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Workload

Meaning in project management, with examples

/ˈwɜːrkloʊd/nounCore term

In project management, workload means: The amount of work a person or team has to do in a certain period of time.

In Turkish: iş yükü

How it is used

Used when planning and when talking about stress or capacity. A workload can be heavy, light, manageable or unrealistic. Managers balance, spread or reduce the workload across the team.

Example sentences

  1. Zeynep's workload is too heavy this month, so let's move the report to Murat.

  2. Before I accept the new task, can we look at my current workload together?

Common collocations

  • heavy workload
  • balance the workload
  • manage your workload
  • reduce the workload
  • capacityThe amount of work a person or team is able to do in a given period, considering working hours, holidays and other commitments.
  • resourceAnything a project needs to do its work, especially people, but also equipment, materials, money and time.
  • allocateTo decide that a certain amount of people, money or time will be used for a specific task, team or purpose.
  • taskA 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.

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