Glossary term
What is Work package?
In Apex Flow Academy, "Work package" means: The smallest piece on the tree: small enough to estimate, give to one person and check. It is taught in Project Management and Agile: Run Projects That Ship. Related terms include Work breakdown structure (WBS), Acceptance criteria, MoSCoW and Baseline. Every Apex Flow Academy course lists the official sources it checked.
- 1 course teaches it
- plain-word definition
The facts
What is Work package?
The smallest piece on the tree: small enough to estimate, give to one person and check.
Where is Work package taught?
Work package is defined in Project Management and Agile: Run Projects That Ship.
Which lessons cover Work package?
These lessons name it in their title or objectives:
- Project Management and Agile: Run Projects That Ship, lesson 2.2: The Work Breakdown Structure: Split the Project Into Pieces You Can Manage
- Project Management and Agile: Run Projects That Ship, lesson 2.3: Say What Done Means: Acceptance Criteria and the Work Package Sheet
- Project Management and Agile: Run Projects That Ship, lesson 3.1: Sequence the Work: Activities and Dependencies
- Project Management and Agile: Run Projects That Ship, lesson 4.1: Estimate Costs and Set the Budget Baseline
Which terms are related to Work package?
Next to Work package in the course glossaries: Work breakdown structure (WBS), Acceptance criteria, MoSCoW, Baseline, Requirement, Change request, Stakeholder and Dependency.
Work breakdown structure (WBS)Acceptance criteriaMoSCoWBaselineRequirementChange requestStakeholderDependency
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Bold questions people really ask. Each answer comes from the course data or a settled Academy fact.
Do I need experience before I learn Work package?
It depends on the course. Each course that teaches it lists its own prerequisites, and all are listed at beginner level:
- Project Management and Agile: Run Projects That Ship: None. You do not need any project management experience.