WBS - Project Management's Foundation
…Substantially Improve Your Project Planning

It’s amazing how there is fire at the end of every single project, every single time, be each and every Project Manager and Project Leader. There is scientific reason whey this is so but few are aware of the perfect solution to it. This solution is known as “Work Breakdown Structure” (WBS) and this tool lets the project team identify all the work and only the work that is applicable to the project. Inability to identify all the work results in lesser resources, lesser cost estimate and hence lower budget than the project actually requires.

The other aspect of work identification is the granularity of the work. Either too micro or too macro level of work is identified and both are very difficult to manage. Even things like a “Change” are very hard to understand and manage without a WBS. As you can see WBS is the very Foundation on which the entire project and the world of project management stands.

Prerequisite

Basic understanding of project management

Course Level

Intermediate/Advanced

Duration

2 Days

Who should attend?

Every single person who works on projects. This is something that every person, irrespective of the role they have, should know.

Performance Focus

The goal of the course is to equip you with the necessary knowledge, skills and techniques so you can develop an effective WBS for use in planning, executing and controlling your next project and to provide the basic tools to enhance efficient re-use of key information in future project. This would be done through a “Realistic Case study”.

What You Will Learn

• Describe the need for a project WBS
• Construct a WBS
• Determine the approximate level of detail in the WBS
• Describe the WBS role in the project
• Gain practical experience in the development, decomposition, and use of the WBS
• Know how the WBS supports and integrates with project requirements, risk, procurement, estimating, scheduling and overall project execution

Content

Basic Outline of the Course:

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