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Project Management & Agile · Foundational

Work Package

The work defined at the lowest level of the WBS for which cost and duration can be estimated and managed.

Definition

Work packages are assigned to a control account and decomposed into activities for scheduling. A common heuristic is the 8/80 rule (between 8 and 80 hours of effort). PRINCE2 uses the term differently, for a set of work authorized to a Team Manager.

Example

'Configure SSO integration' is a work package estimated at 40 hours.

Exam tip

The lowest WBS level is the work package, not the activity.

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