Chapter 21: Tracking Work with Project Server

Chapter at a Glance

Record progress on assignments in the Tasks Center in Project Web Access, page 452. Use the Outlook Integration add-in to record progress on assignments from within Outlook, page 455. Use a “stoplight” view to convey the status of all projects under way in the organization, page 459.

In This Chapter, You will Learn How To:

• See how resources report their progress on assignments through the timesheet in Project Web Access (PWA).

• See how resources report their progress from the Outlook calendar to Project Server via the Outlook integration add-in.

• See how project managers approve task changes (such as actual work) from resources in PWA and update project plans in Project Professional.

• See how executives and other stakeholders can see project status at a glance and drill into the details that most interest them in PWA.

This chapter focuses on the role of a Project Server-based enterprise project management (EPM) system in tracking actual work and other schedule-related details in projects that are under way. The specific tools involved can vary with the role of the user-Project Web Access (PWA) serves the needs of resources, project managers, and executive stakeholders. Resources can also use Microsoft Office Outlook for submission to Project Server, and project managers also use Project Professional to manage the schedule changes processed through Project Server.

Important 

This chapter does not use practice files and is not written for hands-on practice. We do not assume that you have access to Project Professional and Project Server or to the Project Server sample database that we illustrate here. Instead, this and the other chapters in Part 4 describe and illustrate important features of a Project Server-based EPM system.