What's the difference between a job, a parent job, and a sub job?
Answer
Jobs
In Procore, the term job is synonymous with project.
Parent Jobs
A Parent Job is an informational link used to group related projects in the Portfolio tool. You can designate any existing project as a 'parent' when editing related projects.
Note: This designation is for organizational purposes only; it does not create a technical parent-child relationship in Procore’s project database.
Example
Suppose your company is developing a master-planned community in four distinct phases. To manage these effectively, you would create four separate Procore projects. You can then designate Highlands Ranch—Phase I as the Parent Job for the subsequent phases:
Project 1: Highlands Ranch—Phase I (Parent) 1000 residential units, 1 rental office
Project 2: Highlands Ranch—Phase II
1 clubhouse, 1 parking structure, and 3 community poolsProject 3: Highlands Ranch—Phase III
1 golf courseProject 4: Highlands Ranch—Phase IV
750 residential units, 1 community pool, 1 parking structure
Sub Jobs
A Sub Job is a segment in your Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) to compartmentalize and monitor project costs. Unlike the informational 'Parent Job' label, a Sub Job is a financial tool used to track specific budgets and profitability.
For example, you can create separate sub jobs for individual floors in a high-rise or separate structures in a multi-unit development. Use sub jobs to track buildings, areas, or change orders as distinct line items within your project budget.
Examples
You are a commercial building contractor building a multi-story office tower. You might want to add sub jobs for each floor:
Floor 1
Floor 2
Floor 3
You are a federal construction contractor building a large healthcare & hospital campus with numerous specialty complexes on base. You might want to add sub jobs to track the progress and costs for each specialty building and/or complex:
Rehabilitation Center
Family Birth Center
Eye Institute
Oncology Treatment Center,
Robotic Surgery Complex