Work packages
Work packages are items in a project (such as tasks, features, risks, user stories, bugs, change requests). A work package captures important information and can be assigned to project members for execution.
Work packages have a type, an ID, a subject and may have various additional attributes, such as status, assignee, priority, due date.
Work package ID is defined as a unique integer assigned to a newly created work package. Work package IDs cannot be changed and are numbered across all projects of an OpenProject instance (therefore, the numbering within a project may not be sequential).
Types are the different items a work package can represent, such as task, feature, bug, phase, milestone. The work package types can be configured in the system administration.
Work packages can be displayed in a projects timeline, e.g. as a milestone or a phase. In order to use the work packages, the work package module has to be activated in the project settings.
Overview
| Topic | Content |
|---|---|
| Work packages views | What is the difference between the work packages views: table view, split screen view, details view? |
| Create a work package | How to create a new work package in OpenProject. |
| Set and change dates and duration | How to set and change the start date, finish date and duration of a work package. |
| Baseline comparison | How to track work package changes over time. |
| Share work packages with external users (Enterprise add-on) | How to share work package with users or group outside of your project. |
| Edit work package | How to edit a work package in OpenProject. |
| Duplicate, move, delete | How to copy, move, delete a work package. |
| Work package table configuration | How to configure the work package table (columns, filters, group by, etc.). |
| Export work packages | How to export work packages for other tools such as Microsoft Excel. |
| Work package relations and hierarchies | How to create work package relations and hierarchies. |
