What is the Synonym of "Work package"?

[shani982]

Can anybody suggest me the synonym for Work package (WP). As you know. In project management, we divide our work into different work packages.

I know, I know you are thinking, why the hell, I am not using Work Package itself. And the answer is yes I can't.

I have already thought about step, part, milestone, deliverable. But these words do not fit. Any suggestion ?

[KarKingJack]

Job Assortment

Labour Combination

Endeavour Container

Task Bundle

Servitude Unit

[Belgie]

I'd need to know more about it. Why can't you use Work Package? It's pretty universal.

[shani982]

You are right. Its a universal word. And I can't use it, Because, I had used it in my report. But my report is integrated in to the main project report. and the main project report is itself a report of a work package. So I have been told by the reviewers to change it in order to avoid confusion.

[Belgie]

Well, in PM terminology, that wouldn't matter, to be honest. I think the people giving you the review comments are full of crap.

You could try using "sub-work-package" to make the distinction that it's different, but I'd normally just differentiate based on some subheading. Like, if WP was Work Package in the over-arcing sense, I'd use WP1, WP2, WP3, etc.. for the Work Packages at my sublevel.