What is meant by Structure plan?
A structure plan is an organizational tool used to visualize and document the hierarchy and structure of a project, organization or system. A structure plan shows the relationship between different components, tasks or elements at different levels of the hierarchy. This hierarchy can be used for projects as a work breakdown structure (WBS), for organizations as an organization chart, or for other systems. The structure plan helps to define, organize and understand the different parts of the whole.
Structure planning software provides a number of functions to support this hierarchical representation and structuring.
Overview of functions for structure planning
- Creation and editing: The software allows users to create, edit and adjust structure plans. This can be done by dragging and dropping elements or connecting lines.
- Hierarchical representation: the software allows elements to be arranged hierarchically to clearly show the structure and the relationships between them.
- Elements and nodes: Users can add different elements or nodes to represent different parts of the structure. These can be tasks, departments, projects, functions, products or other relevant entities.
- Connection lines: The software allows users to draw connecting lines between elements to represent dependencies or relationships.
- Colors and icons: Users can use colors, icons, and other visual elements to label or categorize items.
- Search and filtering capabilities: The software often provides search and filter functions to make it easier to find elements in large structural diagrams.
- Export and share: Users can export structure plans in various formats and share them with others, whether in reports, presentations, or on web pages.
- Access rights and permissions: The software can provide access rights and permissions to ensure that only authorized users can make changes to the structure plan. Versioning and history: Versioning capability allows tracking of changes to the structure plan and access to previous versions.
- Integration with project management tools: Some structure plan software solutions can integrate with project management tools to provide the link between the structure and the projects.