Related Projects

Related projects define relationships between interrelated projects, and provide traceability and visibility between projects. A related project can be either a Project Concept, Project Space, or any other project type.

Any person with project visibility to the current project has the ability to navigate through the related project hierarchy.

To access this page:

On the Projects page, click the name of a project. See Projects Page. In the navigation pane, click Details > Related Projects tab.

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Columns

Name Description

Name

All related projects display under the parent project. Click the name to view details about the project. Navigate the related project hierarchy by clicking the "+" symbol before each project name.

Status Flag

The status flags indicate whether the project's tasks are behind schedule. The project's status flag reflects the status of the task that is most behind. The exact number of days for a task status to be yellow or red is configurable and may be different for your system. Shows only in Schedule View.
  • No flag: the task is not late.
  • Green: the task is complete
  • Yellow: the task is not complete and the days remaining are less than or equal to the threshold
  • Red: the task is not complete and the system date is greater than the estimated End Date or Base Line End Date

Type

The type of project, for example, Project, Project Space, or Project Concept. Shows only in Schedule View.

Status

The current status of the project. Shows only in Schedule View.
Current Phase The current phase of the project.

Current Phase:

  • Est. End Date
  • Act. End Date
  • The estimated end date for the current phase.
  • The actual end date for the current phase. Shows only in Schedule View.

Project:

  • Est. End Date
  • Act. End Date
  • The estimated end date for the project.
  • The actual end date for the project.

Program

The program associated with the project. Shows only in Schedule View. Shows only in Dashboard View.
Owner The current owner of the project.

Description

The description of the project. Shows only in Schedule View.

Actions/Toolbar Commands

Action Description For More Information
Create Project Creates a new project. Create New: Creating a Project from Scratch

Copy From: Creating a Project from an Existing Project

Import From: Creating a Project by Importing from a File

From Template: Creating a Project from a Template

Add Existing

Add existing projects to the related project hierarchy as children of the top-level project. --

Create Project Concept

Creates a new project concept. Creating a Project Concept

Remove Selected

Removes the selected projects from the related project hierarchy; click OK to confirm. --

Delete

Deletes the selected projects from the related project hierarchy, click OK to confirm. --