Oct 26 2021 07:48 PM - edited Oct 26 2021 07:49 PM
Hi All,
I'm using a MS Project Online to manage program of works. In this case, we have a large team of people, many of whom don't have access to computers. These can like electricians, mechanical fitters, etc. Naturally, these resources are unable to do updates in the MS Project Online environment on the task progress. However, they report to a supervisor (team lead), who is responsible for providing the team updates. What is the best practice to track progress for these resources in MS Project Online? Should I use the Team Assignment Function, or Assign the Supervisor to every task so they can see it in My Assignments window?
To provide a scenario example, during a plant shut down, several Labour resources are assigned to different tasks. Their assignments to tasks are important for resource leveling and budgeting purposes. These resources turn in their Work Order sheets at the end of the day to their supervisor. The supervisor then updates the progress on these tasks, but he/she can only see the tasks assigned to themselves.
Thanks!
Oct 27 2021 08:12 AM
SolutionOct 27 2021 10:35 PM - edited Oct 27 2021 10:38 PM
Dale!
You are awesome, it worked! I would like to also call out the effort you put into your response, making detailed for anyone to follow. That is rare, as a lot of the proposed solutions in forums would just tell you to use Assignment Owner, and leave you to search high and low for actually how to do it. You have saved a lot of my time, as this was the last item I needed to resolve before launching MS Project Online for out team and move away from spreadsheet updates. The spreadsheets became unmanageable as our team is growing significantly.
Note for anyone following Dale's steps and looking for Resource Usage view in online, I performed steps 1 through to 6 in MS Project Desktop client, and the remaining steps in MS Project Online.
Oct 28 2021 06:17 AM
Oct 27 2021 08:12 AM
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