Welcome to our first post in the series based on useful project management tools: work breakdown Structure.
These are wonderful resources that you can use when working in project development and management to ensure that you are working as successfully and effectively as possible.
In this weeks post we look at Work Breakdown Structures are.
Do you know the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)?
It is a visual tool that allows us to divide a large project into smaller and more manageable parts.
If you area interested in learning more about WBS and want to know the steps involved in making them, this article will explain everything you need to know.
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The planning process starts with the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) which allows us to break down a project into smaller parts. The WBS also serves to keep control of the project by being able to easily check each of its parts once they have been defined. To do this, the following steps must be followed:
- Consider 100% of the project scope.
- Define the WBS with your team, don’t do it individually. You will need your team’s commitment to achieve the work you identify in your WBS.
- Divide the project into parts (deliverables) until they are easy enough to work with, assign time, cost and responsibility.
- Assign a code (identification number) to each deliverable you obtain (e.g. 1.1.1.).
- Put in the WBS the result of the activities, not the activity itself (example: the result of «Install 5 air conditioners» is «5 air conditioners installed»).
- Create a dictionary, explain briefly but clearly each deliverable. This tool should be understood by anyone who uses it.
- Seek approval of the WBS: make sure that everyone involved can give their opinion and agree with it.
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