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[Olink]

Would like some advise on how to set the project up. We are a military squadron that controls about 20 plus military exercises a year. Should I set the WHOLE schedule up as the project? or each Exercise as a project

Please help

 

[Cheryl]

Hello Kenneth,
There are several approaches that would work. As you
mentioned setting each up as its own and setting up as one
file. You could always set each up as its own sub project
and insert them into a master project. It will all depend
on how do these exercises affect one another (Or do
they?), how you want to manage them.....etc. If you want
some more detailed info on using Master and sub projects
please feel free to contact me direct.
Best of Luck,
Cheryl

-----Original Message-----
Would like some advise on how to set the project up. We

are a military squadron that controls about 20 plus
military exercises a year. Should I set the WHOLE
schedule up as the project? or each Exercise as a project?

 

[Steve House]

The classic definition of a "project" is that it is "a time limited
undertaking resulting in a unique product or result." It has definite,
quantifiable, start and end points and an measurable duration. One exercise
fits that definition nicely. OTOH, your sequence of exercises really is
open-ended. While there may be a certain number within a year, the sequence
actually continues on into the next year and the next, etc so a project file
considering all the exercises as one single big project really has no
measurable end point. There is no "last" exercise after which you'll never
do any more. Thus I'd make each exercise a separate project, an entity in
itself, for planning purposes. You can then build a consolidation file that
shows the master training plan for the unit showing all the individual
projects and as new exercises are scheduled their files are added into the
master plan.

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MS Project Trainer/Consultant
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Would like some advise on how to set the project up. We are a military

squadron that controls about 20 plus military exercises a year. Should I
set the WHOLE schedule up as the project? or each Exercise as a project?