Parent & child Work Items
Build a flexible Work Item hierarchy to manage projects with less effort.
In Timebook, the concepts of "child" and "parent" Work Items are used to organize work in a hierarchy. The benefit of using parent and child Work Items is that you can break down complex projects into manageable pieces. It helps you track progress and understand how smaller tasks contribute to achieving larger goals.
A parent Work Item is like the "head of the family," representing a larger project or goal. It's the top-level item that may have several smaller jobs (or sub-items) related to it. The parent Work Item is used to group and organize these smaller ones under one umbrella.
Child Work Items are like smaller parts of a larger project represented by their parent. They are the specific to-do items that must be completed to achieve the project's goals. Child Work Items are linked to the parent item and are organized neatly under it.
Building a hierarchy with parent and child Work Items is not limited to a single pairing.
You can add a child to an existing child item or add a parent to an existing parent item. This way, you can build as complex project structures as you like.
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