MN601 Network Project Management

Laboratory 4B: Set up the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

Learning outcomes
1. Using MS Project 2016to set up the WBS
a. Enter WBS elements (summaries)
b. Create the outline for your WBS
c. Insert WBS row number column
d. Hide or show the underlining details
2. Save MyFirstProject file

1. set up the WBS

a. Enter WBS elements (summaries)
 Click on the Id field to select the row (say 2), where the new row
will be.
 On the File tab  Open  Select MyFirstProject.mpp (from Lab
1), then Click Open to open the project file.
 On the Task tab Insert Group  Click Insert Task
 In the task name field, enter the name of the added WBS element
 Enter other elements from the WBS Below:

WBS for Bicycle

Bicycle

Frame Gears Wheel Brakes

Handle
Body Seat Sprocket Shifter Tires Rim Spokes Front Back
Bars

b. Create the outline using the Indent and Outdent controls for your
WBS
 Click the Task Name field of the row to be indented.

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  On the Task tab  Schedule Group  Click Indent Task to
increase the indent level
 On the Task tab  Schedule Group  Click Outdent Task to
decrease the indent level

c. Insert WBS row number column

 Right click the Task Name heading  Click Insert Column  Click
WBS. The result will be something like

Task
WBS Task Name Duration
Mode
0 0 Build a Bicycle Project 1 day?
1 1 Frame 2 day?
2 1.1 Handle Bars 1 day?
3 1.2 Body 1 day?
4 1.3 Seat 1 day?
5 …. …..
6 … …..
7 …. ….

d. Hide or show the underlining details

 Click Hide Subtasks (minus sign in the box before the task name)
to hide underlying details, or
 Click Show Subtasks (plus sign in box) to show underlying details.

2. Save MyFirstProject.mpp file

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