Links¶
Goal: you check and edit cross-project links, resolving time conflicts between linked projects.
Cross-project links differ from normal links in two ways:
The successor project is not shifted automatically if the predecessor project’s finish date moves. Instead, a delay (negative or positive) is set.
In addition to the delay, a cross-project link has a time reserve: after linking two projects, a time difference between the end of the predecessor and the start of the successor is considered not only as a delay but also as a reserve.
Here you can check and edit the cross-project links.
You can set a time frame or enter a search term in the Filter field for the Project/Activity columns.
Functions¶
Status accepted (
)Conflict message (
)Shift successor (
)Correct delay by reserve (
)Revision history (
)
Status: the Status column shows whether time changes related to the start or end of the cross-project links occurred, or whether conflicts arose.
Example: resolve a time conflict¶
You created a link between two planned projects with a negative delay, because the second project starts earlier than the first project ends.
A time shift occurs in the first project: the predecessor ends 7 days later than originally planned.
The value in the Reserve column shows by how many days the original plan has changed. Red indicates a growing time deficit, green indicates a gained time reserve.
Via the Shift successor icon button (
), the dates of the
successor project are shifted by the value of the reserve.
The next time the portfolio is opened in Rillsoft Project, you get a message about the date changes in the successor project.
Further functions¶
Revision history: use the icon button () to see the
history of the link.
Correct delay by reserve: use the icon button () to
recalculate the delay based on the reserve.
Check the result¶
After resolving a time conflict, the Status column shows that the link is accepted again, and the date change is visible in the successor project.