Managing the project scope - Creating the Work Breakdown Structure
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What should one know about the WBS?
- Major component of the project scope baseline
- One of the most important project management tools
- It is the foundation for planning, estimating and project control
- Visualizes the entire project
- If not in the WBS, it is not part of the project
- Builds team consensus and project buy in
- control mechanism to keep project on track
- allows accurate cost and time estimates
- serves as a deterrent to scope change
Why is a WBS template recommended?
How does one decompose the project deliverables?
- Identify major deliverables
- Determine whether adequate cost and time estimates can be applied to the lowest level of the decomposed work
- Identify the deliverable constituent components
- Verify the decomposition
- Consider alternative approaches (by geographical or functional area)
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What other deliverable should be updated as a result of the creation of the WBS?
Define - Project Scope Baseline
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