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Task

Meaning in project management, with examples

/tæsk/nounCore term

In project management, task means: A single piece of work that one person or a small group can complete, usually with an owner, a start and end date and a link to a bigger deliverable.

In Turkish: görev, iş, iş kalemi

How it is used

Used in planning tools such as Jira, Asana or MS Project. Tasks are created, assigned, estimated, updated and closed. Large tasks are broken down into subtasks.

Example sentences

  1. I've assigned the data migration task to Burak; it should take about three days.

  2. Please update your tasks in the tool before the stand-up.

Common collocations

  • assign a task
  • task owner
  • complete a task
  • break down a task
  • task list
  • work breakdown structureA tree-like breakdown of all the work in a project, from the main deliverables down to small work packages that can be estimated, assigned and tracked.
  • dependencyA link between two tasks or deliverables where one cannot start or finish until the other has started or finished.
  • estimateAn informed guess of how long a task will take, how much effort it needs or how much it will cost, based on experience and the information available.
  • workloadThe amount of work a person or team has to do in a certain period of time.

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