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Process · Task execution

Task execution

Record actual effort and task completion against the package plan.

Step by step

  1. Task execution Package Owner

    Package Owner works through task lines in dependency order, checks each due date and records actual hours as work proceeds.

    • Records actual hours and task completion dates.
    • Updates Tasks, Work packages
  2. Progress check Research Coordinator

    Research Coordinator compares the task lines with the package's budgeted hours and reviews work still waiting on a predecessor.

    • Compares effort and identifies unfinished dependencies.
    • Updates Tasks, Work packages
  3. Evidence collection Package Owner

    Package Owner attaches study material to the parent package and chooses Internal or Shared visibility for each attachment.

    • Places scoped evidence under the package.
    • Updates Record attachments, Work packages
  4. Review request Research Coordinator

    Research Coordinator checks whether task progress is complete and places the package in Review for an independent decision.

    • Presents the selected package revision for review.
    • Updates Work packages, Tasks, Record attachments
Package Owner
Records effort and files; Research Coordinator checks progress; Independent Reviewer examines the completed work; Operations Analyst compares hours.

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