Work breakdown structure (WBS)
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| + | Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) is a method within project management aiming to structure and divide a project into smaller and more manageable components. This will make it easier to organise the work that has to be done in the project, and it will also make it easier to assess the time constrains of the project as well as the total costs. | ||
| + | The process of creating WBS is performed once, at the beginning of the project, or at predefined points in the project, and the key benefit of the process is that it provides a framework of what has to be delivered [1]. This will support the project manager by creating an overview of the different steps and sub elements of the project, the work that has to be done, as well as providing an overview of the different resources, costs and time constrains involved in the project, ensuring better control with the project as a whole. | ||
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| + | WBS is a hierarchical decomposition of the total scope of the work that has to be done in the project carried out by the project team to make the required deliverables in order to accomplish the project objectives [1]. This is represented geographically in a hierarchical tree showing the different sub elements of the project work. In the context of the WBS, work refers to work products or deliverables that are the result of activity and not to the activity itself [1]. This means that the hierarchical decomposition of the scope of work represents the actual deliverables throughout the project, e.g., a product, service, or data, and not the activities that lays behind in order to reach these deliverables. | ||
Revision as of 20:20, 20 February 2021
Abstract
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) is a method within project management aiming to structure and divide a project into smaller and more manageable components. This will make it easier to organise the work that has to be done in the project, and it will also make it easier to assess the time constrains of the project as well as the total costs. The process of creating WBS is performed once, at the beginning of the project, or at predefined points in the project, and the key benefit of the process is that it provides a framework of what has to be delivered [1]. This will support the project manager by creating an overview of the different steps and sub elements of the project, the work that has to be done, as well as providing an overview of the different resources, costs and time constrains involved in the project, ensuring better control with the project as a whole.
WBS is a hierarchical decomposition of the total scope of the work that has to be done in the project carried out by the project team to make the required deliverables in order to accomplish the project objectives [1]. This is represented geographically in a hierarchical tree showing the different sub elements of the project work. In the context of the WBS, work refers to work products or deliverables that are the result of activity and not to the activity itself [1]. This means that the hierarchical decomposition of the scope of work represents the actual deliverables throughout the project, e.g., a product, service, or data, and not the activities that lays behind in order to reach these deliverables.
