About this Guide

This guide provides information about the process to set up and use the External Scheduling Interface for projects.

Objectives

The objective of this book is to describe the purpose of the external scheduling package, the related benefits, and the processes to create and maintain links between project activities and external scheduling packages.

Intended Audience

This book is intended for users who utilize the external scheduling packages. The information benefits both end users and users on administrator level.

Assumed Knowledge

Knowledge of the processes involved in creating links between project activities and external scheduling packages, and general knowledge of the LN functionality helps a user better understand this guide. In addition, Project training courses are also available.

Document summary

The first chapter describes the purpose and the general features of an external scheduling package.

The following chapters deal with the setup and the process to create and maintain links between project activities and external scheduling packages.

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