You receive incorrect results for in progress projects when you use the Portfolio Modeler or the Resource Substitution Wizard in Project Professional 2003 or in Project Server 2003 (828826)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Office Project Professional 2003
- Microsoft Office Project Server 2003
SUMMARYIf you are using the Portfolio Modeler or the Resource
Substitution Wizard in Microsoft Office Project Professional 2003 or in
Microsoft Office Project Server 2003, you may obtain incorrect results for in
progress projects. Under these circumstances, Project 2003 only looks at the
data that is in the Remaining Work field, and schedules the
remaining work from the start date of the project.STATUSMicrosoft
has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed
in the "Applies to" section.MORE INFORMATIONMicrosoft recommends that you do not use the Portfolio
Modeler or the Resource Substitution Wizard for projects that are in
progress.
Project 2003 schedules remaining work from the start date of
the project. This problem may cause both the Portfolio Modeler and the Resource
Substitution Wizard to return incorrect results for in progress projects--for
example, you would receive incorrect results for projects that have accruals
posted against them. The resource substitution and Portfolio Modeler use the
same underlying technology. The resource substitution and portfolio manager
were meant to be used to help understand what resources can work on a
particular project. Basically, these features permit the project manager to ask
the question, "Given all the projects that I want to do, do I have sufficient
resources to cover the work?" After the project manager staffs the project with
the resources that are suggested by the Substitution Wizard, they are ready to
start to add actuals to their project. What the tools do not permit you to do
is say, for example, "I have already staffed my project and I've made a number
of changes and some things are done. Now I want to go back and see how things
would look if I restaffed the project." If you already have tasks that are in
progress, the modeler and the Substitution Wizard can over book a resource
because actual work is not taken into account. Therefore, you could end up with
a shorter, but incorrect schedule.
If you want to use these tools on
projects with actuals, schedule any remaining work after the status date. Then,
you will receive correct results.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 4/16/2004 |
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| Keywords: | kbpending kbBug KB828826 kbAudEndUser |
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