Microsoft® Office Project Server 2003 Unleashed

Best Practices

• All nonproject-specific tasks should be tracked in one administrative project per department or resource group, depending on the size of the overall organization.

• Organizations should track benefit and overhead time at the departmental level to provide a more accurate view of resource availability as well as better control over how resources use this time.

• Administrative projects are best created using the PWA Project Center, Manage Administrative Projects menu.

• Ongoing time approval and maintenance should occur frequently, per pay cycle at a minimum.

• Administrative projects should receive a detailed review and cleanup annually whether the organization follows a calendar year or a fiscal year.

• Careful consideration needs to be given ...