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Link Work Packages to Projects or Project Tasks

You can link work packages to the projects or project tasks that represent the implementation details for delivering the work. You assign, schedule, and accumulate costs for the performing organization resources from the project and its tasks. Baseline and earned value (EV) metrics are aggregated from the project tasks into the work package based on their association to the work package. Earned value is reported on the scheduled work delivered by the control account.

You establish the link from the work package to the project or tasks. You can view the EV data in the Earned Value Management section of the Work Package: Properties page.

You can link the work package to the project if you are only concerned with top level metrics, or you can separate your work package deliverables into separate tasks on a project.

Important! If you link a work package to a project, do not link the project's tasks or subprojects to other work packages. The project aggregates and rolls up all of its tasks and subproject metrics to its linked work package.

To link a work package to a project

1. Select Control Accounts from the Earned Value Management menu.

   The Control Accounts list page appears.

2. Click the Work Packages icon next to the control account to which the work package is associated.

   A list of work packages defined for the control account is displayed in the list on the Control Account: Work Packages page.

3. Click the name of the work package you want to link to a project.

   The Work Package: Properties page appears.

4. Click Link.

   Link Work Package page appears.

5. Click Link to Project.

   The Link Work Package: Select Project page appears.

6. Select the project, and click Select.

   The Work Package: Properties page appears displaying the name of the linked project in the Associated Project/Task field.

To link a work package to a project task

1. Select Control Accounts from the Earned Value Management menu.

   The Control Accounts list page appears.

2. Click the Work Packages icon next to the control account to which the work package is associated.

   A list of work packages defined for the control account is displayed in the list on the Control Account: Work Packages page.

3. Click the name of the work package you want to link to a project task.

   The Work Package: Properties page appears.

4. Click Link.

   Link Work Package page appears.

5. Click Link to Task.

   The Link Work Package: Select Project page appears.

6. Select the project, and click Next.

   The Link Work Package: Select Task page appears.

7. Select the task, and click Select.

   The Work Package: Properties page appears displaying the name of the linked project task in the Associated Project/Task field.

More information:

View Work Package Earned Value Data

Performance Measurement Baselines