Creating dependencies between projects

In Altus, your organisation can visualise and manage dependencies across your entire portfolio or program of inter-related projects to help you understand how project timelines align, identify risks and blockers early, see how delays in one project could impact others and gain a complete picture of your project flow — all in one place.

The following dependency types can be created:

• Finish-to-Start (FS): The successor project cannot start until the predecessor project finishes.
  Example: Project B cannot start until Project A is completed.
   
• Start-to-Start (SS): The successor project cannot start until the predecessor project starts.
  Example: Both projects need to start together.
   
• Finish-to-Finish (FF): The successor project cannot finish until the predecessor project finishes.
  Example: Both projects need to finish at the same time.
   
• Start-to-Finish (SF): The successor project cannot finish until the predecessor project starts.
  Example: Project A cannot finish until Project B begins.

Create a predecessor dependency between projects
 

1. Within a project record, navigate to the Dependencies tab under the Tracking section. 
   
   
    
2. Under the Predecessor Dependency section, click + New Dependency. 
   
   
    
3. Using the New Dependency form, choose the appropriate option from the Dependency Type drop-down menu. 
   
   
    
4. Select the other project that your current project, the Successor, is dependent on as its Predecessor project and click Apply Predecessor. 
   
   
    
5. Once linked, click Save and Close to create the dependency. 
   
   
    

Create a successor dependency between projects
 

1. Under the Successor Dependency section, click + New Dependency. 
   
    
2. Using the New Dependency form, choose the appropriate option from the Dependency Type drop-down menu. 
   
   
    
3. Select the other project that is dependent on your current project, the Predecessor, as its Successor project and click Apply Successor 
   
   
    
4. Once linked, click Save and Close to create the dependency. 
   
   

View interproject dependencies 
 

1. You can view the list of active interproject dependencies under the Dependency tab of a project record. 
   
   
    
2. You can view the list of all active interproject dependencies in the system via the Dependencies option from the left navigation menu. 
   
   
    
3. You can view the active interproject dependencies under the Projects tab of the portfolio or program record that the project is associated to.