To effectively manage complex projects, you can break them down into smaller, more manageable sub projects. The project structure, also often called the Work Breakdown Structures (WBS), allows you to organize your project plan into a hierarchy of sub projects and activities. The Tree Navigator in IFS Cloud graphically represents this structure, providing a visual overview of the entire project and its subdivisions.
Sub projects can be seen as mini-projects within the project or used to describe different phases of the project. Sub projects must have a unique identification (ID) within the project and can be created in Sub Projects and in the Project Scope and Schedule/Sub Project page.
Sub projects can be created and connected directly under the project or connected to already existing sub projects. A sub project can only have one parent, but can be a parent to any number of sub projects. This capability allows for the creation of deep and complex structures when needed. The data relevant to sub projects are: Sub Project ID, Description, Sub Project Manager and the Department.
Each sub project can then be further divided into specific activities that represents the work that needs to be performed to complete the sub projects.
Project costs and revenues associated with the activities connected to the sub project can be summarized at any level within the WBS. This allows you to track essential information from related activities, at the relevant sub project level.
Sub projects can have pre-posting.
There are two ways of deleting a sub project:
If you use the Delete button, you must first remove the subproject's activities. When the Delete Sub Project Structure action command is used, the connected activities will be deleted automatically along with the subproject's structure.