Project plan
What is a project plan?
A project plan breaks down the tasks involved in your project into a multilevel hierarchy of dependencies, with each process and step displayed as a subordinate element to its parent task or process. You can export project plan data from the Shoreline web app and import it into a project management tool to visualize your schedule as a Gantt chart.
How do I export and import a project plan?
Export your project plan from the Shoreline web app and import it into a project management tool to visualize your schedule as a Gantt chart:
- Import your project plan into Microsoft Project
- Import your project plan into Primavera
What is the task hierarchy in a project plan?
The task breakdown follows a three-level hierarchy, with each process and step displayed as a subordinate element to its parent:
- Task
- Process
- Step
- Process
For example, within a Shoreline case:
- Task: Installation (bottom fixed)
- Process: HLV mobilization
- Step: Step 1
- Step: Step 2
- Process: Loadout
- Step: Step 1
- Step: Step 2
- Step: Step 3
- Process: Transit to windfarm
- Step: Step 1
- Process: Jack up
- Step: Step 1
- Etc.
- Process: HLV mobilization
The table below outlines the information in the exported file.
| Header | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Outline level | For import into MS Project. Maps the hierarchy of tasks, processes, and steps. | |
| Outline number | For import into MS Project. Maps the hierarchy of each process and step to its parent task. | |
| Name | The naming convention and unique logistic ID taken from the Shoreline web app. | |
| Start | When the task, process, or step began, in ISO 8601 format. | |
| Finish | When the task, process, or step finished, in ISO 8601 format. | |
| Duration | The total duration of the task, process, or step. A task duration is the total of the constituent process and step durations. A process duration is the total of the constituent step durations. |
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| Resources | The logistics used in the task, process, or step. |