Methods and systems are provided for establishing a hierarchical
relationship between a parent or master project schedule and sub-project
schedules including tasks and phases required for completion of the
parent or master project. When changes are made to data contained in a
given parent or master project schedule or to a hierarchically related
sub-project schedule, an automatic notification is passed to the
owners/managers of affected project schedules so that those parties may
accept the proposed change, reject the proposed change, or respond to the
submitting party with a counter change proposal.