Using the Project Timeline
This feature is available in Ultimate edition only.
The Project Timeline allows you to see planned and historical projects over a specified range of time. This timeline provides graphical views of projects as they pertain to the scheduling and delivery of work initiatives, features, and sub-features for specific projects.
The timeline presents a unique roll-up graph that shows the organizations past delivery and future plans from a project perspective, allowing you to ensure plans going forward are relatively smooth and that future plans are reasonable in light of past delivery. The Project Timeline provides a useful planning supplement to the Portfolio Tree, Portfolio Kanban, and Roadmap Timeline views.
You can use the timeline to:
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Plan and communicate current and future project delivery
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View historical delivery of projects
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Drill down to see the next level of detail, priorities, and progress from a single view
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Understand the organizational velocity achieved in delivering past projects
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Use the organizational velocity as a guide in planning future high-level work
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Identify peaks or valleys in expected organizational workload given the current plans
The Project Timeline is not a replacement for the Project/Program Summary. That report is still available.
Accessing the Project Timeline
To access the Project Timeline from the main menu, select Portfolio Planning > Project Timeline.