Apply Skills in Project
Integration
Work Breakdown Structures
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Work Breakdown Structures
The first step in preparing the plan is
to identify the tasks required to carry
out the project’s aims.
This is done by preparing a Work
Breakdown Structure. (WBS)
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Work Breakdown Structures
This process breaks down the overall
task of the project into progressively
smaller groups, until a single task can
be easily identified and clearly thought
about.
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Prepare WBS – Identify Project
Project ABC
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Prepare WBS –
Identify Task Groups
Project ABC
Group D Group E Group F
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Prepare WBS - Identify Tasks
Project ABC
Group D Group E Group F
Task G Task I Task L
Task H Task J Task M
Task K Task N
Task O
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WBS Example -
Publish the Company Website
Publish the Company Website
Website Initial Setup Design Website Prepare Content Publish Website
Select ISP Determine Style Write Company Profile Move all code to production area
Register URL Design Site Map Convert Annual report to PDF Register with online search engines
Write Product Pages
Write latest news and Ehancements
Write Product Overall Description
Create Customer Support Database for Product
Convert Press Releases to PDF
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WBS Practice - The Picnic
You are in charge of making a plan to
prepare for a picnic. The specification
is:
The picnic will be in a park 100 km from
your house. There will be four people,
all in the same family, going in one
vehicle. No cooking is allowed, so all of
the meal must be "cold."
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