The table above summarizes the differences between the shift and task schedules.

Relation between Shift and Task

A shift is the concept of a work period. Shifts operate so that there is always one (no more than one and no less than one) shift assigned daily.
On the other hand, tasks work in such a way that one is always assigned to one phase. It must be divided into phases if you want to give more than one task for a given shift.
On the other hand, some shifts do not have the concept of phases, such as the vacation shift.
Let’s look at how to define those relations in the following chapters by examples.