[127] in iswork
Re: new database
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Robert Ferrara)
Sun Oct 15 13:02:35 2000
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Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2000 13:04:17 -0400
To: "Allison F. Dolan" <adolan@mit.edu>, iswork@mit.edu
From: Robert Ferrara <rferrara@MIT.EDU>
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Allison & others,
I've added a few thoughts to your items.
2000 -0400, Allison F. Dolan wrote:
>I've started to update the Theme 4 work, and several questions/issues have
>already come to mind (BTW, I think the database looks terrific! These are
>'usage' questions, not philosphical issues.)
>
>- in the create new Project or new Activity, the 'status' line says 'choose
>status', but there was nothing in the pop up window to choose
Right
>-- in the same places - CG is not listed as a 'Process'
CG should be a Process
>I need a refresher on the current definition of a 'project' - if I am a
>member of an HR team looking at Recruiting, would I put that in as a
>Project or Activity? (I did create a Project under Theme 4 - re: Rewards
>and Recognition - does that look right? Or should it be an Activity?)
Ongoing regular work should be an ACTIVITY. If you were planning recruiting campaign, that might be a PROJECT. My guess is that most CG work is in ACTIVITIES.
>CG has a little Excel file with our 'projects'. I would like to put this
>in ISWork. Would it be ok to give the members of CG the id/password so
>they can do the loading of the information? (I would still have
>responsibility for the content - I just didn't want to key it in)
Could I look at this first? These may not make the bar as full-fledged Activities or Projects on their own. However, it might be amenable to an approach Roger did under the sample Activity, where the URL points to list of "projects" http://web.mit.edu/vdist/snapshot.gif
>I did several updates, and then things seem to 'blow up' - any time I
>clicked the 'submit' button, I got a blank screen with '504' in the upper
>left.
Eek. Not good. Didn't happen to me!!
>Semantics (which may not be worth changing) - It took me a while to
>register that the Initiative 'Description' is really the Initiative
>title/name, and the 'Justification' is really more description.
>
>....Allison
