Project Owner vs Project Manager roles

[jlg]

We are a 2003 Project Server SP2 environment. We restrict creation of
new plans to only be created by Administrators and Portfolio Mgrs.

Thus, an admin will create a (template) plan for a PM and in doing so,
is automatically the Project Owner. The PM will begin work from there
and then publish all info and make him/herself owner of all the tasks.

The challenge - if a resource adds him/ her self to a task using PWA's
'assign myself to an existing task' , the notice for approval goes to
the Project Owner (i.e., the Admin not the PM) - because he created
the plan.

Is there anyway for the default for any new task to be added to a plan
to go to the PM and not the Project Owner?

I have searched in the Security handbook and online and cannot find
this one...

A huge thanks for your help!

 

[Gary L. Chefetz [MVP]]

Jlg:

You need to change the Project Owner to the PM

 

[jlg]

Gary, et.al,

I am striving to change the Project Owner (PO) to the PM. But how?
If we have restricted 'new project' privileges to only Admins &
Portfolio Mgrs (which is where I believe
the PO list comes from) then is there any way to change the PO?

Thanks for your help!

 

[Marc Schoeni]

Temporarily assign the PM to the Administrators group of Project Server.
Next, go to PWA Project Center, mark the project for which you want to
change the owner, then click the 'Edit' button. Select the PM from the
drop-down list (first field, without a label).

Finally, make sure you change the permissions for the PM again, removing him
from the Admin group.

Hope this helps...

Marc S.
MCP for EPM
www.diventis.ch
www.msepm.blogspot.com

 

[jlg]

Thx, Marc, it works. A bit colugi, but it gets the job done. Thank
you!