J
jackie
Hello There
What is the best way to consolidate projects into a programme?
Many thanks
Ilaria
What is the best way to consolidate projects into a programme?
Many thanks
Ilaria
D
Dave
jackie said:
One way would be to create a Master Project containing links to all of
the projects within the Programme.
This would allow you to look at resource commitments across the entire
Programme as well as create dependencies across different projects
within the Programme.
What do you hope to achieve from the consolidation?
J
jackie
thanks Dave
we would use it mainly for standardisation of approach, easiness of
printing, resources committment. also i need to find a way to pictorially
represent project interdependencies at programme level. something like a
gantt chart that shows me the interdependencies at project level within our
programme. please can you advise further on this last point, how to achieve
it. Many thanks
we would use it mainly for standardisation of approach, easiness of
printing, resources committment. also i need to find a way to pictorially
represent project interdependencies at programme level. something like a
gantt chart that shows me the interdependencies at project level within our
programme. please can you advise further on this last point, how to achieve
it. Many thanks
D
Dave
Well if you insert links to the plans in the master and create links
between the tasks in the various plans to create the Programme Network
Diagram then you have done that.
I guess the point is that you don't want to have to print out all the
tasks to show the dependencies. You could filter out the tasks you
don't want to display so that you are left only with those for which
there are cross-project dependencies.
An alternative approach might be to create a milestone section at the
top of the project linked to each of the projects showing key events.
You could also group the milestones under summary tasks which would then
largely represent the project-level summaries from each of the
individual projects.
For those milestones representing dependencies you could then suitable
descriptions such as "Starts when Task A from Project X completes".
Hope this helps.
between the tasks in the various plans to create the Programme Network
Diagram then you have done that.
I guess the point is that you don't want to have to print out all the
tasks to show the dependencies. You could filter out the tasks you
don't want to display so that you are left only with those for which
there are cross-project dependencies.
An alternative approach might be to create a milestone section at the
top of the project linked to each of the projects showing key events.
You could also group the milestones under summary tasks which would then
largely represent the project-level summaries from each of the
individual projects.
For those milestones representing dependencies you could then suitable
descriptions such as "Starts when Task A from Project X completes".
Hope this helps.
M
Mike Glen
Hi Ilaria,
Welcome to this Microsoft Project newsgroup
Also, you might like to have a look at my series on Microsoft Project in the
TechTrax ezine, particularly #17 & 18 on multiple projects, at this site:
http://tinyurl.com/2xbhc or this:
http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/Pub0009/LPMFrame.asp?CMD=ArticleSearch&AUTH=23
(Perhaps you'd care to rate the article before leaving the site,
Thanks.)
FAQs, companion products and other useful Project information can be seen at
this web address: <http://www.mvps.org/project/>
Hope this helps - please let us know how you get on
Mike Glen
MS Project MVP
Welcome to this Microsoft Project newsgroup
Also, you might like to have a look at my series on Microsoft Project in the
TechTrax ezine, particularly #17 & 18 on multiple projects, at this site:
http://tinyurl.com/2xbhc or this:
http://pubs.logicalexpressions.com/Pub0009/LPMFrame.asp?CMD=ArticleSearch&AUTH=23
(Perhaps you'd care to rate the article before leaving the site,
Thanks.)
FAQs, companion products and other useful Project information can be seen at
this web address: <http://www.mvps.org/project/>
Hope this helps - please let us know how you get on
Mike Glen
MS Project MVP
J
jackie
Great this is exactly what i need to achieve
i particularly like the idea of the the Programme Network
J
i particularly like the idea of the the Programme Network
many thanks again
J
D
Dave
The network diagram is one of the views on the View menu. It will be
pretty unwieldy for a substantial programme though. I really meant that
the links can be used to show inter-project task dependencies as will as
those within any one project.
pretty unwieldy for a substantial programme though. I really meant that
the links can be used to show inter-project task dependencies as will as
those within any one project.