Project Properties

A project is defined by its properties (fields) and its associated project components.

Project Fields:

• Customer:
  Is the organization that pays the project expenses.
  There is a predefined customer "Internal" that can be used for projects without a paying customer.
• Project Leader:
  The person responsible for the execution and the tecnical success of the project.
• Project Supervisor:
  The person responsible for the financial success of the project.
• Project Type:
  Allows to determine the type of services requested by the customer. The list of project types can be customized for each company.
• Project Status:
  Allows to follow-up on the development of a project through several phases of the project lifecycle.
• Source Language (]project-translation[ only): Source language of a translation project
• Target Languages (]project-translation[ only): Target languages (multiples!) of a translation project
• Subject Area (]project-translation[ only): Type of language applied in the translation project
• Start Date:
  Date of official launch of the project.
• End Date:
  Deadline for the termination of the project.
• Budget:
  Estimated total cost of the project
• Parent Project:
  Allows to create a hierarchy of projects. All costs and revenues of this project are summed up by the parent project.
• Description:
  Free-text description of the purpose of the project.
• Note:
  Free-text instructions for all project members.

Project Components:

Project components contain additional information about a project. The available project components depend on the type of the project. Predefined project components include:

• Filestorage
• Translation Workflow
• Project Collaboration

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