Projetex features a product line-based project management system. A single product line project manager can be assigned not to a client, but to a client's product line. This implies the following:
multiple product lines can be created for a client
multiple product line project managers can be assigned to a product line
each project can only belong to one product line
In terms of organization and project hierarchy product lines group an number of projects, while product lines themselves are being grouped by clients.
Each new client has a single default product line (Main) and the user who added the client to the database is automatically assigned as the product line project manager of this product line. So, unless any new product lines are created, a single product line project manager is assigned to a client, in other words one client equals one product line. Thus in this case the term product line implies a certain client and all projects of this client. The only difference is that in Projetex multiple project managers can be assigned to a client product line.
However, if the project flow of a client is strong, it might be reasonable to split the client's projects into a number of product lines, each of which can be assigned to a different product line project manager (or a number of managers). This should help optimize the workload balance between line project managers.
Product lines and their managers can be viewed on the client's Profile.
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