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From: Dale Howard [MVP] on 4 Jun 2010 10:10
Amy --

I doubt that would be the cause, but I would recommend he try using the
Build Team dialog to create his project team and see if this resolves the
problem. Beyond this, I'm fresh out of ideas. Hope this helps.

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"Amy U" <AmyU(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> One other thought that I wanted to mention is that I know that this PM
> uses
> Assign Resources vs. Build Team a lot in his plans. Could this be a
> factor?
>
> Amy
> "Amy U" wrote:
>
>> Dale,
>>
>> I had checked with the PM based upon your email and here is the response:
>>
>> "The project has not started and no actuals have been posted to any tasks
>> so
>> I do not believe this is the root cause."
>>
>> "Dale Howard [MVP]" wrote:
>>
>> > Amy U --
>> >
>> > I just noted in your previous question that your organization is using
>> > Project Server. Now I can tell you why I believe the resources are
>> > disappearing. If the resource assigned to a completed task deletes the
>> > task
>> > on his/her My Tasks page in PWA, and then the PM unwittingly APPROVES
>> > the
>> > Delete Assignment Request, Project Server 2007 will REMOVE the resource
>> > from
>> > the assigned task in the Microsoft Project file. If this is actually
>> > the
>> > case, then your team members and your PM are screwing up the process.
>> > I do
>> > not recommend that team members ever delete tasks on their My Tasks
>> > page in
>> > PWA, nor do I recommend that PMs ever approve Delete Assignments
>> > Requests.
>> >
>> > Why don't you ask the PM in question if my description is what he/she
>> > and
>> > his/her team members have been doing in this project? Let us know what
>> > you
>> > find you. :)
>> >
>> > --
>> > Dale A. Howard [MVP]
>> > VP of Educational Services
>> > msProjectExperts
>> > http://www.msprojectexperts.com
>> > http://www.projectserverexperts.com
>> > "We write the books on Project Server"
>> >
>> >
>> > "Amy U" <AmyU(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> > news:C8F48849-B9E2-40EB-9D1F-EE16A6D595D4(a)microsoft.com...
>> > > I have a PM who has a plan that keeps losing the resource assignments
>> > > for
>> > > multiple work resources (both enterprise and generic) on tasks. Can
>> > > you
>> > > explain why this may be happening?
>> >
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