Cross project teams in cPro

cPro supports roles, staffings, tasks, and assignment of tasks to roles.
That's almost all I need.
However, i am now thinking how to realize teams that are working on multiple projects. The team and its members shall be defined once, and they should be staffed to multiple projects.
Can I staff something else that a business partner to a role? Or can there be a business partner that does not represent a person, but a team? Or can I use cPro user groups for this?
Any other suggestions?

Hi Daniel,
The user-group in cProject is for other purpose, the authorisation.
If you use the RPM Fast Entry Screen for staffing, then you can create such team, and include the team-members (BP) and then staffing them to different cprojects.
Kind regards,
Zhenbo

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form), creating a dependency requires opening the all related workplans, there are many bugs associate to that, and this list goes on.
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Hi,
I think you have not referred the link that Ahmed has suggested. Kindly visit the link and i am sure most of your queries will be clarified.
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Hello Murthy,
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http://help.sap.com/saphelp_erp2004/helpdata/en/7a/4c3aad4a0111d1894c0000e829fbbd/content.htm
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>
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