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When you want to set up a master project with subprojects, first decide where all the files are going to reside. Note Instead of inserting and linking projects together, you might need to just link an individual task in one project to a task in another project.įor information about linking tasks between projects, see "Linking Information Between Project Plans" on page 451. Tasks and subprojects can be organized in relation to one another, and your inserted subprojects can be part of an outline structure and have dependencies, just like regular "native" tasks. Your master project can also contain regular tasks. The reverse is true as well-you can change subproject information in your master project, and those changes are updated in the source subproject. When project managers of the subprojects make changes, by default, you see those changes reflected in your master project.

Information in the master project and subprojects are interactively linked to each other. With the Portfolio Analyzer, you can review schedule information, cost perfor in mance, and resource allocation, for example.įor more information about the Portfolio Analyzer, see "Examining Projects Using Portfolio Analyzer" on page 749.Įven if you're the sole project manager, you might find the master project-subprojects structure helpful for alternating between project details and the overall project picture. If you're set up for enterprise project management c using Microsoft Office Project Professional 2003 and Microsoft Office Project Server 2003, p you can use the Portfolio Analyzer to see a high-level overview of multiple enterprise i projects. Reviewing multiple projects' information in a master project structure is analogous to using the enterprise Portfolio Analyzer feature. If you're managing the overall project, your master project can give you the view you need into the planning and execution of all the subprojects. This structure is most useful when you have a large project containing a number of subcomponents, especially if those subcomponents are managed by other project managers. The task information is changed in the source project file as well, because the two projects are linked by default.Īlthough you might insert projects for a variety of reasons, the most effective use of this capability is to create a master project structure with subprojects inserted within that master project. You can view and change all tasks within that inserted project. Inserted projects look and act like summary tasks in any task view, with their subordinate tasks readily available.

With Microsoft Project, you can insert one project into another.
