A Hierarchy of Activities Project Management

A Hierarchy of Activities Project Management

Program ==> Project ==> Task ==> Work Package

Program
• A Group of Related Projects that is managed together, Programs usually include an Element of ongoing activity
• An exceptionally large, long range objective that can be broken into projects

Projects
• A temporary endeavour undertaken to create a unique product or service
• A specific finite task

Activity / Task
• An element of work performed during the course of a project. It has an expected duration, cost and resource requirement
• Any Activity or Task, Job or Operation that must be completed to finish a project

Work Package
• The Lowest Level of the Work Breakdown Structure
• The smallest unit of Work worth enumerating for planning and controlling
• One continuous work unit with a clearly defined and observable beginning and end