Master Project and Sub-Projects: Plan, Schedule and Manage large projects by
breaking them into manageable, smaller sub-projects. Use the Linked Projects
feature to Link sub-projects to the Master Project.
View the Linked sub-projects in the Workflow screen in My Dashboard/Workflow.
Program Phases: Plan, Schedule and Manage complex projects by reducing
them into multiple Project Phases.
Use the Linked Projects feature to Link the Project Phases.
View the Linked Project Phases in the Workflow screen in My
Dashboard/Workflow.
Buffer Management: Milestone Tasks – Add a Milestone to Linked Project
Tasks. Apply the discipline and control of Buffer Management to Linked Project
Milestone Tasks in Exepron.
Waterfall, Agile and Scrum – Satisfy Customer Software Development
Requirements in Exepron.
⦁ Exepron uniquely combines Agile, the adaptability of Scrum and Sprints, with the
management of time and deliverables of the Waterfall method, with defined Task
Objectives and Dependencies.
⦁ Exepron includes the discipline of managing Time commitments in order to
satisfy Customer requirements, while avoiding the “open-ended” nature of
managing scope under Agile.
⦁ Exepron includes the adaptive capability to re-plan and re-schedule scope
changes throughout the Development Process.
Link Projects in 3 screens in Exepron:
⦁ Task Details / Linked Projects tab
⦁ Project Details / Linked Projects tab
⦁ My Dashboard / Workflow / Manage Project Workflow screen.
Link Projects by linking an Origin Task on an Origin Project to a Destination Task on a Destination
Project with a Linked Arrow.
Linked Arrows: The Linked Arrow originates from the Origin Task and Origin Project.
The Linked Arrowhead connects to the Destination Task and Destination Project.
Hovering over the Linked Arrow will display the Linked Project information.
Updating Linked Projects: A Remaining Duration Update to an Origin Task and Project will not
automatically update the linked Destination Task and Project, or vice versa.
Project Managers and Agile Team Leaders / Resources update the sub-projects Sprints.
Program Managers update the update the Master Project based on best estimate of the
Remaining duration on each Phase of the Master Project.
Linked Project Permissions: Users with the required Permission(s) can view, add and manage
Linked Projects.
View Linked Projects in the Workflow screen.
Project Workflow: View the Workflow section of the Reference Guide for additional information
about the Project Workflow and Project Groups. View the Linked Projects Video in the Learning
Center for additional information.
