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Creating the Work Breakdown Structure

Background
A review of the scope identifies three deliverables:
• Technical Specification
• Delivery Plan
• Bid Document
Assignment
1. With your OzBuild project open click on the button to open the WBS
Window.
2. Click in the WBS field header until the sort indicator is displayed as three
horizontal bars, as displayed in the picture below. The WBS will now be
displayed hierarchically now:

3. Select the Project WBS Node press the Ins key or right-click and select Add
to add the WBS Node. Then continue to add three WBS Nodes for the three
Phases above.
4. If the WBS Nodes are not indented click the WBS Code heading as
described in paragraph 2, until they are indented.
5. Use the arrows on the Move toolbar to put them in the correct order and
indent.
6. Your answer should be displayed like the following picture:

7. Move to the Activities Window by clicking on the icon on the Project

toolbar or clicking on the Activities tab. Your screen may look like this:
NOTE: Users may have to press the F5 key to refresh their data if the WBS is
displayed incorrectly.
8. If your view looks different, select View, Layout, Open Layout…, select the
Classic WBS Layout and click the button.
9. Depending on the Layout that your software has loaded your data may be
displayed in different columns, colors, and bar formatting. Layouts are
covered in the Group, Sort and Layouts chapter. Should your layout not
enable you to review your data entry try selecting a different layout using the
command View, Layouts, Open Layout…and selecting another layout from
the list such as the Classic or Default WBS Layout.
10. If it is still not displayed correctly select View, Group and Sort by, click on
the button and then under the Group By box select WBS as in the
form below: