Project code

A single project code is built from:

PX-YYMMI

Where:

• X = E for the external projects I for the internal ones and R if the project it is still a proposal (read more below 👇)
• YYMMI = Numeric codification that makes project code unique where,
• • YY = The 2 last digits of current year
  • MM = The week number when the project code was create
  • I = One digit identificator starting form 1 and one by one incremented until 9 included*. Serves to ensure that the project code is unique (read more below 👇)

* If more than 9 posibilites per week are requaried, person in charge can expand to alphanumeric this identificator in order to get more combinations per week (e.g. a, b, c, d, e, ...).

Proposal project codes

Can be identified because X gets the value R (e.g. PR-21251). If the project is accepted to be executed the R becames E or I depending if the project is an external project or an internal and it project inherits the unique number YYMMI.

Ensuring unique project codes 

In order to grant an unique code during the project code generation it is a must to aks person in charge which character we have to use to assure the last digit identificator is the correct one.

Reserved codes

Some combinations are not possible:

• MM = 00 because week zero is no possible.
• I = 0 because is reserved option.

The MM = 00 is used for permanent internal projects that will be executed the whole year (all the weeks for a calendar year). This is the case of:

• PI-YY000 Business unit to define 1
  
• PI-YY001 Business unit to define 2
• PI-YY002 Business unit to define 3
• PI-YY003 Business unit to define 4
• PI-YY004 Business unit to define 5
  
• PI-YY005 Finance&Purchasing
• PI-YY006 Human Resources
• PI-YY007 Infrastructure
• PI-YY008 Legal
• PI-YY009 Business unit to define 6