Multi-project management with Microsoft Project
TPG ProjectLink 2010: easily connecting tasks and information
Efficient collaboration across projects is a key success factor in multi-project management. To achieve this, you need to be able to share information about schedules, work and costs between projects.
TPG ProjectLink is a configurable product for Microsoft Project Server. It provides this crucial transparency – even between different companies.
Your benefits of TPG ProjectLink
Transparency of links between tasks across projects
Multi-project overviews of the project portfolio’s current status
Simple creation of project links between different companies
Clear, graphical comparison of your tasks with external tasks
Time savings due to information about changes in relevant external projects
Better performance without having to open each project
The chart below shows three important use cases: links between tasks of different projects, multi-project overviews with status information for steering committees, and project links between companies.
Helpful overview of important external tasks
Project managers use TPG ProjectLink to link external tasks to their own planning. They can mirror the bar charts in their own schedule, enabling
them to see at a glance which external tasks have changed and how.
Multi-project overviews built up easily
They can also easily view other details about every linked task, which is important for multi-project overviews. In addition, project status information can be displayed in traffic light form to the steering committee, giving its members important pointers about the state of the project. They can also easily view details of costs, work, etc.
The features of TPG ProjectLink at-a-glance
- Choice of data sources including Microsoft Project Server sites, Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) lists and SQL databases
- Configurable field mapping to suit a wide range of use cases
- Easy set-up of links between tasks with the innovative Task Picker (access rights are managed by the Microsoft Project Server permissions system)
- Mirroring of external tasks into the project manager’s own project
- Works with Microsoft Project Server 2003 / 2007 / 2010
