Time Phased Actual Work updates for Project Resources?   

We have a requirement that the Standard Rate of all our resources must be 
allowed to vary from Project to Project. For example, suppose we define a 
Labour resource called 'Carpenter'. For Project1, his would have quoted his 
standard rate as $41/hour. But for another project, Project2, another 
Carpenter might quote a standard rate of $50/hour. This all leads us to 
choose Project Resources over Enterprise Resources. So ideally there would be 
one Carpenter resource for each project.

But we also have the requirement of being able to make Tie-Phased actuals 
updates on the work done by these 2 carpenters for the 2 projects. Statusing 
Updates is not possible on Project Resources, which is why we are stumped.

As of now, we are creating a separate Carpenter Resource for each project 
(name suffixed with some unique ProjectID) in the Enterprise Resource Pool 
for whom the standard rates differ. This we feel is cluttering up our 
Enterprise Resource Pool. Is there a better way of doing this? Is there a way 
to record time-phased actual work data for Project Resources? We are able to 
do it from Project Professional because it can handle the detailed schedule 
of the plan.

date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:53:00 -0700   author:   Subramanian Vasudevan

Re: Time Phased Actual Work updates for Project Resources?   

Hello Subramanian,



For the future, be aware that this newsgroup is specifically for 
development questions. Your question would be better suited to 
microsoft.public.project.server.



What you refer to as "Project Resources" are technically called "Local 
Resources". Status updates are not permitted for Local Resources, only 
Enterprise Resources. The inability to support different rates for 
different projects is one of the limitations of Enterprise Resources. 
While this limitation is somewhat mitigated by cost rate tables, they 
are not usually sufficient.



From the wording of your post, I'm inferring that these Local Resources 
are being used to represent external resources, most likely from 
differing vendors. I also see that you have been creating separate 
Carpenter resources in the Enterprise Resource Pool to represent 
different Carpenters. I'm sorry to say that this is probably your best 
option - IMHO there are no truly viable alternatives.



Hope that helps,

Steve


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"Subramanian Vasudevan"  
wrote in message 
news:AE566E74-813C-4441-8899-B7F1C1AEA2AC@microsoft.com:

> We have a requirement that the Standard Rate of all our resources must be
> allowed to vary from Project to Project. For example, suppose we define a
> Labour resource called 'Carpenter'. For Project1, his would have quoted his
> standard rate as $41/hour. But for another project, Project2, another
> Carpenter might quote a standard rate of $50/hour. This all leads us to
> choose Project Resources over Enterprise Resources. So ideally there would be
> one Carpenter resource for each project.
>
> But we also have the requirement of being able to make Tie-Phased actuals
> updates on the work done by these 2 carpenters for the 2 projects. Statusing
> Updates is not possible on Project Resources, which is why we are stumped.
>
> As of now, we are creating a separate Carpenter Resource for each project
> (name suffixed with some unique ProjectID) in the Enterprise Resource Pool
> for whom the standard rates differ. This we feel is cluttering up our
> Enterprise Resource Pool. Is there a better way of doing this? Is there a way
> to record time-phased actual work data for Project Resources? We are able to
> do it from Project Professional because it can handle the detailed schedule
> of the plan.

date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:27:51 +0000   author:   Stephen Sanderlin stephen NS-DOT sanderlin A-NS-T msprojectexperts DOT-NS com

RE: Time Phased Actual Work updates for Project Resources?   

QuantumPM in Colorado created a custom add-in for me that did exactly what 
you are asking for. I had all resources in my system with their true cost 
rates and a rate-table for each project. This allowed me to get time-phased 
projected and actual profit across all programs and the enterprise. And yes, 
I also imported time-phased actuals into the system. Try them and see if this 
could be ported for you.

Good luck.

"Subramanian Vasudevan" wrote:

> We have a requirement that the Standard Rate of all our resources must be 
> allowed to vary from Project to Project. For example, suppose we define a 
> Labour resource called 'Carpenter'. For Project1, his would have quoted his 
> standard rate as $41/hour. But for another project, Project2, another 
> Carpenter might quote a standard rate of $50/hour. This all leads us to 
> choose Project Resources over Enterprise Resources. So ideally there would be 
> one Carpenter resource for each project.
> 
> But we also have the requirement of being able to make Tie-Phased actuals 
> updates on the work done by these 2 carpenters for the 2 projects. Statusing 
> Updates is not possible on Project Resources, which is why we are stumped.
> 
> As of now, we are creating a separate Carpenter Resource for each project 
> (name suffixed with some unique ProjectID) in the Enterprise Resource Pool 
> for whom the standard rates differ. This we feel is cluttering up our 
> Enterprise Resource Pool. Is there a better way of doing this? Is there a way 
> to record time-phased actual work data for Project Resources? We are able to 
> do it from Project Professional because it can handle the detailed schedule 
> of the plan.

date: Tue, 2 Sep 2008 13:12:07 -0700   author:   Quized again