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Add WBS ID field to track/indicate tasks relationship

In other Scheduling tools, there is a WBS ID which is very helpful in determining parent/child relationships; while Clarizen has an ID field to uniquely identify tasks and projects, it does not provide the ability to see relationships; see example below:

 

Other Scheduling Tools

1 Deliverable 1

1.1 Task 1

1.2 Task 2

1.3 Task 3

2 Deliverable 2

2.1 Task 1

2.2 Task 2

2.3 Task 3

Clarizen

T-101 Deliverable 1

T-102 Deliverable 1, Task 1

T-103 Deliverable 1, Task 2

T-104 Deliverable 1, Task 3

T-105 Deliverable 2

T-106 Deliverable 2, Task 1

T-106 Deliverable 2, Task 2

In the first example you can see the numbering scheme allows to know which tasks belongs to which subproject/deliverable and is useful in validating outline/hierarchies are correctly structured as well as just general reference. Without it, PMs have to carefully craft task descriptions (as I did ) so one will know which summary/,milestone item it belongs. Analysis or testing are good examples of tasks that me be repeated for a variety of milestones and without the WBS ID it's difficult to know to which it belongs.

 

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Deedy, 

Thank you for submitting this request. Your change request was logged. ID: CR-238268.

 

Sincerely, 

Boris

Boris Krutiy -1 votes
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Soon it will be 2018 and still the feature is unavailable. Makes me wonder where is the support in this case?

Michael Nicholson 1 vote
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Yes, I'd also like to see a revealed WBS field for projects.

Patrick Harrell 0 votes
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