Planning Element Relationships Overview

Links in Innovation Planning show that there is a relationship between two planning elements, such as a technology relationship or a launch dependency. Planners who are planning element team members can create relationships between elements. Details about existing links are available within each element's details.

Links between elements can have the following dependency relationships:

Child/Hierarchy Relationship - No dependency between the start and finish of either element. Hierarchy links indicate that an element is part of another element's child board.
Start - Start - The source element must start before the target element can start.
Finish - Finish - The source element must finish before the target element can finish.
Finish - Start - The source element must finish before the target element can start.
Date - Date - A date in the source project must be before a date in the target project.
None - Indicates there is a relationship between two elements, but there are no date or hierarchy dependencies.

Dependencies are not enforced in the system in terms of when a project or initiative can start. For example, in a finish-to-start dependency, work can actually begin on the starting element before the finishing element finishes.

When developing an innovation plan, the option to create a child relationship link with no start or finish date dependency is always available in Innovation Planning. If your company has purchased Accolade Roadmapping, dependencies other than a parent/child relationship are available. In order to create links with start and finish dependencies in Innovation Planning, an Administrator or Process Designer must first create the link types on which they are based within Accolade.

See the following to get started: