This just in from Jennifer at www.msprojectexperts.com.
My Tasks Page Rocks with New Web Parts for Microsoft Project Server 2007!
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“Imagine your My Tasks Page in Project Web Access with summary tasks, a navigation tool that allows you to page by project and controls for the grid display. Picture a dashboard that displays your time entry totals by day, week and project as you type. This is music to the ears of a regular Project Server user,” said Gary Chefetz, CEO of MSProjectExperts, in announcing a new line of web parts and VSTO add-ins for Microsoft Office Project 2007 and Microsoft Office Project Server 2007. “Our web parts address the usability enhancements that people most often ask for when we talk with them in the Microsoft Communities.”
“At our annual company retreat last year,” Chefetz continues, “the team brainstormed our recession realignment strategy for turning what we viewed as inevitable downtime into a new value stream for the company. In examining the market conditions, we concluded that the market would welcome easy to install shareware-priced add-ons that boost user satisfaction and, in some cases, remove obstacles to adoption. Filling the frustrating usability gaps in the application interface has always been on our product radar, but the downturn in the economy finally gave us the impetus to move forward with this program. ”
The new software offerings constitute MSProjectExperts’ first entry into the software market. You can find the software on the company’s newly redesigned shopping portal, ProjectDaddy.com, along with the company’s renowned books, courseware and open-enrollment training. The new product line is also available through MSProjectExperts’ partners and affiliates.
“Our first release wave includes web parts containing the most-asked-for enhancements to the Project Web Access interface with a distinct focus on the My Tasks page. We have a similar series in development for the My Timesheet page, and our near-future product pipeline includes timeless tools for Microsoft Project, custom event handlers, reports, services and web parts that you can plug into the Microsoft EPM Platform to quickly address popular user demands and deliver added value with only a petty-cash investment,” commented Chefetz.
The first product wave includes the following web parts for Project Web Access for Microsoft Office Project Server 2007:
My Tasks Tamer
Give your users control over display elements of Project Server's My Tasks page. This web part allows you to:
- Change the Page Header title
- Align buttons to the left
- Hide any built-in buttons
- Set a Shrink-to width for the grid
- Toggle between full width and custom width
- Change the label for all fields in the grid
- Toggle between normal display and show all rows
My Tasks Pager
Make it easier for your users to locate projects across My Tasks pages in Project Server 2007 using the My Tasks Pager, a mostly hidden web part that you simply install and add to the My Tasks page in your Project Server instance. The Pager web part adds a new pick list navigational tool to the My Tasks display. This web part allows you to:
- Easily navigate through many My Tasks pages by project name
My Tasks Summary Display
Give your users the information that they need in the My Tasks page in Project Server 2007 with the My Tasks Summary Display, a hidden web part that you simply install and add to the My Tasks page in your Project Server instance. The Summary Display web part adds the full path of summary tasks to the My Tasks display. My Tasks Summary Display allows you to:
- Add summary tasks and summary task roll-up information to the My Tasks display
My Tasks Constant Filter
Give your users the information that they need without the information that they do not need in the My Tasks page in Project Server 2007 with the My Tasks Constant Filter, a hidden web part that you simply install and add to the My Tasks page in your Project Server instance. The My Tasks Constant Filter allows an administrator to filter the data on the My Tasks page by entering simple Transact SQL statements in the web part. The My Tasks Constant Filter allows you to:
- Remove tasks from the My Tasks display based on project-level criteria
- Remove tasks from the My Tasks display based on assignment-level criteria
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My Tasks Totals
Provide your users a web part that displays totals in the My Tasks page for their timesheet entries as they enter them by daily total, weekly total and project total. The My Tasks Totals web part allows you to:
· Display important timesheet totals as user enter their time in the My Tasks page
Project Workspaces Filter
Reduce the over abundance of project workspaces shown in the Project Workspaces web part by adding the Project Workspaces Filter to the My Tasks page in Project Web Access. The Project Workspaces Filter is a hidden web part that allows an administrator to build filters for the Project Workspaces web part that display as virtual views on the view selector in Project Workspaces web part. The Project Workspaces Filter web part allows you to:
· Create virtual views for the Project Workspaces web part that remove unwanted Project Workspace information from the display.