Like a project, a program is considered an investment in a portfolio. Other types of investments are assets, applications, and products. You can indicate dependency relationships that exist between investments in a portfolio using the Program: Properties - Dependencies page.
A dependency can occur when a task in one investment must be completed before a task in another investment can begin. Or it could be that one or more of the projects in a program will have to be cancelled if a certain application runs significantly over budget.
Dependency information is used when creating portfolio management scenarios. You can view dependency connections from the Efficient Frontier page within scenarios that include data from the investments you identify on the Project: Properties: Dependencies page.
Note: See the Portfolio Management User Guide for more information.
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