Depending on your industry and the types of projects you may encounter, the Project Management application can be set up to manage independent projects, or instead, it can be configured to manage projects related to customers or sales orders. With additional modules, it is possible to link the Project Management application into virtually any aspect of Odoo. For example, you could simply use the Project Management application to track the various stages and tasks involved in a company event. Who is going to be responsible for finding the location? When will you need to send out invitations? Who is going to set the agenda? When is an employee going to go and pick up the sound system? In this instance, the Project Management application is simply being used to track a single project that is not associated with the customer.
In other instances, you might want to use the Project Management application to track projects that are organized around your customer records...