Complex Project

[Lloyd H. London]

Project 2003:
I have been using Project to track rather simple projects. It is now
becoming necessary to create a management tool for a complex and lengthy
set of tasks that appear to lend themselves to being tracked in
separate Project files. They do need to be interconnected which I
propse to do by linking project files together.
One of the many uncertainties I have about attempting this is: Is there
a theoretical limit to the number of files I can link to a main file,
where many of the task in the main file will be successors to tasks in
the external files? Futher, is there a practical limit?
Thank you for any information.

 

[John Beamish]

Your limit is 998 files + 1 resource pool for a total of 999 files.

From Project 2003 Pro:

Tasks per project file 1 million
Resources per project 1 million
Resource units per assignment 60,000,000 units or 6,000,000,000%
Resource availability dates 100
Task dependencies per project file no limit
Predecessors per task no limit
Successors per task no limit
Outline levels per project 65,535
Consolidated projects 998
Open project files per consolidated project 998
Sharer files connected to a resource pool 999 (that is, maximum open
project files minus 1 for the resource pool itself)
Open windows 50
Base calendars unlimited
Calendar exceptions per calendar 1,400
Printable tasks in monthly calendar 4,000
Rate tables to support different pay scales and rates 5 per resource
Variable rates per rate table to support rate increases and decreases 25
Cost value in a currency field 999,999,999,999.99
Work value 1,666,666,667 hours
Assignment work values for:
Work assignments
999,999,999 minutes

Variable material assignments
999,999,999 units

Fixed material assignments
60,000,000 units

Cells and Gantt bars that can be directly formatted 64,000
Print scaling adjustment range percentage 10-500%
Page header text 5 lines
Page footer text 3 lines
Page legend text 3 lines
Page legend text box width 5 inches (12.7 centimeters)
Filter tests per filter 40
Filter tests per AutoFilter 2 per column
Earliest date allowed for calculation January 1, 1984
Latest date allowed for calculation December 31, 2049
Discontiguous selections on a sheet view 9
Baselines 11
Characters in a text field 255
Characters in an outline code field 255
Values and characters in an Enterprise Resource Multi-Value (ERMV) field
255 values, each of 255 characters

Project 2003:
I have been using Project to track rather simple projects. It is now
becoming necessary to create a management tool for a complex and lengthy
set of tasks that appear to lend themselves to being tracked in
separate Project files. They do need to be interconnected which I
propse to do by linking project files together. One of the many
uncertainties I have about attempting this is: Is there a theoretical
limit to the number of files I can link to a main file, where many of
the task in the main file will be successors to tasks in the external
files? Futher, is there a practical limit?
Thank you for any information.

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