Creating External Dependencies

Programs are often used to link tasks in one project to tasks in other projects. A Project can only be part of one Program. Tasks in one project can be linked to external tasks without creating a program.

To link tasks in one project to other projects without creating a Program:

1. Open the first project
2. Using the Subproject command on the Project ribbon, insert the other project(s)
3. Expand the project to view all the tasks
4. Create the dependencies
5. Close the program without saving
6. Save the changes to the subprojects

Note: The external references to the links.

Note: How the same tasks can also be linked to tasks in other projects.

Please check out our previous blog on how this process can be used to update project-level fields for multiple projects.

Hope this helps! Please contact us with questions.