<rss version="2.0" xmlns:a10="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Inflectra Customer Forums: Product vs Project (Thread)</title><description> Does spiraplan have a way to manage projects vs products?  In my case a project might involve multiple products and I would like to track the overall project progress which might involve requirements and tasks in multiple products. </description><language>en-US</language><copyright>(C) Copyright 2006-2026 Inflectra Corporation.</copyright><managingEditor>support@inflectra.com</managingEditor><category domain="http://www.dmoz.org">/Computers/Software/Project_Management/</category><category domain="http://www.dmoz.org">/Computers/Software/Quality_Assurance/</category><generator>KronoDesk</generator><a10:contributor><a10:email>support@inflectra.com</a10:email></a10:contributor><a10:id>http://www.inflectra.com/kronodesk/forums/threads</a10:id><ttl>120</ttl><link>/Support/Forum/spiraplan/best-practices/2692.aspx</link><item><guid isPermaLink="false">threadId=2692</guid><author>Gabe Johnson (gabe.johnson@oroliads.com)</author><title>Product vs Project</title><description> Does spiraplan have a way to manage projects vs products?  In my case a project might involve multiple products and I would like to track the overall project progress which might involve requirements and tasks in multiple products. </description><pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2022 16:02:19 -0400</pubDate><a10:updated>2026-04-21T05:15:23-04:00</a10:updated><link>/Support/Forum/spiraplan/best-practices/2692.aspx</link></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">messageId=5768</guid><author>David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com)</author><title> Hi Gabe  Probably the best way would be to use Programs (which contain products), that will let you</title><description> Hi Gabe  Probably the best way would be to use Programs (which contain products), that will let you track %complete, progress and other metrics across the products.  Also in our latest release of SpiraPlan, you can have custom properties defined on the products (in the programs) themselves:  https://www.inflectra.com/Ideas/Entry/spotlight-spiraplan-72-project-portfolio-managent-1393.aspx   Regards  David </description><pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2022 20:55:18 -0400</pubDate><a10:updated>2022-10-20T20:55:18-04:00</a10:updated><link>/Support/Forum/spiraplan/best-practices/2692.aspx#reply5768</link></item><item><guid isPermaLink="false">messageId=7608</guid><author>Hannah Ju (hannah1561990@gmail.com)</author><title> Yes-this is a common need, and in tools like SpiraPlan the key idea is to use  projects and portfol</title><description> Yes-this is a common need, and in tools like SpiraPlan the key idea is to use  projects and portfolios together  rather than forcing everything into a single product structure.  Typically, each product can hold its own requirements, tasks, and releases, while a higher-level project or portfolio view is used to track overall progress across multiple products. That way you can still report on unified milestones, risks, and progress without losing the separation of work inside each product.  If the UI feels cluttered when mapping across multiple products, sometimes teams also clean up shared dashboards or screenshots for reporting using tools like  sticker remover  to keep visuals focused on what matters </description><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 05:15:23 -0400</pubDate><a10:updated>2026-04-21T05:15:23-04:00</a10:updated><link>/Support/Forum/spiraplan/best-practices/2692.aspx#reply7608</link></item></channel></rss>