Program

Information

PLANTA project offers an option to "bundle" projects with Program planning type. Under Definition of Planning Objects you will find information on further planning objects.
From a functional point of view, programs behave similar to main projects.
- The structure of the respective editing or view modules equates to that of the project and only differs in the range of functions.
Only main projects can be assigned to a program. As a result, possibly existing subprojects are implicitly subordinate as well since their values are contained in the Budget, Effort, and Cost values of the main project.
When you use the PLANTA Portfolio component, you have to make sure that a project is not assigned to a program and to a portfolio at the same time.
Programs can be copied to the portfolios just like other planning objects.

Note

Details

Programs can merely be regarded as a bundling option for projects. There are no automatic links and effects between the programs and the projects assigned to them.
- E.g., programs can be closed or quit even if their projects have not been quit or closed.
- Exceptions:
  - If the Schedule with gates checkbox is activated in a project which is assigned to a program, not only project gates but also program gates (i.e., all existing gates) are displayed in the Schedule module.
  - The Program status of an active program can only be changed to "Archive" or "Inactive" if all assigned projects are also set to "Archive" or "Inactive".

Customizing Information

Programs are saved in DT461, just like projects, and are classified by means of a new Type = 30.
- This means that scheduling (calculation of the schedule) for programs behaves just like scheduling for projects.
For the assignment of projects to programs, the Dependency data table is used. Via a (new) code it is distinguished whether they are dependencies between projects or assignments to a program.