Defining resource allocation

Question

Standard use of the tool would be when it's not clear exactly who is going to be doing a piece of work, use a role allocation - when it IS clear, use the specific resource.
Is there any way of defining resource allocations a little further to say - 'we think it's going to be Jim, but it's not been agreed yet'
Resource managers will be using the Web interface for P6 release 6.1 - which AFAIK is not customisable in terms of adding colums to the resource views that are avaialble, so we can't create a user defined code there.
the problem is quite simple - people not following process and going over resource manager's heads to source their own resource. Presumably we could turn off the ability to assign resources to activiites, but i'd be interested in other options / suggestions, however simple or clever.
David

Answer 1

glad i could help. just to be on the safe side.. look up resource security in the application help (desktop/ web clients) for details. quite different from user security profiles for global & project data.
basicly, resource security restricts user access to a resource node (such as a dept, team, etc) and all resources (individuals) underneath for direct assignment. it is off by default for new users. if you so choose, by activating it (the checkbox) for any/all users without assigning them access to any resource node, they can no longer assign resources onto their project activities (just roles).
if user discipline is a serious issue, you may want to re-check global profiles and deny certain privileges on global data as well.
best of luck
btw, you should really consider upgrading at least to P6v7. i remember even 6.2.1 had a few nice new features and bugs fixed compared to 6.1. not to mention P6v7 (with or without SP1 or 2). as you probably know current version is now 8.1. this is even more relevant for you as web-based collaboration features have picked up pace after 6.1 and you seem to need and use them.
Edited by: Tibi on Jun 2, 2011 6:13 PM