Set User Role on specific project(s)

[Shafeeq]

Hi,
is there a way to set user access level on a specific project without having
to create a category to hold the project?

Our exact requirement is to have a secondary project manager which should
work with actual project manager and his role is to assist in some of the
tasks and to replace the original pm in case of leave/absence.

The problem is that these secondary project managers are not usually project
managers and only play this role on specific projects that they should be
assigned to.

some of the options i was thinking of,
1. Add them to Project Managers Group, the problem is that they will have pm
access level to all projects they are assigned to.

2. Create one category for each of theses secondary pm's and assign the
category to the right user; the solution is not practical because for each
such user a category will need to be created.

Thanks..

 

[Ben Howard]

Hi Shafeeq,
I would use 1, but with a slight modification. Change the permissions so
that PMs can only open projects with read rights for which they are a team
member -
http://www.projectserverexperts.com...edgeBase/Read-OnlyAccessForPMTeamMembers.aspx
- and then use the procedure to assign the part time to be the PM when the
real PM is away.

 

[Shafeeq]

Thanks Ben,
But how would theses "secondary pms" be able to update the project in this
case?

I could assign them to "My Personal project" and allow them to publish to
the server and set them as status managers on some of the tasks so they can
open the appropriate projects in project server.

But how to set them as status managers since from what i have read, you have
to open the project to be listed in the status managers.