Hi Doug! Are you saying that Enterprise stopwatch would enable external vendors to manage their time WITHOUT having a Worker/Planner license? Additionally what is the capability of this tool, does it allow for cost/billable hours to be attributed, are the vendors hours general or specific to the ta...

This can be managed in Preferences (avatar ->My Settings-> Preferences) at an individual user level or as an Admin you can set these for you company in Setup -> Interface -> Layout templates Aina Lorbergs Operations Program Manager T-Mobile Digital Marketing

We utilize portfolios, programs and naming conventions to help with the above however it seems that maybe a custom form field where the team member could input the prior project number at the project level may be helpful?

If you have one request tied to many projects, why not convert the request issue to Master project and from there use cross project predecessors to parent tasks to tie projects together?