A method for generating an irradiation control data set for creating control data for a device for additive manufacturing of a number of components in a manufacturing process in which at least one layer of a build material is introduced into a process space and the build material of the layer is selectively solidified to form at least one component layer by irradiating at least one section of the layer using a plurality of irradiation resources (21a, 21b), comprising the steps: a) providing layer data comprising data for the build-up of layer segments (S1, S2, S3, S4, S5) for a component layer, b) dividing the layer data into multiple work packages (A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A8) while forming a basic set of the work packages (A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A8), c) providing a firmly defined sequence relation for layer segments (S1, S2, S3, S4, S5) or for the work packages (A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A8), characterized in that the method additionally comprises the following steps: d) specifying a processing sequence of the work packages (A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A8) based at least on the sequence relation, e) determining an execution time (T1, T2) for each of the irradiation resources (21a, 21b) for the respective work package group (AG1, AG2, AG3) of the work packages (A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A8) which have previously been assigned to these irradiation resources (21a, 21b), f) selecting an irradiation resource (21a, 21b) taking into account the execution time (T1, T2) determined for the irradiation resource (21a, 21b), preferably the irradiation resource (21a, 21b) with the respective shortest execution time (T1, T2), g) determining a selection set of work packages (A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A8) from the basic set of work packages (A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A8) based on the sequence relation, the selection set comprising those work packages (A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A8) which can be processed according to the processing sequence, h) selecting a work package (A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A8) from the selection set taking into account a specified set of evaluation rules, i) assigning the selected work package (A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A8) to a work package group (AG1, AG2, AG3) which is assigned to the currently selected irradiation resource (21a, 21b) and removing this work package (A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A8) from the basic set of work packages (A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A8), j) repeating at least steps d) to i) until a predetermined termination criterion is reached. a) providing layer data comprising data for the build-up of layer segments (S1, S2, S3, S4, S5) for a component layer, b) dividing the layer data into multiple work packages (A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A8) while forming a basic set of the work packages (A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A8), c) providing a firmly defined sequence relation for layer segments (S1, S2, S3, S4, S5) or for the work packages (A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A8), characterized in that the method additionally comprises the following steps: d) specifying a processing sequence of the work packages (A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A8) based at least on the sequence relation, e) determining an execution time (T1, T2) for each of the irradiation resources (21a, 21b) for the respective work package group (AG1, AG2, AG3) of the work packages (A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A8) which have previously been assigned to these irradiation resources (21a, 21b), f) selecting an irradiation resource (21a, 21b) taking into account the execution time (T1, T2) determined for the irradiation resource (21a, 21b), preferably the irradiation resource (21a, 21b) with the respective shortest execution time (T1, T2), g) determining a selection set of work packages (A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A8) from the basic set of work packages (A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A8) based on the sequence relation, the selection set comprising those work packages (A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A8) which can be processed according to the processing sequence, h) selecting a work package (A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A8) from the selection set taking into account a specified set of evaluation rules, i) assigning the selected work package (A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A8) to a work package group (AG1, AG2, AG3) which is assigned to the currently selected irradiation resource (21a, 21b) and removing this work package (A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A8) from the basic set of work packages (A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, A8), j) repeating at least steps d) to i) until a predetermined termination criterion is reached.