subtask
noun[C]
(alsosub-task)uk/ˈsʌb.tɑːsk/us/ˈsʌb.tæsk/ataskthatformspartof alargerpieceofworkto be done:
Eachworkergets a subtask,processesit, andsendstheresulttotheirmanager.
When you haveestimatedhowlongeach sub-task will take, you canidentifywhen each of thesetaskswill becompleted.
- Within each subtask, theworkcould befurtherdivided.
- Performance on each subtask wascalculated.
- Subtaskstructureinsoftwareprojectsvariesfromprojecttoproject.
- Eachpersonin theteamisresponsibleforcompletingone sub-task.
Work, working and the workplace
- act assomething
- all work and no play (makes Jack a dull boy)idiom
- assignment
- bandh
- be at workidiom
- grind
- hoop
- hot-desking
- hotelling
- housekeeping
- in the line of dutyidiom
- induction
- industry
- moonlight
- skivvy
- slave
- slog
- slouch
- spadework
- sweat
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