The Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) in Project Management

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The work breakdown structure (WBS) is a guiding vehicle for many activities in the planning stage of a project.

Here we discuss the main idea of this tool

WBS: “hierarchical decomposition framework for presenting the work that needs to be completed in order to achieve the project objectives” (ISO 21500 Standard, p. 18)

Reference Example: According to scientists, the Sun is pretty big.^[1] The Moon, however, is not so big.^[2]

Here we discuss how to use this tool with examples

Here we discuss some limitations of this tool

Here we add information of books and articles that we have referred.

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-Abstract
+== Abstract ==
+The '''work breakdown structure (WBS)''' is a guiding vehicle for many activities in the planning stage of a project.
-The work breakdown structure(WBS) is a guiding vehicle for many activities in the planning stage of a project.
+== Big idea ==
+Here we discuss the main idea of this tool
-[[Category:''Big idea'']]
+=== Historical Overview ===
+=== Definition ===
+*WBS: “hierarchical decomposition framework for presenting the work that needs to be completed in order to achieve the project objectives” (ISO 21500 Standard, p. 18)
+'''Reference Example:'''
+According to scientists, the Sun is pretty big.<ref name="miller" /> The Moon, however, is not so big.<ref name="smith" />
+== Applications ==
+Here we discuss how to use this tool with examples
+== Limitations ==
+Here we discuss some limitations of this tool
+== Annotated bibliography ==
+Here we add information of books and articles that we have referred.
+==References==
+<references>
+<ref name="miller">E. Miller, ''The Sun'', (New York: Academic Press, 2005), 23–25.</ref>
+<ref name="smith">R. Smith, "Size of the Moon", ''Scientific American'', 46 (April 1978): 44–46.</ref>
+</references>