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A work-breakdown structure (WBS) [2] in project management and systems engineering is a deliverable-oriented breakdown of a project into smaller components. A work breakdown structure is a key project management element that organizes the team's work into manageable sections.
Organizational breakdown structure (OBS), Diagram showing organizational structure; Product breakdown structure (PBS), Tool for analysing, documenting and communicating the outcomes of a project; Resource breakdown structure (RBS) Risk breakdown structure (RBS), Risk management technique
The GBS is the culmination of three concepts: the hierarchical relationship of product development, the work breakdown structure and requirements traceability.. The concept of a hierarchical relationship among objectives in product development was identified by Joseph M. Juran in Juran's Quality Control Handbook [2] where he states in section 2.2, subsection Hierarchy of Product Features ...
Some important features of the product flow diagram (PFD) include: The PFD is a planning aid, not an outcome of planning (like a PERT chart which looks similar), this is a common cause of confusion among the project managers; The PFD should contain all the products of the product breakdown structure (equivalent to a work breakdown structure)
The PBS is identical in format to the work breakdown structure (WBS), but is a separate entity and is used at a different step in the planning process. The PBS precedes the WBS and focuses on cataloguing all the desired outputs (products) needed to achieve the goal of the project.
Once this step is complete, one can draw a Gantt chart or a network diagram. A Gantt chart created using Microsoft Project . Note (1) the critical path is in red, (2) the slack is the black lines connected to non-critical activities, (3) since Saturday and Sunday are not work days and are excluded from the schedule, some bars on the Gantt chart ...
The work breakdown structure (WBS) is a tree structure that shows a subdivision of the activities required to achieve an objective – for example a portfolio, program, project, and contract. The WBS may be hardware-, product-, service-, or process-oriented (see an example in a NASA reporting structure (2001)). [75]
The project schedule is a calendar that links the tasks to be done with the resources that will do them. It is the core of the project plan used to show the organization how the work will be done, commit people to the project, determine resource needs, and used as a kind of checklist to make sure that every task necessary is performed.