SAB#40_CREATE_WBS_OK

SAB#40_CREATE_WBS_OK

1. Organizational process assets

2. Requirements documentation

3. Project scope statement

4. Scope Management plan

5. Enterprise environmental factors

6. The Create WBS process is the most important process in the Scope Management knowledge area because it’s where you actually figure out all the work you’re going to do

   • It's not Organization chart
   • Is a communication tool, focused on deliverablesl

7. The WBS decomposes in two ways

   • The WBS breaks the project Work down by phase
     • This WBS only shows the Project Management tasks
     • This list is hierarchical. Only work that is considered part of Project Management and also part of Executing can appear here
     • The WBS doesn’t try to establish the order that the team will perform each work package.
     • The WBS helps everybody to see the magnitude of the work that needs to be done, and sometimes catches work packages that you might not find in a document.
   • The WBS breaks the project Work down by deliverable
     • Breaking down the work makes it easier to manage, because it means you are less likely to forget work packages that need to be included
   • A WBS can be structured any way it makes the most sense to you and your Project team. The two most common ways of visualizing the work are by deliverable or by phase.
   • Project's name
     • Small components
       • Work Packages
         • Activities
         • Small parts
         • Deliverables
         • Every work package in the WBS has a unique number, usually an outline number like in your word processor. You use the number to identify each work package and its category
       • Control accounts: Time, Cost, Scope

8. WBS Dictionary

   • Used to have the detail of the work package

9. Decompose deliverables into work packages