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Work Breakdown Structures
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- 1what does a work breakdown structure doit helps to schedule work tasks
- 2what is a breakdown?analysis
deconstruction
decomposition
classification
inspection - 3what is a work breakdown structure?a WBS identifies all the tasks in a project
It turns the one large, unique complex piece of work into many small, manageable tasks - 4what is a work breakdown structureIt is the first principle of planning
(i.e deconstruction - breaking project down into tasks) - 5how is a work breakdown structure usedused as a visual project tool to help team
either as a diagram or as a list
whatever works - 6what is an Activity on Node diagram?Its a project management term used to refer to a precedence diagramming method
It uses boxes to denote schedule activities - 7Explain how an Activity on Node diagram would appear?the various boxes (nodes) would be connected from beginning to end by arrows
These arrow depict a logical progression of the dependencies between the schedule activities - 8How do we know which activity is which?Each node is coded with a letter or a number that correlates to an activity on the project schedule
- 9why do we use Activity on Node diagrams?Because they help identify the sequence of tasks
They outline dependencies and prerequisites - 10What is Critical Path Analysis?The critical path is the longest sequence of activities through the project network
- 11Why is is called the critical pathBecause any delay in any of its activities will delay the whole project
these activities are TIME CRITICAL - 12what does a node in CPA look like?EST LST
Activity description
DURATION FLOAT TIME - 13Why are WBS, AoN and CPA diagrams useful?Generally
+ breaks down complex work into manageable tasks
+ visual communication of complex tasks
+ conversation and negotiation generators
+ accessible to people familiar with flowcharts
+ mapping worst case scenario - 14Specific Comments: Work Breakdown StructureIt breaks down complicated work loads into smaller tasks but it does not give any indication of the duration of tasks or if any can be done simultaneously
- 15Specific Comments: Activity on NodeThe boxes are small so you have to use a key system to identify the activities
- 16Specific Comments: Critical Path AnalysisHelps with resource and people allocation to tasks because it calculates duration and which activities do and do not have float
- 17Why does Harvey Maylor suggest that Work Breakdown Structures are importantHe says that they're a preferred tool because it allows people to be responsible for a manageable part of the project
- 18what is important to note about project breakdownsthey can be broken down in a number of ways
- by work
- by function
- by physical group (Hardware, software) - 19What is the role of a WBSto create a linked hierarchical order of activities that need to be carried out
they are all independent units but simultaneously part of the same whole - 20What is a project NOT aboutA project is NOT about slicing it up into different things that need to be done
- 21what is a project aboutIt's about getting the different parts to all work together to create something
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- Second Year Uni Project Management FlashCards sobre Work Breakdown Structures , criado por Alex Millar em 19-06-2016.
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