How many Project Outline Codes is too many

[JeffT]

The MS manuals say don't make the Ouline Codes to large.
What is a good rule for "too large"

100 items in a Code, 1000 ????

And does it matter if they are nested or not?

Thanks!
Jeff

 

[Paul Conroy]

The Best Practice Analyser will throw a warning at 800 Enterprise Outling
Codes. This is a performance measure.

More importantly how many EOC's are realisticly manageable by Project
Managers ? I'd argue that any more than 40 per project becomes too much of
an overhead for the PM.

 

[JeffT]

Thanks Paul, but I should have been more specific in my question.
For example, if I have an OCL "Building Code" and it is nested at
Region
State
City
Building

And the total number of items for that OLC is 1400+, is that too big?
Thanks

 

[Paul Conroy]

This is not limited by the software but by performance and functionality.
I'm not aware of any guidlines as to how many items your can have in any one
OCL. Be aware that, first time opens/saves will take almost as long in 2007
as they do in 2003.

 

[JeffT]

Thanks Paul --
Jeff
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This is not limited by the software but by performance and functionality.
I'm not aware of any guidlines as to how many items your can have in any one
OCL. Be aware that, first time opens/saves will take almost as long in 2007
as they do in 2003.

 

[Gary L. Chefetz [MVP]]

Jeff:

The answer here is to map to the business requirements. Do you need
dimensional data at this level of granularity? IOW, do you measure effort
and variance at the specific building level and need the system to aggregate
numerous projects pertaining to the same building code? If so, your
portfolio must consist of many thousands of projects. If this is the case
you optimize and tune your environment to handle it. If you don't need to
aggregate data at the building code level, then consider treating it as a
fact for now.

 

[JeffT]

Thanks Gary.
The issues is that some buildings will have multiple projects, while others
will never have any.
Right now the plan is to keep the building name as a Fact and take the OLC
down to the City Level.

Thanks again!