set project to be task/resource centric

i there a way in MSP2k7 I can define a project to be resource centric or task
centric?

Dale
Wed May 07 21:40:37 CDT 2008

Fei --

I have no idea what you mean by "resource centric" or "task centric." Why
don't you explain a little more about what you mean and what you are looking
to do, and we will try to help you.

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"Fei" <Fei@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:D129E50D-29D0-4CDB-A719-C06F474DC37E@microsoft.com...
>i there a way in MSP2k7 I can define a project to be resource centric or
>task
> centric?

Fei
Wed May 07 23:06:00 CDT 2008

thanks Dale,
Dave has helped me with a question previously. he said
"You could use the baseline work field. Essentially what you are
describing is a problem of how to view the actual work carried out by
resources on a task against what you originally planned should take
place. Because of this you are looking at a resource-centric or
task-centric view and you can get this information from either the
Resource or Task Usage views.
"

please see the link
http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx?dg=microsoft.public.project&mid=c6bb95d5-e793-4cf8-8372-8b8dced07e58&sloc=en-us

Maybe there isn't a function to set resource/time/task centric in MSP, maybe
they are just the ways that a project can be viewed and managed. i.e.
methodology?

Dave
Thu May 08 02:14:47 CDT 2008

It would have helped to have included references to the original
question to help set the context.

However as I understood the issue at the time, you had a plan and you
wanted to be able to view who did what work as opposed to who was
originally planned to do the work.

Firstly, set a baseline (Tools/Tracking/Baseline). This will record the
resource assignments that exist at the outset.

Then if you go to either the Resource Usage or Task Usage view, you can
right click on the right hand table and add the baseline work field, the
work field and the actual work field.

This will allow you to see how the actual work assignments differed from
the orignial baseline assignments.

I used the term resource-centric to mean that from the Resource Usage
view you can see on a resource-by-resource basis how the individual's
assignments have changed from the original plan to now. Similarly, you
can do the same on a task-by-task basis in the Task Usage view.

Please provide some feedback as to whether or not this answers your
question.

Fei wrote:
> thanks Dale,
> Dave has helped me with a question previously. he said
> "You could use the baseline work field. Essentially what you are
> describing is a problem of how to view the actual work carried out by
> resources on a task against what you originally planned should take
> place. Because of this you are looking at a resource-centric or
> task-centric view and you can get this information from either the
> Resource or Task Usage views.
> "
>
> please see the link
> http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx?dg=microsoft.public.project&mid=c6bb95d5-e793-4cf8-8372-8b8dced07e58&sloc=en-us
>
> Maybe there isn't a function to set resource/time/task centric in MSP, maybe
> they are just the ways that a project can be viewed and managed. i.e.
> methodology?
>
>
>

Fei
Thu May 08 19:56:00 CDT 2008

thanks Dave

This resopnse helped me to understand the concept better :)


"Dave" wrote:

> It would have helped to have included references to the original
> question to help set the context.
>
> However as I understood the issue at the time, you had a plan and you
> wanted to be able to view who did what work as opposed to who was
> originally planned to do the work.
>
> Firstly, set a baseline (Tools/Tracking/Baseline). This will record the
> resource assignments that exist at the outset.
>
> Then if you go to either the Resource Usage or Task Usage view, you can
> right click on the right hand table and add the baseline work field, the
> work field and the actual work field.
>
> This will allow you to see how the actual work assignments differed from
> the orignial baseline assignments.
>
> I used the term resource-centric to mean that from the Resource Usage
> view you can see on a resource-by-resource basis how the individual's
> assignments have changed from the original plan to now. Similarly, you
> can do the same on a task-by-task basis in the Task Usage view.
>
> Please provide some feedback as to whether or not this answers your
> question.
>
> Fei wrote:
> > thanks Dale,
> > Dave has helped me with a question previously. he said
> > "You could use the baseline work field. Essentially what you are
> > describing is a problem of how to view the actual work carried out by
> > resources on a task against what you originally planned should take
> > place. Because of this you are looking at a resource-centric or
> > task-centric view and you can get this information from either the
> > Resource or Task Usage views.
> > "
> >
> > please see the link
> > http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx?dg=microsoft.public.project&mid=c6bb95d5-e793-4cf8-8372-8b8dced07e58&sloc=en-us
> >
> > Maybe there isn't a function to set resource/time/task centric in MSP, maybe
> > they are just the ways that a project can be viewed and managed. i.e.
> > methodology?
> >
> >
> >
>