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Work Breakdown Structures

It's amazing how often project managers begin the project planning process by making an outlined list of every task they believe will be required to complete a project and then proclaim they have created the work breakdown structure (WBS) for the project. The result is a list of hundreds, or even thousands of tasks, many of them having durations of a few days or a few hours.

Essentially, what they have done is create a 'to do' list, which they then use as a 'checklist' to measure progress. This approach leads to, and even encourages, micromanagement of the resources working on the project without consideration of more critical aspects of project management such as: requirements management, risk management, procurement management, estimating, scheduling, executing, and controlling. Further, it makes it impossible to see the big picture, at levels of detail, in keeping with the needs of sponsors, clients, project and functional managers, team leaders, and project performers.

Join us for this exciting program and learn how to use the WBS to make better-informed business decisions.

What You Will Learn

You will learn how to:

Describe the need for a project WBS

Describe the WBS role in the project

Gain practical experience in the development, decomposition, and use of the WBS

Determine the appropriate level of detail in the WBS.

Explain how the WBS integrates with project requirements, risk, procurement, estimating, scheduling, and overall project execution.

Provide the basic tools to enhance efficient re-use of key information in your future projects

Foundation Concepts

Key definitions

History of the WBS

Importance of the WBS

Overall structure

Terminology

Other breakdown structures

WBS tools

WBS & Scope

Project scope management processes

Specification of the project objectives

WBS design based on project deliverable

WBS decomposition process and 'The 100% rule'

Work Packages and Control Accounts

WBS & Risk

Risk management planning and WBS

Risk identification to enhance the WBS

Risk analysis and the WBS

Risk responses and updating the WBS

Implementing risk response and Monitoring risks and the WBS

WBS & Estimating

Use of WBS in the estimating process

Components and work packages

Sizing and algorithmic estimates

WBS & Scheduling

Component Scheduling - High-Level Milestones

WBS activity decomposition

WBS elements dependencies

Work Package Level Schedules

Responsibility assignment matrix

WBS & Execution and Control

Earned Value Management and tracking of work performance

Progress reports, forecasts, and corrective and preventive actions used to manage work performance

Necessary information to close out a project

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Work Breakdown Structures: On-Demand

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