Terminal element - Definition and Overview

In project management, a terminal element is the lowest element (activity or deliverable) in a work breakdown structure; it is not further subdivided.

Terminal elements are the items that are estimated in terms of resource requirements, budget and duration, linked by dependencies and scheduled.

A terminal element is sometimes called a work package, although the two terms are not synonymous.

See also:

• list of project management topics

In category theory, a terminal object is sometimes called a terminal element. A terminal object of a category has the property that every object in the category (including itself) has exactly one arrow leading to it.