Admin Projects-How does Nonworking Time Impact Resource Availabili   

I have an IT Department as a Client and they are starting use of Project 
Server 2003.  We are considering using an Admin Project for tracking 
Non-Project "Maintenance" tasks such as server repairs and upgrades and 
another Admin Project for tracking Non-Working (Vacation, etc.) Time.

I know Admin Project time does not automatically post to the Enterprise 
Resource Calendar, but I understand that it does impact resource 
availability--that is, it counts as resource work & would cause 
overallocations if it overlaps assigned project tasks.

Questions:

(1) Where and how does the Admin Project Time get added to and meshed with 
the Project Assignment hours so they are totalled for the resource?

(2) Is it the Proposed/Requested Nonworking Time that counts against 
resource availability, the Actual/Reported Nonworking Time, or both?

(3) Where can a server user see and pull report data from in order to 
analyze the different kinds of time--project, nonworking and nonproject?

Thanks in advance for your considerate and patient kindness,
-- 
Terry Peters

date: Sat, 3 Mar 2007 14:00:15 -0800   author:   Terry Peters

Re: Admin Projects-How does Nonworking Time Impact Resource Availabili   

Hi Terry,

Try posting on the server newsgroup as this one is closing down.  Please see 
FAQ Item: 24. Project Newsgroups. FAQs, companion products and other useful 
Project information can be seen at this web 
address:http://project.mvps.org/faqs.htm .

Mike Glen
Project MVP


 Terry Peters wrote:
> I have an IT Department as a Client and they are starting use of
> Project Server 2003.  We are considering using an Admin Project for
> tracking Non-Project "Maintenance" tasks such as server repairs and
> upgrades and another Admin Project for tracking Non-Working
> (Vacation, etc.) Time.
>
> I know Admin Project time does not automatically post to the
> Enterprise Resource Calendar, but I understand that it does impact
> resource availability--that is, it counts as resource work & would
> cause overallocations if it overlaps assigned project tasks.
>
> Questions:
>
> (1) Where and how does the Admin Project Time get added to and meshed
> with the Project Assignment hours so they are totalled for the
> resource?
>
> (2) Is it the Proposed/Requested Nonworking Time that counts against
> resource availability, the Actual/Reported Nonworking Time, or both?
>
> (3) Where can a server user see and pull report data from in order to
> analyze the different kinds of time--project, nonworking and
> nonproject?
>
> Thanks in advance for your considerate and patient kindness,

date: Sun, 4 Mar 2007 11:39:54 -0000   author:   Mike Glen glenATmvps.org