Single task applies to multiple projects

[mba1976]

Hi,

Can project assigns single task to multiple projects?

Tasks sample:
1. Pick up the car
2. Pick up the pizza
3. Pick up the kids.

Without pickup the car in task1, task 2 and 3 cannot accomplished.

How do I do this in Project?

thanks,

 

[Mike Glen]

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[Saratoga]

It sounds like what you want to do is link a task from one project that will
be the driver for subordinate tasks in other projects. To accomplish this you
should look into linking tasks between projects.

 

[Steve House]

You asked about a task being part of multiple projects yet your example
doesn't pose that scenario. As Saratoga suggets, the idea that a task must
be done in order for others to proceed is the whole concept behind linking.
While links will generate temporal sequencing that's not their real purpose.
A link between two tasks means that the timing of the predecessor task
somehow controls the timing of the successor. Assuming here that you can
pick up the kids or pick up the pizza in either order, since you have to
pick up the car before you can do either, 'pick up car' is the predecessor
task in two separate dependency links, both Finish-to-Start. One link goes
from 1 to 2 and the other goes from 1 to 3.