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title: "Creating dependencies between projects"
url: "https://help.altus.pro/nl/article/creating-dependencies-between-projects"
language: "nl"
last_updated: "2026-05-04T01:58:06.476Z"
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# 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.  
  
**Important:** Only projects can be linked through this feature and **not** the tasks and/or milestones within projects at this stage.

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

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

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

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