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I think that projects should add to the corporate mission in some way. So that is why a corporate mission becomes so general. So that 'Be the top-selling sneaker company' becomes 'Beat Adidas' and the projects are about that - worried about sales rather than employee turnover for example.

I think this is an amazing question. The mission statement of a company is usually more general than the project goals, I think...? Is that what you mean? Sometimes I think it hurts to make the mission statement and vision before the analysis. Usually part of a corporation looking inward is...

My question was 'anyone using one you have strong feelings for or against?' I think that is pretty specifically asking for personal recommendations. But your point is well-taken and as usual you're helpful! Thanks for the link. Looks interesting.

Looking into bug databases. Anyone using using one you have strong feelings for or against? Thanks!

You can do this with WorkGroups, a module of MS Project. Do a search on Project help for 'Email WorkGroup'. Its a little sticky to set up, but I think it will send a task by email and if accepted then puts into Outlook task list. From HELP: "Set up an e-mail system for team collaboration To...

There are a bunch of tools that do what youre looking for. Let us know more specifics - are you using project? how many people will use? do you need it hosted? do you need resource management?

There is a very big difference actually. Business requirements justify why to develop so are like: What is the business problem being solved and how do we solve it: eg 'We need an ecommerce site for our soap product.' 'We need a tool for our inventory.' Why do we need the tool and what do...

Yeah, but then it is driven by the duration, which is necessary for billing. I want it to be - this will take 3 hours, but you have 3 days to do it.

How do you configure the business rules so that only the executive role has access to the rate cards and cost reporting for the system....?

You might also want to look at project management systems that are specifically designed for marketing or creative: www.aprimo.com (high end) www.unica.com www.assetlink.com www.creative-manager.com (low end) Some more expensive than others, but Modularity Mediates Mania as I always say.

How? In HTML?

Is it possible to create templates that use the column 'deadline' so that the deadline is changed when the start date changes?

Is it possible to create a permissions page to web which is just HTML pages or do you have to pass through permissions to each page?

Definitely! Thanks!

Can anyone say in fairly simple terms what is the difference between WSS and SPS?