Creating the deliverables map of a new project is a lot of work, as it’s also the foundation of your plan. It’s best to do it in a workshop, with all key team members of the project (activity A05 in P3.express), and the best way of doing so is to use a mind map.
So, spend enough time in the workshop and change your mind map until it satisfies you. Then you can import it in P3pper to form the deliverables map. You can import mind maps for the project, or for any deliverable inside the project.
Let’s say the Alfresco deliverable that we’ve created before is a complicated one, and you want to break it down in a workshop. Open your favorite mind mapping application and create an imaginary breakdown for it. When you’re done, open Alfresco, go to the building elements section, and click on import. Paste a plain text version of the mind map in the import box and click on import. Where can you get the plain text version of the mind map? It depends.
In some mind mapping applications, such as FreeMind, you can simply press Ctrl+A to select all items, then press Ctrl+C to copy them, and finally click on P3pper’s import box and press Ctrl+V to paste them. In some mind mapping applications, you may have to use their export feature to create a plain text file (tab-indented or space-indented), open the file in your computer, copy its content, and paste it in P3pper.
As an example, this is something you can import:
element 1
element 2
element 2a
element 2b
element 2c
element 2c-I
element 2c-II
element 2c-III
element 2d
element 3
element 3a
element 3b
element 4
You can just copy it from here and paste it in P3pper to import those items.