Planning Operations
- What-If scenarios
- Reorganisations
- Headcount planning
- Temporary org charts, for example multi-disciplinary Project Teams or bid teams.
Plans are created from an existing organization chart and can be shared with specific people or groups within your organization.
The "History Control" lets you walk through the proposed changes, step-by-step, making it simple to review the changes and to explain them to others.
Use the context menu on each box to make changes to the plan.
- Remove From Plan
- Make Vacant
- Split Position - creates an additional position
- Consolidate Position - merges two positions
Removes the individual from the box, leaves the reporting structure in place
This is useful for if an employee is leaving, but you want to keep their position and those who report to it intact. Making a position vacant will remove the current holder, and replace them with a new vacant position, complete with those who reported to the original position.
If you drag a position on to a vacant position, you will be given the option to either make it directly report to the vacant position, or fill the vacant position.
Splits an existing position into two positions. These can either be one new and one existing, or both new.
Splitting a position is useful for if you plan on delegating the responsibilities of a role to two different positions. To view the split dialog, click on Split Position in the context menu.
Once the dialog is open, you can select if you would like to split the position into a vacant position, or a new position. Pick the former if the role is not currently filled, and the latter if you already know who will be taking the role. The name box under the dropdown menu allows you to enter a name and job title for the new position.
When you are happy with the split, you can click Save Changes to confirm the operation.
In this example, Noah Lindsey's role has been split into a second, unnamed vacant position.
Merges two existing positions into one position. This can either be one of the two original positions, or an entirely new position.
Consolidations are useful for merging two positions into one without needing to delete one and moving all their direct reports to the other. To view the consolidate dialog, click on Consolidate Position in the context menu.
You will see this dialog is slightly different to the split dialog. In order to pick the second position to consolidate, you should use the search bar under the right-hand position to find it.
Once you have picked the second position, you can then choose what position you would like to be left with. You can pick either of the two positions, or create a new or vacant position altogether.
You can then click Save Changes to save the consolidation to the plan.