THE SOFTWAER

WORK BREAKDOWN
STRUCTURE
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Every one of us has some goals and we plan accordingly to
achieve them.

One of the effective ways to reach our goal quickly is to break

down larger goals into realistic achievable steps.

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 DEFINITION:
A work breakdown structure (WBS), as the name says, is the process or
technique of dividing complex and difficult projects into smaller units.

This smaller unit can be a data, product, service or any combination.

In other words, WBS is a hierarchical decomposition of work that must be

performed to achieve the objective.

Usually, the project managers use this method for simplifying the project
execution. In WBS, much larger tasks are broken-down to manageable chunks
of work. These chunks can be easily supervised and estimated.

To construct a WBS, project managers or subject matters expert first identify
the main functional deliverables and break them into tasks, sub-tasks and
further into work packages. (work package is a ‘list of tasks’ or ‘to-dos’ to
produce a specific or particular unit of work).
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EXAMPLE OF WBS:

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EXAMPLE OF WBS:

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 A WBS also provides the necessary framework for detailed cost estimating
and control along with providing guidance for schedule development and
control.
E.g
1.Two Weeks Rule: Any broken down level of the structure cannot be
smaller than two weeks of work.
2.8/80 Rule: Any level of work should not be less than 8hrs of work or
more than 80hrs of work.
3.Others are Tree, Table, List

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WBS HELPS MANAGERS
 Facilitates evaluation of cost, time and technical performance of the
organization on a project.

 Improves the efficiency of the project.

 Provide management with information appropriate to each

organizational level.

 Helps in the development in the organization. Breakdown structure

which assigns project responsibilities to organizational units and
individual.

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 Helps manager plan, schedule and budget.

 Easy to identify risk in the given project.

 Easy allocation of resources based on the importance of the task/sub-

task.

 Gives a better understanding of the project to stakeholders

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