I am looking for a tool to apply business rules to every project plan created in my organization. I am currently using Microsoft project 2007 and want to put some restrictions on every project manager creating a new project plan as per the business rules. Have you used any tool which can help me achieve that. Any help will be appreciated.
Thank you,
Gayatri Gadre
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Elizabeth HarrinDirector| RebelsGuideToPM.comLondon, England, United Kingdom
Hello Gayatri. I don't know whether I have got this right as we don't use it at my company, but I think Project Server will do this for you. It is a way of using MS Project across an enterprise. Alternatively, could you set up some project templates with all the rules included?
As another thought, what sort of rules do you have? As a project manager it is useful to have flexibility to ignore the rules from time to time, especially when it comes to a working document like a project schedule. It is useful to be able to set it out in a way that makes sense to me and my team, even if someone else does not use it in exactly the same way. Saving Changes...
Philip HindPM II| P R Hind Consulting LtdRayleigh, Essex, United Kingdom
Hi, as Elizabeth questions ... what sort of rules. You could use Macros to validate data for example. So if you had a business rule which stated that no task should be longer than 16 hours you could write a macro to check the task s in the plan and highlight any that broke this rule. Any help? Saving Changes...
