...How to Develop Work Breakdown Structures Michael D. Taylor 2 Copyright 2003-2009 by Michael D. Taylor All Rights Reserved. No part of this work covered by the copyright hereon may be reproduced or used in any form or by any means -- graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping, or information storage and retrieval system -- without written permission of Michael D. Taylor, Systems Management Services (http://www.projectmgt.com). Page |3 WORK BREAKDOWN STRUCTURES “A Work Breakdown Structure is a deliverable-oriented hierarchical decomposition of the work to be executed by the project team to accomplish the project objectives and create the required deliverables.” 1 A Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) is a fundamental project management technique for defining and organizing the total scope of a project, using a hierarchical tree structure. The first two levels of the WBS (the root node and Level 2) define a set of planned outcomes that collectively and exclusively represent 100% of the project scope. At each subsequent level, the children of a parent node collectively and exclusively represent 100% of the scope of their parent node. A well-designed WBS describes planned outcomes instead of planned actions. Outcomes are the desired ends of the project, such as a product, result, or service, and can be predicted accurately. Actions, on the other hand, may be difficult to predict accurately. A well-designed WBS makes it easy to...
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...Improvement Project | Date Due: | 1st April 2015 | Date Submitted: | 1st April 2015 | Lecturer Name: | Mary Walmssley | Tutor Name | Norman Sim | ------------------------------------------------- I hereby certify that this assignment is my own work, based on my personal study and/or research and that I have acknowledged all material and sources used in the preparation of this assignment. I also certify that the assignment has not previously been submitted for assessment and that I have not copied in part or whole or otherwise plagiarised the work of other students or authors. ------------------------------------------------- Student Name/ No: | Signature | Poh Wei Ke 11866516 | __________________ | Receipt Stamp * Contents Executive Summary 3 1. Brief Background 4 2. Goal and Objectives 5 3. Project Scope 6 4. Work Breakdown Structure 7 5. Project Schedule 8 Gantt chart 10 6. Budget summary 12 7. Risk Analysis 14 8. Various Stake holders 15 * Executive Summary Home improvement programme (HIP) was announced by the Housing and Development Board (HDB). This was a new programme to replace main upgrading programme (MUP). HIP is a programme that help owner of the flat to resolve common issues that most aging flat are facing spallign concrete. As this a government programme there is a funds for Singapore citizen (SC) and Singapore Permanent Resident (SPR) households to receive subsidy. The subsidy are divided in two part full...
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...Project Management, 2e (Pinto) Chapter 5 Scope Management 5.1 True/False 1) Scope management is the function controlling a project in terms of its goals and objectives during the execution phase. Answer: FALSE Diff: 1 Section: 5.0 Introduction Skill: Definition AACSB Tag: Reflective 2) The statement of work is a detailed narrative description of the work required for a project. Answer: TRUE Diff: 1 Section: 5.1 Conceptual Development Skill: Definition AACSB Tag: Reflective 3) A work package may be composed of one or more subdeliverables. Answer: FALSE Diff: 2 Section: 5.2 The Scope Statement Skill: Definition AACSB Tag: Reflective 4) A work package may consist of more than one milestone. Answer: TRUE Diff: 2 Section: 5.2 The Scope Statement Skill: Definition AACSB Tag: Reflective 5) A lump sum contract requires the customer to pay for the full delivered price of the project before any work is done. Answer: FALSE Diff: 2 Section: 5.3 Work Authorization Skill: Definition AACSB Tag: Reflective 6) Scope reporting not only identifies the type of information that will be reported, but also to whom it will be reported and with what frequency. Answer: TRUE Diff: 2 Section: 5.4 Scope Reporting Skill: Factual AACSB Tag: Reflective 7) Controls can be established at any point during a project but should follow the maxim "more control is better". Answer: FALSE Diff: 2 Section: 5.5 Control Systems Skill:...
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...letters.” Chapter 1 1) The association designed to bring together project management professionals and systematically capture project management knowledge is called: 1) _______ A) Project Management Institute. B) Project Management Professionals Association. C) PM Knowledge Organization. D) The Knowledge Association. 2) A planned undertaking of related activities to reach an objective that has a beginning and an end is called: 2) _______ A) a system. B) a campaign. C) a project. D) an undertaking. 3) Projects are: 3) _______ A) to be avoided. B) indefinite. C) temporary. D) never successful. 4) A ________ is a person who has an interest in a new or existing project. 4) _______ A) professional B) projector C) stakeholder D) federal investigator 5) A ________ provides high level support for a project. 5) _______ A) stakeholder B) project manager C) project sponsor D) projector 6) A project failure can be: 6) _______ A) a project that finishes but exceeds it budget. B) a project that does not finish on time. C) a project that finishes on time and budget but does not deliver a system that meets expectations. D) all of the above. 7) Which factor is among the primary reasons for project failure? 7) _______ A) Failed communication among parties B) Poor quality control C) Lack of planning D) All of the above 8) Failure can take place ________ of a project. 8) _______ A) during the initiation process B) during any process C) during...
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...includes step by step instructions to create each piece. You should come up with whatever tricks work for you. I make no guarantees that this will work for you or that there are no errors in here. All I can say is that it worked for me and I hope this helps you find something to work for you. Most of the benefit is in learning to create the spreadsheet not in actually using it. However, it’s a nice feeling to start the test by documenting things you know instead of starting by answering a question you don’t! Good luck and happy studying. By PMPExamPrep 1 CHEAT SHEET Part A: Process group and Knowledge Area Matrix from P 38 PMBOK 2000 Edition Process Groups Step 1: Fill in negative C0 Knowledge space with X (cells with I P E C^ Areas no processes). • Starting at the top X PIM X of Closing – go down 6 and over 1 S X X • Skip space in X T X X Closing and do “Down and up” C X X X • From top of Q X X Executing drop one and do 3 in a HR X X X row. • In inititating, block Comm X out all except Risk X X X Scope Proc X X Step 2: You need a way to remember which processes go where. My friend BT came up with some pneumonics to help. Write them down next to the Knowledge Area. (After a while you may not need these). Process Groups Knowledge Areas PPI ISSSS AAASS RCCC QQQ OST CIPA RRQQRR PSSSCC PIM S T C Q HR Comm Risk Proc X X X X X X X X X X X I X X X X P E C^ C0 X X X X X X By PMPExamPrep 2 CHEAT SHEET Step 3: Fill in the...
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...1. 1. Approximately what percentage of the wortd's gross domestic product is spent on projects? a. 10 percent b. 25 percent c. 50 percent d. 75 percent b. 25 percent 2. 2. Which ofthe following is a I'IOt a potential advantage of using good projectmanagement?a. Shorter developmenttimesb. Higher workermoralec. Lower cost of capitald. Higher profitmargins c. Lower cost of capital 3. 3. A ___ is a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service, or result. a . program b process c. project d . portfolio c. project 4. 4. Which of the following is not an attribute of a project? a. projects are unique b. projects are developed using progressive elaboration c. projects have a primary customer or sponsor d. projects involve little uncertainty d. projects involve little uncertainty 5. 5. Which of the following is not part of the triple constraint of project management? a. meeting scope goals b. meeting time goals c. meeting corrmunications goals d. meeting cost goals c. meeting corrmunications goals 6. 6 . ___ is the application of knowledge, skills, tools and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements. a. Project management b. Program management c. Project portfolio management d. Requirements management a. Project management 7. 7. Project portfolio management addresses ___ goals of an organization, while project management addresses ___ goa • . a. strategic, tactical b. tactical, strategic c....
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...A student project is required in PROJ586 and is to be completed on an individual basis. Use of Microsoft Project software is required. The project will consist of the Huntsville plant construction effort, the details of which are in the "project tabs" in the course shell for each week's assignment This course project assignment follows the Huntsville project from a Project Charter (where the effort is initially approved), through the Project Scope Statement (where the scope is elaborated in more detail), through the WBS (where the major tasks and sub-tasks are documented), and finally to a completed project schedule in Microsoft Project, with resources and costs added in. Along the way we also complete a Risk Plan and a Communications Plan for the Huntsville project, and deal with scheduling and resource issues, all normal and customary actives in most project environments. However all a bit mysterious to the uninitiated! So I'm going to try and walk you through all of that with these Part-1 through Part-5 instruction documents. Please do listen to the Course Project Tour Video (in the Course Home/Course Project tab). It lays out in summary all the deliverables for the Course Project. Since the effort is worth 25% of your grade, you really need to understand what we are asking for and when all the pieces are due! As you complete this course project effort, remember; think of this as a set of business communications as well as a class assignment. In part this is a role...
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...CDC UNIFIED PROCESS PRACTICES GUIDE PROJECT SCOPE PLANNING Purpose The purpose of this document is to provide guidance on the practice of Project Scope Planning and to describe the practice overview, requirements, best practices, activities, and key terms related to these requirements. In addition, templates relevant to this practice are provided at the end of this guide. Practice Overview Each project’s product and/or service is unique and requires its own careful balance of practices, processes, tools and techniques, etc. to ensure the required work is completed as agreed upon by key project stakeholders. The sum of these along with the product and/or service to be delivered by the project is known as the project’s scope. Getting key parties to agree upon what is the scope of the project’s work is known as project scope planning. The practice of project scope planning is a key management practice for planning and delivering projects successfully. Project scope includes high level features or capabilities that the business team has committed to delivering to a customer as well as those they have not committed to delivering. Project scope is often defined by executive sponsor, steering committee, project sponsor, and the project’s customer with input from other appropriate stakeholders. Understanding and analyzing who project stakeholders are is an important early step in the scope planning process. Project stakeholders are persons and/or organizations such...
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...Table of Contents Part 1 1) The network diagram 2) Gantt chart 3) The Effect on the duration of the whole project. 4) The purpose of Network diagrams. Part 2 1) The Management Report-Jones LTD 2) Appendix 3) Reference PART 1 1) Draw the network diagram (use activity on the node). (8 marks) Please refer to the appendix. 2) If the project starts on the Monday 6 September 2010 , what is the earliest date it can be completed using a 5 day working week? Assume no other holidays (explain how you calculated the figure). (4 marks) . If the project needs to start on 6th September and it has a constraint using only 5 days This shows that in each week 2 days needs to be cancelled. The earliest date which the project can be completed is 22nd of September as there are no calculation formula so we will use the Gantt chat Please refer to appendix for the diagram 3) If the following happened what would be the effect on the duration of the whole project? Explain the reasons. (6 marks) a) A 1 day delay during activity C. There wont be any delay on activity C as Activity B has more day than C so even if the C is delayed by one day There wont be any problems in the project. b) Activity G is delayed 1 day. There wont be any delay on the activity G as...
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...1. 1. Approximately what percentage of the wortd's gross domestic product is spent on projects? a. 10 percent b. 25 percent c. 50 percent d. 75 percent b. 25 percent 2. 2. Which ofthe following is a I'IOt a potential advantage of using good projectmanagement?a. Shorter developmenttimesb. Higher workermoralec. Lower cost of capitald. Higher profitmargins c. Lower cost of capital 3. 3. A ___ is a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service, or result. a . program b process c. project d . portfolio c. project 4. 4. Which of the following is not an attribute of a project? a. projects are unique b. projects are developed using progressive elaboration c. projects have a primary customer or sponsor d. projects involve little uncertainty d. projects involve little uncertainty 5. 5. Which of the following is not part of the triple constraint of project management? a. meeting scope goals b. meeting time goals c. meeting corrmunications goals d. meeting cost goals c. meeting corrmunications goals 6. 6 . ___ is the application of knowledge, skills, tools and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements. a. Project management b. Program management c. Project portfolio management d. Requirements management a. Project management 7. 7. Project portfolio management addresses ___ goals of an organization, while project management addresses ___ goa • . a. strategic, tactical b. tactical, strategic c....
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...processes associated with Project Management are as below: 1. The Project Initiation: During the starting procedure you are making the reports which are expected to characterize another task, or another period of a current venture. Commonly a plausibility study is performed or a business case made. These are thought to be a piece of the undertaking starting procedure bunch since they are made before the begin of a venture. The most discriminating piece of the start procedure is the undertaking contract. The venture contract formally approves a task, and once it's marked the undertaking can then advance to the arranging procedure. Start for the most part includes characterizing an undertaking and increasing regard to start working; for our situation some of this had officially happened. We drew nearer the issue painstakingly and had officially decided it was best to hold our meeting in a focal area with simple access. 2. The Project Planning: The Project Planning Process further elucidates the venture's targets and plans the greater part of the exercises vital with a specific end goal to meet the venture's destinations and degree. Each of these task arranging layouts furnishes you with record designing, direction on composing every segment, standard substance where it can be institutionalized alongside test content. 3. The Project Execution The Project Executing Process incorporates the procedures to perform the work on the undertaking as per the Project Management Plan. This...
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...Project Management for Business LO1 Project management principles Introduction of project management Project management is a planned and structured effort to achieve an objective or is the process of managing, allocating, and timing available resources to achieve the desired goal of a project in an efficient and expedient manner, for example, creating a new system or constructing a project. Project management is widely recognized as a practical way of ensuring that projects meet objectives and products are delivered on time, within budget and to correct quality specification, while at the same time controlling or maintaining the scope of the project at the correct level. Project management includes developing a project plan, which includes defining and confirming the project goals and objectives, identifying tasks and how goals will be achieved, quantifying the resources needed, and determining budgets and timelines for completion. It also includes managing the implementation of the project plan, along with operating regular 'controls' to ensure that there is accurate and objective information on 'performance' relative to the plan, and the mechanisms to implement recovery actions where necessary. Projects usually follow major phases or stages (with various titles for these), including feasibility, definition, project planning, implementation, evaluation and support/maintenance Principles of project management The Success Principle The main goal of project management...
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...Conceptualizing and Initializing the IT Project Chapter 2 2-2 Copyright 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Strategic Planning Process and Project Alignment Strategic Analysis Guiding Principles Vision Mission Statement Strategic Objectives Flow-down Objectives Strategic Analysis Analysis of internal and external environments SWOT Analysis (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats) Elements within the project team’s control What strengths and weaknesses the organization possesses in itself Elements over which the project team has little/no control What opportunities and threats are posed by competitors, suppliers, customers, regulatory agencies, technologies Guiding Principles The vision describes the organization of the future “vivid description of a preferred future” Require extra effort to be achieved Often multiyear goals that end in suggesting the need for a new vision The mission statement provides a mechanism for achieving the vision “organization’s core purpose, core values”, beliefs, culture, primary business, primary customers Mission Statement Considerations Purpose – communicates why an organization exists Beliefs – what the leaders of an organization stand for Core values – how decisions will be made and how people will be treated Culture – how members should act Primary business areas – what business the organization engages in Primary customers...
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...1995 Standish Group study (CHAOS) found that only 16.2% of IT projects were successful in meeting scope, time, and cost goals; over 31% of IT projects were canceled before completion Advantages of Using Formal Project Management: * Better control of financial, physical, and human resources * Improved customer relations * Shorter development times * Lower costs * Higher quality and increased reliability * Higher profit margins * Improved productivity * Better internal coordination * Higher worker morale What is project? A project is “a temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product, service, or result” Project Attributes: A project: * has a unique purpose * is temporary * is developed using progressive elaboration * requires resources, often from various areas * should have a primary customer or sponsor * The project sponsor usually provides the direction and funding for the project * involves uncertainty Program: group of related projects managed in a coordinated way to obtain benefits and control not available from managing them individually The triple constraint of project management: Scope, cost & time. Project management: is “the application of knowledge, skills, tools and techniques to project activities to meet project requirements” 10 knowledge areas (project management framework): 1. Scope management 2. Time management 3. Cost man. 4. Quality man. 5...
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...Guide—Chapter 5: Work Breakdown Structure Posted on March 19, 2013 by Jerome Rowley 1. Introduction The Work Breakdown Structure is a fundamental tool of project management which is formed as an output of the process 5.3 Create WBS. It is one of the three elements of the scope baseline. Table 1. Three Elements of the Scope Baseline | Element Name | Process | 1. | Project Scope Statement | Output of 5.3 Define Scope | 2. | WBS | Output of 5.4 Create WBS | 3. | WBS dictionary | Output of 5.4 Create WBS | The work breakdown structure can be pictured like an organizational chart, with the highest level being the project itself, and the various levels under that consisting of increasingly more detailed breakdowns of the scope of the project. For example: Although it can take the form of an organizational chart, it does not show who does the work, but simply displays the hierarchy of the various levels of decomposition of the scope. 2. Decomposition technique The techniques of decomposition means subdividing the project scope and project deliverables into smaller, more manageable components to the level of work packages. Here’s how the project is broken down through the decomposition process. Figure 1. Work Breakdown Structure Levels (from program to deliverables) a. Programs are groups of related projects. b. Projects can sometimes be broken down into distinct phases. c. Major deliverables are first identified within each phase. d. That work which can be outsourced...
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