Updating the Status Manager, the sleight of hand
The status manager is
the resource who is to receive status updates for a task, from any resource
assigned to this task. The Status Manager (task field) is described in this page from Microsoft support.
Known limitation
Microsoft Project has
a limitation that prevents a schedule owner from setting a task’s status manager
to anyone except himself or herself. Hence, if you want to assign another
person as the Status Manager to a task within your project plan, you need to
ask him/her to edit the schedule in Microsoft Project and assign himself or herself
as the Status Manager.
The beginner's guide for Project Server/Project Online reporting using oData
Starting with a definition: “OData is a REST-based protocol for querying and
updating data and is built on standardized technologies such as HTTP, Atom/XML,
and JSON. It is different from other REST-based web services in that it
provides a uniform way to describe both the data and the data model.”
Source: webopedia.com
Applied to Project
Server (2013 +) or Project Online, ProjectData
is the OData service, implemented with the OData V3 libraries, which allow to
query project data.
You can access the ProjectData service through a Project
Web App URL. The XML structure of the EDM is available from the http://<pwa_site>/_api/ProjectData/$metadata.
The final note on managing Master projects and subprojects with Project Server (and Project online)
This
article will describe all the necessary information required to understand how
to manage master projects and subprojects within Project Server. Note that the
approach is similar with project Online.
For the
illustration, I will use a team of 4 persons:
- Jane Doe, project manager
- Jeremy Cottino, project manager
- John Doe, team member
- Yan Yellow, team member
And I will
use the delegation feature to illustrate what other users will see when using
the tool.
Create a new master project
Presenting Office 365 Planner
So, what is Office 365 Planner?
Announced by Office 365 Team, on September 22, 2015, Office
365 Planner (originally codenamed Highlander) is presented as a tool which:
“offers people a simple and highly visual way to organize teamwork. Planner makes it easy for your team to create new plans, organize and assign tasks, share files (using Office 365 Groups), chat about what you’re working on, and get updates on progress.”
- Office 365 Enterprise E1, E3, E4, E5,
- Office 365 Education E3, E4,
- Office 365 Business Essentials
- Office 365 Business Premium
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Managing risks and issues with Project Server 2013 (or Project Online)
As part of
your projects’ management, you will most probably have to manage risks and
issues.
The goal of
this article is to show how risks and issues (but also documents or
deliverables) can be managed within Project Server 2013 (or Project Online) and
linked with Projects, Tasks or any other assets.
Before we
start, let see how the Project Management Institute (PMI) defines issue and risk:
Issue: A point or matter in question or in dispute, or a point or matter that
is not settled and is under discussion or over which there are opposing views
or disagreements.
Risk: An uncertain event or condition that, if it occurs, has a positive or
negative effect on one or more project objectives.
Project Management Institute. (2013). A guide to the project management
body of knowledge (PMBOK® guide) – Fifth Edition.
In fewer
words, risks might occur and we need to manage this eventuality, where issues
are events that are already happening and we need to manage consequences.
My project
For the
demo, we will use a simple project called [Related
items project], that has the following schedule.
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