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Planning Work Packages

Planning work packages are logical aggregations of far-term work within a control account that you can identify and budget. But the work packages are not yet defined into work packages. You can define planning work packages for work is scheduled no earlier than three months from the current reporting period. You can later draw down the planning work package budget to create a work package. You can also define the package type and link it to a project or project task in the project schedule.

You can identify planning work packages during the initial baseline planning to establish the time phasing of the major activities within a control account. Also, helps to specify the number of resources required for their performance.

More information:

Create Work Packages for Control Accounts

How to Draw Down SLPP Budget into Work Packages

Link Work Packages to Projects or Project Tasks