Microsoft has announced the end of life for Project Online, and many organizations are transitioning to OnePlan for modern, integrated portfolio and work management. This guide helps you understand how familiar Project Online concepts map to OnePlan, so your migration is smooth and intuitive.
Important Notes
- Some terms have a direct mapping, while others are conceptually similar but may have differences in configuration or naming.
- For fields, customizations, and workflows, review OnePlan documentation to match specific business requirements.
- Consult with your OnePlan implementation partner for assistance with advanced migrations and integrations.
Terminology Map
The following mapping is formatted as:
Microsoft Project Term → OnePlan Equivalent
Description and context to help you understand the translation.
Governance and Configuration
Enterprise Plan Types → Plan Types
Defines categories of projects in Project Online. In OnePlan, Plan Types serve the same purpose—categorizing plans for governance, reporting, and templates.
Project Details Page (PDP) → Plan Details
PDPs capture project metadata. OnePlan’s Plan Details page provides similar functionality for plan-level information.
Enterprise Custom Fields (ECF) → Fields
Custom metadata fields for projects, resources, and tasks. OnePlan uses Fields for flexible metadata across plans, resources, and work items.
Project Detail Page Workflow → Plan Details Workflow
Governance workflows tied to PDPs for stage-gate processes. OnePlan supports Governance Workflows integrated with Plan Details for approvals and stage gates.
Security Categories / Groups → Enterprise Security Groups
Role-based access control in Project Online using categories and groups. OnePlan simplifies this with Enterprise Security Groups and role-based permissions.
Enterprise Calendars → System Calendars
Define working time for projects and resources. OnePlan uses System Calendars for scheduling and resource availability.
Financial and Structural
Cost Breakdown Structure (CBS) → Cost Categories
Hierarchical representation of project costs. OnePlan uses Cost Categories for financial tracking and reporting.
Master Project / Subproject → Parent Plan / Child Plan
Consolidated view of multiple subprojects. OnePlan supports Parent-Child Plan relationships for programs and portfolios.
Global Template (Global.mpt) → Plan Template
Stores default settings and customizations. OnePlan uses Plan Templates for consistent governance and configuration.
Outline Codes → Plan ID / Work Item ID
Custom hierarchical codes for tasks and resources. OnePlan uses Plan IDs and Work Item IDs, along with custom fields for taxonomy.
Scheduling and Task Management
MPP (Microsoft Project Plan) → Web-Based Plan.mpp files are the native format for Project Professional. In OnePlan, plans are fully web-based, but you can import .mpp files to start your migration.
Gantt Chart → Gantt View
A visual timeline of tasks over time. OnePlan provides an interactive Gantt view for scheduling and tracking.
WBS (Work Breakdown Structure) → WBS / Hierarchy
A hierarchical decomposition of project scope into tasks. OnePlan supports hierarchical task structures within each plan.
Baseline → Baseline
A snapshot of the original plan for variance tracking. OnePlan allows you to set and compare baselines for performance analysis.
Critical Path → Critical Path
The sequence of tasks that determines project duration. OnePlan calculates and displays the critical path in the Gantt view.
Dependencies (FS, SS, FF, SF) → Dependencies
Relationships between tasks (Finish-to-Start, Start-to-Start, etc.). OnePlan supports all standard dependency types.
Lead / Lag → Lead / Lag
Adjustments to dependency timing. OnePlan allows lead and lag settings for precise scheduling.
Resource Management
Resource Sheet → Resource Center
A view for managing resources and their attributes. OnePlan uses a centralized resource pool for allocation and planning.
Resource Leveling → Resource Planner
Resolves resource overallocations automatically. OnePlan provides resource planning tools to balance workloads.
Units → Allocation Units
Percentage of resource availability assigned to a task. OnePlan tracks allocation units for accurate capacity planning.
Cost Rate Table → Cost Rates
Defines resource cost rates for calculations. OnePlan supports cost tracking and rate management for financial planning.
Advanced Concepts
Fixed Units / Fixed Work / Fixed Duration → Task Types
Determines how changes affect schedule calculations. OnePlan supports flexible task types for accurate scheduling.
Effort-Driven → Effort-Driven Scheduling
Adding resources reduces task duration. OnePlan supports effort-driven logic for resource assignments.
Earned Value (EV) → Earned Value (via Reporting)
Performance measurement technique. OnePlan integrates earned value metrics into Power BI dashboards.
SPI / CPI → KPIs (via Reporting)
Schedule and cost performance indexes. OnePlan provides these KPIs through reporting tools.
Variance → Variance
Difference between baseline and actual values. OnePlan tracks variance for schedule and cost analysis.
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