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Linking complicated Projects

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Reply Fri 27 Feb 2009, 14:31Delegate Kinga said...

Kinga has attended:
Project Intro Intermediate course

Linking complicated Projects

Is there any way of linking very long, complicated Project plans that are made up of sub-Project plans in a useful, meaningful way, or will it always cause more trouble than it's worth?

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Reply Wed 4 Mar 2009, 11:23Trainer Andrew said...

RE: Linking complicated Projects

Hi Kinga

Thank you for your question. You might find that creating a series of sub-projects and then in a new blank project inserting them using File > Insert Project... would allow you to retain an overview of the whole project plan whilst being able to let teams work on their individual plans.

I hope this helps. Do let us know if you have any further questions.

Kind regards,
Andrew

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