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Create Projects

A project is a related set of tasks performed to achieve a specific objective. Before planning a project, you should have a general idea of what it entails, who is responsible for managing and working on it, when it needs to be done, and how much it will cost. Once you create your project you will want to populate it with phases, activities, and tasks, and perform other important project management tasks, such as assign resources to tasks and create project schedules.

You can store the projects that you create as files on your computer, a server, or a network location. Use the Project Properties dialog box to define your new project. This dialog box consists of five tabs: Description, Scheduling, Resources, Key Tasks, Advanced, and Notes.

Note: If you are using Open Workbench with CA Clarity PPM, you can store projects directly to CA Clarity PPM. You must have CA Clarity On Demand Schedule Connect installed to do this.

To create a new project

  1. Select File, New.

    A new project is created.

  2. Select File, Properties.

    The Description tab on the Project Properties dialog appears.

  3. Complete the following field:
    ID

    Defines the ID for the project.

  4. Click OK.

    The project properties are saved.

  5. Save your project.

More information:

Update Project Data

Define Project Description Properties

Create Project Tasks

Add Resources to Tasks