Project Server 2007 - Close Task Doesn't Live Up to Expectations

[Bill Busby]

Our project managers have been literally salivating over this feature since
it was announced. In testing we've found that closing a task to updates does
a few things for you. It...
- Prevents a user from updating the task sheet directly and adding time to
the task (good)
- Prevents a user from adding the task on their timesheet (also good)

However... and this is a big one since we are using timesheets for all
updates, it does NOT PREVENT A USER FROM UPDATING TIME TO A TASK ON A
TIMESHEET AND IMPORTING THAT TIME TO THE TASKS! The time is imported and
passed right on through to the project manager.

Suggestion - Follow the same rules for time input regardless of whether it's
input into the task sheet or timesheet. This behavior really reduces the
effectiveness of this feature. I've been told it's by design, if so then
please talk with the designer about the importance of having consistent
behavior. Closing a task should mean closing a task regardless of where
you're plugging in the numbers.
--
William Busby
Project Management

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[Dale Howard [MVP]]

Bill --

Given the bugs and design flaws you have seen in Project Server 2007, are
you surprised at all? I tested this feature by closing a task and then
navigating directly to the My Tasks page. From there, it was not possible
to add time to a closed tasks. Unfortunately, I did not try navigating to
the My Timesheet page as you did and testing it from there. I am really
disappointed with what you learned, and I truly appreciate your sharing this
finding with the rest of the group. Quite honestly, I do not know of any
workaround to this problem, since the functionality is not working the way
it should. Hope this helps.