Robert --
The Timesheet Manager is the person who receives and approves a resource's
PWA Timesheets. The Timesheet Manager can be the resource's line manager,
project manager, or resource manager. If you want a resource to approve
his/her own Timesheets, then enter the resource's own name in this field.
The Assignment Owner field determines who sees the tasks assigned to the
resource on the My Tasks page in PWA. Normally, the resource should see
his/her own tasks, so you would want to specify the resource as his/her own
Assignment Manager. If you fail to do so, you create a "world of pain" for
your project managers, as the PM will end up seeing all of the resource's
assignments on his/her own (PM's) My Tasks page. Therefore, you should
DEFINITELY set a value in this field for every resource in the system.
In some organizations a designated resource, such as a Team Leader, is
responsible for updating and submitting progress on tasks assigned to
resources that he/she manages. In cases like this, enter the name of the
Team Leader in the Assignment Owner field for the resource. Hope this
helps.
