1. Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
Project sub-divided into hierarchical units of tasks, work packages, and work units.
Each part of unit tasks, work packages and work units is budget able, in terms of money, labor hours, and other requisite resources.
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2. 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.
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3. Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
Schedule Task list into calendar.
Assigning people, time, money to each activity.
Make themselves competent.
Managing “intelligent” people.
Activity
Calendar
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4. Activities: Work Breakdown Structure
Breakdown task into activities
Top-down refinement possible
List activities which form a single operation or function which you know is achievable
Work breakdown structure
(Product breakdown structure)
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6. Example of WBS: “Holiday”
travel
documents
booking
household
passport
tickets
choose
resort
confirm
cat!
brochures
insurance
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7. List of activities Booking: get brochures choose resort make booking
confirm booking
Travel documents:
check passport
book tickets
get insurance
Household:
feeding the cat!
This is a simple
example:
inoculations
visas
travel money
etc.
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