Complex Scenarios and sub projects

After using Captivate  for several years and on small and relatively basic projects, I am now working on a very complex scenario with extensive branching.
So here's the question that shows my ignorance -
When calling other project is it better to have a central project from which to call other sub-projects and return (there are possibly 18 such sub-projects) or is it better to "jump" from project to project?

Less gotchas than if you had been intending to deliver it via the other two methods I mentioned (LAN server or CD ROM) because those methods would involve lots of issues with Flash Player Global Security preventing your navigation strategy from working.
LMSs are web servers too.  Flash security is not usually an issue with web server delivery.  However, what you WILL likely encounter as a major hurdle with trying to do this from an LMS is that if you set these different modules up as SCOs inside a Multi-SCORM package then your LMS will likely take exception to the fact that you are not launching each one via the links that the LMS itself provides.  Your strategy is to only have one central project from which the others are launched.  To get this to work in an LMS, you'll probably need to do it using SCORM 2004 standard and it would probably require manual hacking of the imsmanifest.xml files that Captivate produces for its SCORMs so that you can build in sequencing rules.  Could get complex.

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             1          2 Bloggs
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             3          1 Jim
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    2     ,2     ,Smith
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    3     ,2     ,Jones
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    Column Name: NM_2                           Datatype: Varchar2
    Column Name: NM_3                           Datatype: Varchar2
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    Column Name: NM_2                           Datatype: Varchar2
    Column Name: NM_3                           Datatype: Varchar2
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