If there is a day that is important to the enterprise -- so important it should appear on everybody's task list, can the administrator setup such a milestone or task?  For example, this date could be a product release that everyone has to be sensitive to. I believe this could be put in the calendar, but we are not big users of the calendar and I am specifically looking for something to land on everyone's task list.

Thanks.

Andrew Gross | Senior Project Manager, Technology Operations PMO | Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions | t: (212) 997-5856 | m: (646) 204-5819

Andrew,

You can always create a milestone in a project and invite everyone in as a member.  You can then notify or assign everyone of the milestone.  Since they aren't writing time against the milestone, I would notify. 

 At the project level, yes, this would work.  What I am looking for is a portfolio solution... where you have 10,20,100+ projects -- and adding this type of data is relatively quick.

Thanks.

 Andrew Gross | Senior Project Manager, Technology Operations PMO | Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions | t: (212) 997-5856 | m: (646) 204-5819

Andrew,

For notification, you have the System Notification tab in the Admin area if you want to notify users.  You can also set Global Non-Working time at 1 hour (or more time) on a certain day and send notification.  Neither will show up on the timesheet, but the Global Non-working time will show up on your calendar. 

 I tried the System Notification (choosing all users by a particular workgroup) for a different purpose on Friday, but the email didn't go out; should've logged as an issue with customer support but didn't.  But what what I am really looking for is this special type of milestone/task that would appear on everyone's project regardless.  Emails are easy to ignore esp if you get 100,200+ per day.  But when a task shows up in the medium you are working from (the project plan), I think it's more difficult to ignore that.

Sounds like something I should explain in the greenhouse.

 Thanks, 

AEG

Andrew Gross | Senior Project Manager, Technology Operations PMO | Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions | t: (212) 997-5856 | m: (646) 204-5819

 That's an interesting workaround. Thanks.  But yes, I will plant a seed in the greenhouse.