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title: Legacy- Review external dependencies between projects
description: Review the external dependencies between projects in a portfolio to track projects that are dependant on each other more closely.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/it-business-management/portfolio-management/review-external-dependencies-between-projects.html
release: brazil
product: Portfolio Management
classification: portfolio-management
topic_type: task
last_updated: "2026-09-10"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Legacy- Plan the portfolio, Legacy portfolio workbench, Portfolio Management, Project Portfolio Management, Strategic Portfolio Management]
---

# Legacy- Review external dependencies between projects

Review the external dependencies between projects in a portfolio to track projects that are dependant on each other more closely.

## Before you begin

Role required: it\_portfolio\_manager

Open demands and projects in the timeline view of the portfolio planning workbench.

## About this task

As a portfolio manager, you may want to know the projects which are dependent on each other so that these projects can be tracked more closely.

For example, project B is dependent on project A \(external soft dependency\). You want to make sure that project A is executed on time so that the schedule of project B is not affected. The **Dependencies** column shows that there is an outgoing external dependency from project A and an incoming external dependency to project B. You can then use the incoming dependency to determine whether a delay in project A will affect project B.

## Procedure

1.  In the timeline view, select the show or hide columns in gantt icon \(\[Omitted image "show\_hide\_columns.png"\] Alt text: show or hide columns in gantt icon\).

    Add the **Dependencies** column if it is not visible.

    The number of incoming and outgoing external dependencies are displayed, if any.

2.  Select the external dependency in **Dependencies** column for the project.

3.  In the **Dependencies** pop-up dialog, click a tab to review the dependency:

    -   **Inbound tab**

        Tasks that have an incoming dependency from a project are listed.

    -   **Outbound tab**

        Tasks with an outgoing dependency to the project are listed.

    \[Omitted image "ReviewExternalDependencies.png"\] Alt text: Dependencies example

4.  Select the project number in a tab to open and review the linked project in the planning console view.


**Parent Topic:**[Legacy- Plan the portfolio](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/brazil/markdown/it-business-management/portfolio-management/c_FinancialPlanningForPortfolio.md)