Projects - Ability to create Sub project under main project
We often have project and during this we generate sub projects.
For record keeping it would be handy to able create a sub project under the main one. So when its time to invoice the whole project you can combine all related ones in one invoice.
Tia Toppinen
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Thanks for your feedback on Projects here, Tia. If you have any other detail you can share or examples of how sub projects would be used by your business this would be useful for our product teams consideration.
We don't have any plans for this at present, but make sure you share the idea with other colleagues that could also find this useful so we can get a wider understanding of the interest.
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Tomas Young
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Having a header project and being able to put subprojects underneath it would be very beneficial, and also having the ability to close that subproject out whilst not losing the actual project data set.
For example, my company runs multiple projects for 1 client. I have set up 1 project to cover each project, but if I could set it up as 1 project for the client and then have subprojects, I would have an easier time seeing the data for that specific client across projects. -
Andrew McDougall
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The ability to have sub-projects would be a great value. We often work on major construction projects with large tasks. The ability to have sub-projects for each of these large tasks with their own task set allows for the management of time and expenses at a sub-project level.
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Tia Toppinen
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Sub-projects would be a valuable feature for managing larger projects, such as a large residential build.
For example, we could have a main project called BC House with a total value of $2 million. Under this main project, we could create smaller sub-projects for individual rooms or specific areas of work. This would allow us to track labour hours and materials used for each room separately, as well as invoice the client room by room, while keeping all costs and records linked to the main project.
Sub-projects would also be useful for managing variations or additional work. If extra work is required outside the original scope, we could create a separate sub-project to record all the additional labour, materials, and costs accurately without losing the connection to the main project.
Currently, I have a project with 13 rooms, and I need to create two tasks for each room, bringing the total to 26 tasks. On top of that, there are six general tasks that apply to every project, bringing the total to 32 tasks. This makes the project more complicated to manage and creates a long list of tasks for both management and workers to navigate.
Benefits for Workers
From the workers' perspective, sub-projects would make daily time tracking much simpler and more intuitive. Instead of scrolling through a long list of tasks, they could simply select the room or area they have been working on, such as the Kitchen, open it, and record their hours against the relevant activity, such as installation or construction.This approach would make it easier for workers to record their time accurately, reduce confusion, and improve the overall tracking of labour and materials.
Overall, sub-projects would provide a clearer structure for managing large projects, simplify time tracking for workers, improve cost visibility for management, and make room-by-room invoicing and additional work tracking much more efficient—all while keeping everything connected to the main project.