Multiple schedules in program file

[jpas1954]

I have a client who has 5 related schedules to comprise a program. She has
taken a 6th project and uploaded all 5 schedules into it to run it as a
program. Does this make sense? I’m thinking better to have her put the
milestones from each schedule into one master program rather than the entire
contents of each schedule. She is very new to PM and Project in particular.
What’s the best course of action here? Upload all schedule content to one
master schedule or have a master milestone schedule?

 

[Jan De Messemaeker]

Hi,

She's (nearly) right.
I would have inserted all 6 schedules into an empty project which will then
be the master.
HTH

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[jpas1954]

Actually I should have sad that the 6th one was empty. What are the
ramifications of running the multiple projects this way? Should she update
each individual schedule and continue importing them? Or make changes in the
mater schedule?

 

[Jan De Messemaeker]

Hi,

Any; there is a dynamic link so change made in one spot will show in the
other.

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[Mike Glen]

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