jason