Project Management Administrator

Below, you will find an explanation of what project management administrator means in the context of PLANTA project and which modules are available for the PM administration role.

Role Function and Tasks

Project management administrators are responsible for administrative data collection and maintenance in the project management system.

• They manage employee data, system-wide project management settings, and templates for project planning.

• Their tasks include the verification of hours worked recorded by employees and the posting of costs and revenues.

Role Modules/Module Tree

Project management administrators have access to all master data editing modules, special project editing modules and monitoring options. The PM administration modules can be accessed using the R41, R60, and R90 demo users.

• PM Administration

  • Master Data

    • Users, Roles, Resources

      • Persons

      • Users

      • Resources (Link on a resource name takes you to the Resource Data Sheet)

      • Resource Structure

      • Fast Creation of Employee Data

      • Roles

      • Work Areas

      • Menu Items

      • Change Person ID

    • Project Settings

      • Global Project Settings

      • Model and Model Parameters

    • Costs

      • cost centers

      • cost types

      • cost type groups

      • conversion factors

    • Calendar

    • Process Models

      • Process Model Templates

      • Process Rules

    • Skills

      • Skills

      • Skills by Skill Group

      • Skills by Resource Structure

  • Further Master Data

    • Listbox Values

    • Threshold Values

    • Checklists

    • Systems

    • Create SAP WBS Elements

  • PMO: Editing Modules

    • Edit Planning Objects

    • Copy Entire Project Structure

    • Create Controlling Status Reports

    • Post Costs

    • Post Revenues

  • PMO: Control Modules

    • Time-Controlled Events

    • Scheduling Status

    • Check Status Report Creation and Project Applications

    • Check Reported Hours

    • Volume Parameters

      • Project Volume Parameters

      • Resource Volume Parameters

    • Data Maintenance

      • Cycle Search

      • Check Resource Structure

      • Check Summarized Availability

Notes

• The modules of the planning object can be opened by clicking on a planning object ID.
  • A list of the planning object modules and further information can be found under Project Panel, Proposal Panel, Idea Panel, Portfolio Panel or Program Panel.
• Whether the current user is authorized to change or to only view planning object data in this module, depends on his/her user rights.