Merging of projects

Hi Rick,
Obviously the reason why this question of Merging came is because of commanilities between two projects in terms of either Codes or Resources or Management requirements.
If so, then try to streamline the codes (Common or separate) & resources, then Merge the projects.
If the Projects are dissimilar to an extent that streamlining is tedious, it is prudent to use separate projects.

If you are actively using WBS & the WBS codes are non uniform across both projects, then its a nightmare to streamline WBS.

Recently I have been thru an exercise of merging 2 projects (each > 3000 activities) having similar type of codes & resources, but defined differently.
Using a combination of Global Change, excel utilities, Streamlining is quick.

Cheers

Dattatreya
Cheers.

Hi Dat,
Thank you for answering my query, i really like it, it’s direct and very convincing.

Cheers.
Rick

Hi datta,

But, then what do u prefer, say in case of a project having 10-11 buildings of identical floors, say 40 storey each. Weather to create sub-projects for each building or to develop a single project having activities more than 50,000.

Activity codes / WBS codes will be similar in that case. Right?

Plz advise

Cheers,

Ravi

Hi Ravi,

Having >50000 activities in P3 as a single project will be cumbersome in updating & scheduling unless updated thru other means (Excel or access).
At the outset while defining the Project Control Procedures, these issues need to be addressed. Looking at the Project scenario, you will need more than a couple of Planners doing planning, scheduling, monitoring & reporting to a lead planner.
It is desirable to have a single project with relevant codings for different buildings, but becomes too much to manage & schedule with 50000 activities.
Let individual planners work on their projects, update & the lead planner does the final scheduling. (Sub Projects Preferred).

No definitive solution coming thru.

Cheers
Dattatreya

Thanks Datta,

Thats true.

hi
ravi well i personally like to use the "Motti" technique used by finland against USSR in winter war.
its same like what datta has said.
also some general, study Unlearning & Lateral thniking, would be quite useful.

cheers

mangesh