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Work Package Types

The following work package types provide a general guideline for the types of resource costs that you can track in a particular work package type.

Planning

Defines a work package that is a container package used for work that will be scheduled no earlier than three months from the current reporting period. Planning work packages do not have any schedule or resources assigned. They are on hold until the control account manager is ready to assign scope to them. Planning work packages only need to store the dollar amount for what will be the budget for a future scope of work. You will change this work package type to another work package type at a later date.

Labor

Defines a work package that is for the labor cost element. You can link labor work packages to projects or project tasks.

Sub-Contracted Labor

Defines a work package that is for labor cost elements, but is for internal contracted labor instead of internal employees. You can link sub-contractor labor work packages to projects or project tasks.

Other Direct Costs

Defines a work package that is not assigned labor resources. All that matters are the dollars. No scheduling of hours takes place. You can link other direct costs work packages to project tasks to which expense resources are assigned.

Material

Defines a work package that is not assigned labor resources, and only has a dollar amount. You can link material work packages to project tasks to which material resources are assigned.

Sub-Contractor

Defines a work package that is for external sub-contractors who will submit their actuals as dollar amounts, not hours. You do not need to schedule time for external sub-contractors. You can link sub-contractor work packages to project tasks that track costs from external sub-contractors.

Project

Defines a work package that represents all costs in the associated project. Use project work packages for those work packages that you link to projects. The control account manager expects project work packages to have more than one cost type in the total costs and earned value metrics.