Project Initiation Widget
Overview
The Project Initiation Widget (PIW) automates the creation of one or more projects in an organization’s Microsoft Project Server or Project Online system in a consistent, user-friendly, and scalable manner. The PIW leverages existing project templates and metadata for the creation of new projects. The types and quantities of activities included in a project is determined by how a user responds to prompts on the widget.
Features
- Utilizes Enterprise templates as the foundation for a new project
- Allows you to simultaneously initiate all projects related to a single program (or compound for pharmaceutical projects)
- Automatically links related tasks among projects when using MasterLink
- Supports multiple project types, and allows the user to specify the types and quantities of activities that will be included in a project
- Provides a user interface for collecting field values for project metadata
Benefits
- Provides a straight-forward and consistent method for initiating new projects
- Leverages existing project templates
- Enforces standard project naming conventions