# The Levels of Work ## Updated Levels of Work Thinking ## Circa-2000 Levels of Work By [[Danvers Fleury]] 1. **Task** - executes on a single task at a time, but must be shown the next step if they need to change course. 2. **Project** - executes on a predefined set of tasks grouped together as a project and complete them largely unaided. 3. **Project Management** - can design a set of tasks that implement a pre-defined solution. 4. **Program Management / Project Definition** - can consider a variety of solutions to a problem, choose the best solution, and flesh out that solution. * Here's a problem. Here's "on paper" what a solution is. The project is taking a proposed solution and build it into reality. * Single-system * Non-ambiguous 5. **Multi-Program Management** - can consider multiple problems, prioritize the most important problems to be solved, and design systems or programs to solve these problems. * Ability to see true "root" causes. * Systems-level thinker. 6. **Enterprise** - I have no idea because I'm no good at this level. I can't even describe it. * Strategist, understands all the parts of the enterprise. * Don't necessarily understand things as a system. 7. **Multi-Enterprise** - Elon Musk? I don't even know. This is galaxies above my effective level. * Strategy on steroids? * What's the differentiation between 6 and 7? #work