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title: Introduction to Work Packages
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description: Learn the first steps about work packages
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robots: index, follow
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keywords: introduction work packages
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# Introduction to Work Packages
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In this document you will get a first introduction to work packages. You will find out how to create and update work packages in a project.
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For further documentation, please visit our [user guide for work packages](./user-guide/#work-packages).
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| Feature | Documentation for |
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| ------------------------------------------------------------ | --------------------------------------------------------- |
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| [What is a work package?](#what-is-a-work-package?) | Find out what is a work package in OpenProject. |
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| [Create a new work package](#create-a-new-work-package) | How to create a new work package in a project? |
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| [Open and edit a work package](#open-and-edit-a-work-package) | How to open and make changes to an existing work package? |
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| [Activity of work packages](#activity-of-work-packages) | See all changes in a work package. |
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## What is a work package?
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A work package in OpenProject can basically be everything which you need to keep track off within your projects. It can be e.g. a tasks, a feature, a bug, a risk, a milestone or a project phase. This different kinds of work packages are called work package types.
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## Create a new work package
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To get started, create a new work package in your project, [open the project](#open-an-existing-project) with the project drop-down menu, navigate to the **module work packages** in the project menu.
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Within the work packages module, click the green + Work package button to create a new work package. In the drop down menu, choose which type of work package you want to create, e.g. a task, a
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A split screen view is opened with the new work package form on the right and the list of already existing work packages on the left.
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If there are not yet any work packages in the project, you will see a message that there are no work packages to be displayed in the list.
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In the empty form on the right, you can enter all relevant information for this work package, e.g. the subject and a description, set an assignee, a due date or any other field. Also, you can add attachments with copy & paste or with drag and drop.
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Click the green **Save** button to create the work package.
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The work package will the be displayed in the list view:
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## Open and edit a work package
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To open and edit an existing work package from the list, select the work package in the list which you want to edit and click on the **open details view** icon in the work package list or on top of the list to open the split screen view.
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By clicking through the list on the left hand side you will see the details of each work package on the right in the split screen.
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Click in any of the fields to **update a work package**, e.g. description. Click the checkmark at the bottom of the input field to save changes.
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To **update the status**, click on the highlighted displayed status on top of the form and select the new status from the drop-down.
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## Activity of work packages
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To keep informed about all changes to a work package, open the **ACTIVITY** tab in the details view.
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Here you will see all changes which have been made to this work package.
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You can also insert a comment at the end of the Activity list.
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To find out more about the work package functionalities, please visit our detailed [user guide for work packages](./user-guide/#work-packages).
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