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Project Planning: Work Breakdown Structure

This document discusses the importance of project planning and using a work breakdown structure (WBS) for projects. It states that projects require planning to manage them successfully and avoid failure. A WBS breaks a project down into smaller activities and tasks, assigns resources like people, time and money to each, and puts tasks into a calendar. This helps accurately organize the project, assign responsibilities, track milestones and control points, and estimate costs, time and risks. The document provides examples of a WBS and general rules for building one, such as keeping tasks between 8-80 hours. It outlines steps for constructing a WBS like breaking down deliverables, setting the structure, checking completeness, and assigning work package managers.

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Project Planning: Work Breakdown Structure

This document discusses the importance of project planning and using a work breakdown structure (WBS) for projects. It states that projects require planning to manage them successfully and avoid failure. A WBS breaks a project down into smaller activities and tasks, assigns resources like people, time and money to each, and puts tasks into a calendar. This helps accurately organize the project, assign responsibilities, track milestones and control points, and estimate costs, time and risks. The document provides examples of a WBS and general rules for building one, such as keeping tasks between 8-80 hours. It outlines steps for constructing a WBS like breaking down deliverables, setting the structure, checking completeness, and assigning work package managers.

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Project Planning

Work Breakdown
Structure
Presenter Name
Aravind Reddy

Project Planning
If you dont plan for the project, you are
planning for failure
Projects don't just happen they need
planning
Plan acts as a road map to manage
project
Involve the whole project team in
developing the plan, not just the project
manager

Work Breakdown Structure


(WBS)

Project is breakdown into a group of activities.


Each activity is breakdown into a task list.
This task list is put into a calendar.
Then, assign people, time, money and other resources.

Why WBS

Accurate and readable project organization


Accurate assignment of responsibilities to the project team
Indicates the project milestones and control points
Helps to estimate the cost, time, and risk
Illustrate the project scope, so the stakeholders can have a better
understanding of the same

WBS - Example

General Rules

8/80 is one of the rule used when creating a WBS. This rule implies
that no task should be smaller than 8 hours of work and should
not be larger than 80 hours of work.

How to build a WBS

Begin with the Charter, focusing on Objectives and Deliverables


Break the main product(s) down into sub-products
Set the structure to match how youll manage the project
Lowest level not too detailed, not too large
Is there a need for Integration?
Identify support activities
Check for completeness - is all the effort included?
Develop a coding structure if needed
Assign work package managers

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