Uses for Project Concepts
Some uses for a concept project are:
- Engineering has a place in the collaboration environment to share
new ideas.
- The concept project can be used as an engineers "sandbox" until the
project owner decides to take the project to the "Approval" process.
- Once the project concept is approved, a new, standard project is
created (a copy or
clone of the concept project).
Project Concept Schedule
Project concepts include a schedule. The schedule for a project
concept is very similar to the schedule for an actual project. The following is
a list of the differences between the schedule for a concept and a project.
Aside from these differences, you manage the schedule for a concept in the same
way you manage a project schedule. See
About the Task Schedule.
The only differences between the schedule for a project and a project
concept are:
- The project concept schedule has no baseline view.
- The lifecycle for a concept is different than the lifecycle for a
project (see
Project Concept Lifecycle).
There is less interaction between the status of the tasks in a concept's
schedule and the status of tasks in a project's schedule. For example, when a
task in a project is promoted to In Work, the project is also promoted to In
Work, if it's not already in that state. But when a task is promoted to In Work
for a project concept schedule, the concept is not promoted.
However, many of the automatic processes for a project schedule are in
place for a concept schedule. For example, the % complete for a concept's tasks
roll up to the concept's % complete.
Working with Microsoft Project
If you use the MS Project integration, you can view, modify and
synchronize
Project Management
projects from MS Project. For instructions, see the user guide that accompanies
the integration.
From Concepts to Projects
When a project concept has been prototyped and reviewed and is ready
to become an actual project, a Project Lead must promote the concept to
Approved. To be promoted to Approved, signature requirements may have to be
fulfilled and one or more routes may have to be completed. When
Project Management
promotes a project concept to approved, it changes the object type to Project
Space and functions like any other project.
Note:
After the approval, you must first access the Project Summary page
and then return to the newly created Project Space in order to see the
refreshed categories for the Project Space.
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