Abstract: An improved method is provided for managing a project. The method includes defining a project model that represents the project, where the project is comprised of a plurality of sub-projects, and each of the sub-projects is comprised of a plurality of tasks. Each task is assigned a responsible entity. The improved method further includes identifying interdependency data between the tasks, populating the project model with the interdependency data, and managing the project using the project model. The interdependency data is further defined as being an input requirement to complete a given task in a given sub-project, such that the input requirement is derived from another sub-project having a different responsible entity.

Abstract: A luggage rack for an automotive vehicle comprising a pair of side rails adapted to be mounted on the roof of an automotive vehicle in laterally spaced apart relation. Each rail has an elongated slot extending lengthwise thereof. One or more cross members extending between the rails have stanchions at the ends slidably engageable in the slots. The slots open at an angle slanting away from the vehicle roof and toward one another to resist forces tending to separate the stanchions from the side rails. Each stanchion has a flange which hooks over a slot-defining flange of a rail to provide additional resistance to separation. The stanchions are releasably locked to the rails by locking pins engageable in apertures in the rails.