The project unit

A project unit is the operating entity for project management. The boundary within which projects are numbered, and within which a common set of project behaviours applies. IT IS NOT A BUSINESS UNIT. The business unit is the FINANCIAL operating entity — it holds costing and billing configuration and ties to a ledger. The project unit is the PROJECT operating entity. Why both exist, and it is genuinely a two-way argument. A single business unit may run several distinct project operations with different numbering, different calendars and different rules. And conversely, one project operation may transact across several business units. Separating the two objects lets both happen. One object could not. What the project unit owns. Project numbering — method and sequence. Default calendar behaviour. The options governing how projects in the unit behave. And reference data set assignments. The association with business units. A project unit is associated with…

In this module: Module 3 · Organization Structures

1. 1What we are building
2. 2The decision you cannot undo
3. 3The organization object model
4. 4The project unit
5. 5Owning versus expenditure organizations
6. 6Running the structure design workshop
7. 7Four worked structures
8. 8Business units and the project accounting function
9. 9Creating organizations
10. 10Classifying organizations
11. 11Organization hierarchies
12. 12Creating project units
13. 13Project unit options
14. 14Reference data set assignments
15. 15Associating project units with business units
16. 16Proving the structure works
17. 17What breaks
18. 18Lab briefing: Meridian Consulting
19. 19Lab solution walkthrough