Resource Allocation Alerts

[jpuls]

I have the feeling that the answer to this should be obvious, or was
covered here before, but I have not found it.

Let us say we have a resource manager A, and two project managers, B
and C. We also have a resource, Smith, who is being used in B’s
project in December and in C’s project in January. B’s project changes
so that the task Smith was doing in December gets pushed back a couple
of weeks, so that it is half in December and half in January.

Smith is now over committed in January, and Project Managers B and C
have a conflict, which resource manager A is responsible for
resolving.

Resource manager A wants to get an email automatically whenever a
resource gets committed more than 100% so he can manage it as soon as
possible. How do I do this?

Thanks,
Jim

 

[Dale Howard [MVP]]

Jim --

There is no default way in Project Server 2007 to accomplish this. Your
only option would be custom software development. Hope this helps.




I have the feeling that the answer to this should be obvious, or was
covered here before, but I have not found it.

Let us say we have a resource manager A, and two project managers, B
and C. We also have a resource, Smith, who is being used in B’s
project in December and in C’s project in January. B’s project changes
so that the task Smith was doing in December gets pushed back a couple
of weeks, so that it is half in December and half in January.

Smith is now over committed in January, and Project Managers B and C
have a conflict, which resource manager A is responsible for
resolving.

Resource manager A wants to get an email automatically whenever a
resource gets committed more than 100% so he can manage it as soon as
possible. How do I do this?

Thanks,
Jim

 

[jpuls]

Dale,

Thanks for the response. I'm surprised this isn't a routine need. Any
suggestion on the approach? It look to me like the SDK exposes the
functionality of Project Server, but doesn't offer too much beyond
that.

Jim

 

[Dale Howard [MVP]]

Jim --

If you want to handle this programmatically, then I would suggest you post
this question in the microsoft.public.project.developer newsgroup and let
our developers give you some guidance. Hope this helps.




Dale,

Thanks for the response. I'm surprised this isn't a routine need. Any
suggestion on the approach? It look to me like the SDK exposes the
functionality of Project Server, but doesn't offer too much beyond
that.

Jim