Top Tips for Developing a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
A WBS is to a project manager what a recipe is to a chef.Just like a good recipe it sets out the required ingredients, equipment, methods, timing and performance ...
I'm GREAT on the decomposition portion of the WBS...thank you. Where I'm
losing traction is on the cost estimation of tasks. For example, if my
total budget is $8.1M and I have 3 main project activities (A,B,C) composed
of 22% of remaining contract dollars, 28%, and 34%.
My problem is that there is 16% project manager admin costs in there as
well. Does that go into the structure? Plus, there is a contingency of
4%...BUT it is included in the admin costs. No matter how I calculate it,
when I check my work, I do not return to quite 100% of my budget!
I'm wondering "which" costs beget the others? Do I subtract out all admin
and contingency BEFORE I go on to estimating the major activities? Or, is
it the other way around?
Project Management: What is a Work Breakdown Structure?
If you are a project manager and you want to stretch your tasks correctly, then you need to create what is known as a work breakdown structure for your project.
Finally cracked the nut between WBS and activity list. Both seem to cover
the same areas of scope but define scope slightly different (deliverable
based vs actions needed to complete those deliverables) THANK YOU!
Your videos have been great. I really appreciate that you update them as
well. I use them in my project management classes regularly. Thanks for
making them available!
How to write a WBS (Work Breakdown Structure) 【Excel Template】 (Lean Six Sigma)
This episode explains how to make a WBS (Work Breakdown Structure) by using an Excel template screen. A tip for writing a WBS is to write milestones in your ...