Background Information
Microsoft Project Server offers only three methods of
tracking progress, which are:
·
Percent of work complete
·
Actual work done and work remaining
·
Hours of work done per day or per week
At the time you install Project Server, the system
sets Percent of Work Complete as the default method of tracking progress. For
more information about the consequences of using each of these methods of
tracking, refer to the following link:
Understanding Tracking Methods
Resolution for Project Server
2002 and 2003
The Project Server administrator must complete the
following steps:
1. Log into
Project Web Access with administrator permissions.
2. Click Admin >
Customize Project Web Access.
3. In the first section of the Tracking settings page, select the
new method for tracking progress.
4. In the Lock down defaults section, select the
Force project managers to use the progress reporting method specified above for
all projects option.
5. In the Time period settings section, select the choices
appropriate to your new method of tracking progress.
6. Click the
Save Changes button.
If your project managers have already saved enterprise
projects in the Project Server database before you changed the default method of
tracking progress, then each project manager must complete the following steps:
1. Open an
enterprise project.
2. Click
Collaborate > Publish > Republish Assignments and then click the
OK button.
3. Save and close
the project.
4. Repeat steps
#1-3 for every enterprise project that you manage.
The above set of four steps will “push” the new method
of tracking to each user’s timesheet in Project Web Access.
Note: Only
unstarted tasks will use the new method of tracking progress on the View my
tasks page. In-progress tasks will continue to use the former method of tracking
progress until the tasks are completed.
Resolution for Project Server
2007
The Project Server administrator must complete the
following steps:
1. Log into
Project Web Access with administrator permissions.
2. Click
Server Settings link in the Quick Launch menu.
3. Click the
Task Settings and Display link in the Time and Task Management section of
the page.
4. In the
Tracking Method section of the page, select the new method for tracking
progress.
5. Select the
Force project managers to use the progress reporting method specified above for
all projects option.
6. In the other sections, select the choices appropriate to your
new method of tracking progress.
7. Click the
Save button.
If your project managers have already saved enterprise
projects in the Project Server database before you changed the default method of
tracking progress, then each project manager must complete the following steps:
1. Open an
enterprise project.
2. Click File >
Publish.
3. Save and close
the project.
4. Repeat steps
#1-3 for every enterprise project that you manage.
The above set of four steps will “push” the new method
of tracking to each user’s My Tasks page in Project Web Access.