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Access Programs

To access programs, select Programs from the Portfolio Management menu. The Programs list page appears, where all of the programs you create and to which you have access are displayed in the list.

You can do the following from the Programs page:

• Create new programs
• Define program properties such as schedules and budgets and adding projects to the program
• View the combined actuals and effort for all of the projects in a program
• Edit existing programs
• Delete programs

After creating a program and defining its properties, you can use the other program tabs to do the following:

• Team. Use the pages on this tab to add participants and participant groups to the program. If the program's subprojects contain staff, the Program: Team: Staff page displays a list of the roles of all of the resources assigned as staff to the subprojects. For those resources assigned as staff to the subprojects that do not have a project role, the page displays the name of the staff member.
• Tasks. Use the pages on this tab to create milestone tasks. The Work Breakdown Structure subtab does not display.
• Action Items, Document Manager, Calendar, Discussions, and Processes. Program participants can use all of the collaboration tool tabs from within the program.
• Risks/Issues/Changes. Use this tab to rate risks and create risks, issues, and change requests from the Risks/Issues/Changes tab just as you can for a project.

More information:

The Differences Between Projects and Programs

Manage Project Participants

How to Create Key and Milestone Tasks

Collaboration Tools

Risks, Issues, and Change Requests

Access Rights (Projects)