Re: Hod do I insert multiple sub projects?
- From: Greg DePasse <GregDePasse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2005 16:36:05 -0700
Thanks for the help. I understand what you are proposing, and as I think
about it more, I realize why I wanted to use copies of the same project - so
that I can change the tasks in one spot, it changes it across all of the
sites (whether I add/delete a task or change the duration of a task). Is
there a way to do this? Of course in an ideal world, this wouldn't be
necessary, but in the world of "you can do that in x minus y days, what's
that new schedule look like" this could save me a lot of time re-working
project.
Thanks,
Greg
"Steve House [MVP]" wrote:
> Each individual installation is not a copy of the SAME project, it may be a
> replica of a prototype project involving similar work but each one is a
> different project. "Install Router" at 1st Street Location will require
> resource Bill to be there on Tuesday for 6 hours. "Install Router" at Main
> Street location will require resource Fred to be there for 4 hours on
> Wednesday. They're two totally different tasks, albeit with the same name
> and very similar actions being performed.
>
> You were talking about inserting "projects" into a master file. I usually
> think of that as being the master plan with a number of different project's
> on their plate. In your example, I'd call your "master project" the
> Project and it includes 45 summary tasks describing the installation of the
> equipment at each of 45 different locations. But I'd list every location as
> its own entitity. You don't link one location to another unless they really
> are contingent for some reason - perhaps you're setting up a network in a
> star topology and the location(s) chosen as the centre of the star need to
> have their equioment installed before the locations that connect to them so
> you can properly test the locations on the radials as you set them up. But
> other than that sort of thing, the 45 summary tasks describing each
> location's installation will initially be in parallel. Then you can set the
> Project start, assign your reources, and do resource leveling to generate
> the final schedule eazy peazy, just like you want to. And far simpler both
> to organize and track than doing master project / inserted subprojects. 45
> summary tasks with a dozen or so subtasks in each isn't an especially large
> project - I once read a Boeing 747 assembly plan was about 85000 tasks and
> Project itself allows up to about 1 million tasks. 500 or so total tasks is
> a piece of cake.
> --
> Steve House [MVP]
> MS Project Trainer & Consultant
> Visit http://www.mvps.org/project/faqs.htm for the FAQs
>
>
> "Greg DePasse" <Greg DePasse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:95766BA8-2480-4EB2-8BE4-4E4C5798FA07@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Actually what is proposed is not a usable solution for me. I am trying to
> > schedule a master project (install equipment at 45 locations). Each
> > location
> > has the same set of tasks (perform site survey, order equipment, install
> > site
> > 2 months after ordering equipment,...) and I don't really care when they
> > each
> > start. I want to set a master start date and then let MS Project do
> > resource
> > leveling and figure out when I can plan to get to all the sites. I also
> > want
> > to be able to change a duration or add a task in the "generic" schedule
> > and
> > have that change reflected in all the site schedules. Is there any way to
> > do
> > this other than to not bother with a subproject and instead copy and paste
> > my
> > core set of 6 tasks over and over (and hope I never need to make a change
> > to
> > those 6 tasks)?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Greg
> >
> >
> > "Steve House [MVP]" wrote:
> >
> >> Make a copy of the file, change its start date, and insert the copy.
> >> That's
> >> not so farfetched as each iteration of the subproject really is a
> >> separate
> >> project in its own right with its own dstart, end, resources, budget,
> >> etc.
> >>
> >> Steve House [MVP]
> >>
> >> "GG" <GG@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> >> news:28CCD9DC-1DEB-4CBC-AC28-1BB350963D41@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> >I have a sub project that will be repeating for each phase and I would
> >> >like
> >> > to insert this sub project into my master/consolidated project. But,
> >> > Project
> >> > 2003 reports to me that I can only insert only once. The actual message
> >> > I
> >> > get
> >> > is:
> >> >
> >> > "A project can be inserted only once in a consolidated project"
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
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