Some of our Workfront clients run 24x7 operations and raise thousands of Projects each year. At that pace, even with sensible naming conventions, it is sometimes tricky to know whether a Project has already been created -- let alone find time to go check first. That can lead to duplicates, which then leads to confusion, and in turn, more work in the end.
So! We have just created a new solution (not quite yet read for public consumption) that will make it fast and easy to search for projects that "might already exist", then find and pick the right one if it does exist, or create a new otherwise. Initial reactions look positive. If it goes well, I'm considering adapting it to also handle Issues, since they're often a source of potential duplicates, too. However, before I do so, it makes me wonder...
What clever out of the box procedures have you seen to avoid creating duplicate Projects or Issues?
Regards,
Doug
