Project Management — Planning Phase: (1 of 12) — Work Breakdown Structure

Learn how to develop Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) to represent the work that must be done to complete the deliverables of a project.

What is Work Breakdown Structure in PMBOK?

The work breakdown structure approach allows us to visually see the work that is needed in order to complete a project that can be used to effectively for:

• Decompose the project scope
• Improve estimation for project
• Better control the project execution
• More accurately verify project completion

In addition, using a work breakdown structure approach summarizes project information to improve the opportunity for use of historical information, which, can aid in both speed and accuracy of future projects. The work breakdown structure is a repeatable process that can be used as a template for future projects.

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