Best Practice for Timelines with Formal Project Mgmt Process
I am using RTC with the Formal Project Management Process Template and wanted to know the best practice for creating timelines. This implementation is for traditional non-product development projects.
The project(s) my team work on differ however from a management point of view, we review information on a monthly, quarterly, and yearly basis.
I'm wondering if it makes more sense to leverage the tree structure and create the following:
Level 1 - 2011
Level 2 - Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4
Level 3 - Jan, Feb, Mar...Dec
OR should I flatten everything and have 1 level? How much will this impact the Plan view?
The project(s) my team work on differ however from a management point of view, we review information on a monthly, quarterly, and yearly basis.
I'm wondering if it makes more sense to leverage the tree structure and create the following:
Level 1 - 2011
Level 2 - Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4
Level 3 - Jan, Feb, Mar...Dec
OR should I flatten everything and have 1 level? How much will this impact the Plan view?
One answer
I'd suggest the former approach, i.e. leverage the tree structure. This
allows you to plan at any of the three levels (when you create a plan,
you would specify at what level you want the plan to be).
Cheers,
Geoff
On 6/22/2011 8:38 AM, tgoldstein wrote:
allows you to plan at any of the three levels (when you create a plan,
you would specify at what level you want the plan to be).
Cheers,
Geoff
On 6/22/2011 8:38 AM, tgoldstein wrote:
I am using RTC with the Formal Project Management Process Template and
wanted to know the best practice for creating timelines. This
implementation is for traditional non-product development projects.
The project(s) my team work on differ however from a management point
of view, we review information on a monthly, quarterly, and yearly
basis.
I'm wondering if it makes more sense to leverage the tree structure
and create the following:
Level 1 - 2011
Level 2 - Q1, Q2, Q3, Q4
Level 3 - Jan, Feb, Mar...Dec
OR should I flatten everything and have 1 level? How much will this
impact the Plan view?