How Do Project Permissions Impact Resource Engagements When Using RBS? PPM Works has implemented configuration to hide confidential projects from users via RBS. For the complete list of steps to configure confidential projects please refer to our previous blog post. This post will focus on how Project [...]
Subscribing to Resource Engagement Alerts Resource Managers can subscribe to email alerts so every time a Resource Engagement request is submitted for one of their resources they receive an email reminding them of pending requests. Administrators must turn on notifications for all users to enable this feature. [...]
Optimizing the Resource Plan View How can I compare the committed resource engagements to how I am scheduling resources in my project? This is a common question from Project Managers that are using Resource Engagements to calculate resource utilization. Diligent Project Managers want to compare the committed [...]
Submitting Engagement Information PPM Works has been deploying Resource Engagements for our Project Online and Project Server 2016 customers. Initially we were wondering what the difference was between the Description field and the Comments field. These fields are used to relay additional information back and forth between [...]
Request Reminders: New Feature in Project Online In preparing for exam 70-348: Managing Projects and Portfolios with Microsoft PPM, I noticed a new feature in Resource Center that I quickly shared with the PPM Works team. Note: Alerts and reminders must be turned on in your environment [...]
