Please I need some scheduling advice in the scenario presented below:
I have three projects (say A,B & C) in Primavera P3, project A is a high level plan and the planning unit is day, while B & C (Level 4 or 5 plan with about 2000 activities each) are in hours. The start of some tasks in Project B & C are dependent on completion of some tasks in project A.
What I want to achieve;
Since projects B & C are more detailed (while C summarizes the two), I want to create a link (using activity code maybe) such that when I update Project A which has few activities, the impact will be felt on tasks in project B & C. In actual fact I do not want to create project group (merge the projects because am not sure if this will work since they are not in same planning unit and don’t want to change the planning units because project A is for management reporting while B & C are for field use.
Does any one know if it’s possible;
To create activity code linking the 3 projects such that when the project A is updated, the impact of delays/progress will be seen on start of tasks in project B and C. For example if a task AC01 (Tank Painting) is updated to be 100% complete on 14th of August, I want this update to push forward the start of a series of activities in Project B or Project C (wherever the dependent activities occur )
OR
Can I merge two or more projects with different planning units?
This way I will have to create a link between the activities using relationships.
I am sorry if my posting gets you bored, I just want to be sure I post a proper question for my case.
I have three projects (say A,B & C) in Primavera P3, project A is a high level plan and the planning unit is day, while B & C (Level 4 or 5 plan with about 2000 activities each) are in hours. The start of some tasks in Project B & C are dependent on completion of some tasks in project A.
What I want to achieve;
Since projects B & C are more detailed (while C summarizes the two), I want to create a link (using activity code maybe) such that when I update Project A which has few activities, the impact will be felt on tasks in project B & C. In actual fact I do not want to create project group (merge the projects because am not sure if this will work since they are not in same planning unit and don’t want to change the planning units because project A is for management reporting while B & C are for field use.
Does any one know if it’s possible;
To create activity code linking the 3 projects such that when the project A is updated, the impact of delays/progress will be seen on start of tasks in project B and C. For example if a task AC01 (Tank Painting) is updated to be 100% complete on 14th of August, I want this update to push forward the start of a series of activities in Project B or Project C (wherever the dependent activities occur )
OR
Can I merge two or more projects with different planning units?
This way I will have to create a link between the activities using relationships.
I am sorry if my posting gets you bored, I just want to be sure I post a proper question for my case.