Posted by: Laith Adel on June 10, 2013
We used to say that one of the main things you can’t do in PWA schedule PDP is baseline. In 2013 you can actually baseline a project in PWA. But if you are wondering what the difference is between scheduling in PWA and Project Pro in 2013, then here is your answer:
| Project Management Feature Comparison |
Project Web Access (PWA) |
Project Professional |
| Resource Levelling |
Available |
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| Recognize and correct resource overall location scenarios using automatic resources levelling techniques. | ||
| Task Path Highlighting |
Available |
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| See how tasks come together and identify which are most critical to a project’s success. | ||
| Split Tasks |
Available |
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| Split tasks and show them as split in the Gantt chart. | ||
| Task Inspector |
Available |
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| Additional analysis to resolve scheduling conflicts. | ||
| Define Local Custom Fields |
Available |
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| All users can define local custom fields. | ||
| Time-Phased Editing |
Available |
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| Edit plans and work on a day-by-day basis. | ||
| Team Planner Over Allocation Highlighting |
Available |
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| Visual cues identify task over allocations, which can be automatically levelled or manually corrected with drag and drop in Team Planner. | ||
| Team Planner Prevent Over Allocations |
Available |
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| Automatically move tasks so that resources cannot become over allocated in Team Planner. | ||
| Inactive Tasks |
Read Only |
Available |
| Tasks marked inactive in Project Professional are read-only in PWA / Project Online. | ||
| Edit Master Projects |
Read Only |
Available |
| Master projects are read-only in PWA / Project Online. | ||
| Edit Sub-Projects |
Read Only |
Available |
| Sub-project cannot be added to a project, but can be edited separately from master projects. | ||
| Cross-Project Links |
Read Only |
Available |
| Dependency relationships with tasks in other projects are read-only in PWA / Project Online. | ||
| Summary Task Assignments |
Read Only |
Available |
| Resource assignments on summary tasks are read-only in PWA / Project Online. | ||
| WBS Codes |
Read Only |
Available |
| Custom Work Breakdown Structure codes are supported, but definitions are read-only in PWA / Project Online. | ||
| Multi-Resource Assignments |
Available |
Available |
| Assign more than one resource to a particular task. | ||
| Automatic / Manual Scheduling |
Available |
Available |
| Use the Project scheduling engine to automatically schedule tasks, or do it manually. | ||
| Task Linking |
Available |
Available |
| Create, edit and delete task dependency relationships. | ||
| Project Information |
Available |
Available |
| Edit project-level fields and properties. | ||
| Edit Large Projects |
Available |
Available |
| No limit to the size of plans that are editable. | ||
| Import from SharePoint |
Available |
Available |
| Import data from a SharePoint project task list into a project plan. | ||
| % Complete |
Available |
Available |
| Mark task progress as a percentage of the assigned work that is complete. | ||
| Cost and Material Resource Assignments |
Available |
Available |
| Ability to assign Cost Resources or Material Resources to tasks. | ||
| Task Calendars |
Available |
Available |
| Define a custom calendar associated with a task. | ||
| Fixed Work Tasks |
Available |
Available |
| Define the type of a task as fixed work. | ||
| Timeline |
Available |
Available |
| Build and customize the timeline view to visualize schedule details and communicate with stakeholders. | ||
| Edit Assignment Fields |
Available |
Available |
| Edit assignment views. | ||
| Create Baselines |
Available |
Available |
| Create a snapshot baseline of the current project plan. | ||
| Task Deadlines |
Available |
Available |
| Create deadlines for a task. | ||
| Edit Task Type |
Available |
Available |
| Change the type of a task. | ||
| Effort-Driven Tasks |
Available |
Available |
| Scheduling engine support for scheduling a task as effort driven. |
