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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 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 tasks or subprojects to other work packages. The project aggregates and rolls up all its tasks and subproject metrics to its linked work package.

Follow these steps:

1. Open Home, and from Earned Value Management, click Control Accounts.

   The list page appears.

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

   The list page appears.

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

   The properties page appears.

4. Click Link.

   The link page appears.

5. Click Link to Project.

   The select page project appears.

6. Select the project, and click Select.

   The properties page appears, displaying the name of the linked project in the Associated Project/Task field.

Follow these steps:

1. Open Home, and from Earned Value Management, click Control Accounts.

   The list page appears.

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

   A list of work packages defined for the control account is displayed in the work packages list page.

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

   The properties page appears.

4. Click Link.

   The link page appears.

5. Click Link to Task.

   The select page appears.

6. Select the project, and click Next.

   The select 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