What is Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)?
In the simplest of terms, within the realm of project management, a work breakdown structure refers to a hierarchical breakdown of the work to be executed by the project team based on deliverables. All the work that is part of the WBS must be identified, estimated, scheduled, and budgeted.
Further Reading:
– Go Beyond Trello – A Guide to Choosing the Kanban Board Software
– Setting up WIP Limits in Kanban – Why do you need it?
– Scrum vs Kanban- A Guide to Choosing the Agile Framework That Works
– The Definitive Guide to Scrumban Methodology
All Terms
- Acceptance Criteria
- Adaptive Project Framework (APF)
- Aggregate Project Plan (APP)
- Agile
- Artifact
- Assumptions
- Baseline
- Backlog
- BOSCARD
- Burn Rate
- Balance Scorecard
- Business Case
- Contingency Plan
- Case Study
- Constraint
- CAPEX (Capital Expenditure)
- Change control
- Change freeze
- Change management plan
- Change request
- Closing Phase
- Communications Management Plan
- Cost Management Plan
- Cost Overrun (Budget overrun)
- Cost Performance Index (CPI)
- Critical Chain Project Management (CCPM)
- Critical Path
- Critical Path Method (CPM)
- Change Management
- Deliverable
- Dependency
- Earned Value
- Execution Phase
- Extreme Programming (XP)
- Fast Tracking
- Feasibility study
- Forecasting
- Goal Setting
- Gantt Chart
- Human Resource Plan
- Initiation phase
- Iteration
- Just in Time (JIT)
- Knowledge Area
- Kanban
- Kickoff Meeting
- Key Performance Indicator (KPI)
- Life Cycle
- Lead Time
- Lean Production
- Milestone
- Net present value (NPV)
- Objectives
- Project Portfolio
- Program Manager
- Performance Indicator
- Planning phase
- PRINCE2 (PRojects IN Controlled Environments)
- Project
- Project Proposal
- Project Manager
- Priority Matrix
- Quality Assurance (QA)
- Quality Control (QC)
- Risk Mitigation
- Risk
- Resource Management
- Risk Register
- Scope Statement
- Six Sigma
- Schedule Management Plan
- Scheduling
- Scope
- Scope Creep
- Scrum
- Sprint
- Stakeholder
- Timeline
- Test
- Use Case
- User Acceptance Test (UAT)
- Virtual Teams
- Value stream mapping
- Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
- Workaround
- Waterfall Methodology
- X-bar control chart
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What is Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)?
In the simplest of terms, within the realm of project management, a work breakdown structure refers to a hierarchical breakdown of the work to be executed by the project team based on deliverables. All the work that is part of the WBS must be identified, estimated, scheduled, and budgeted.
Further Reading:
– Go Beyond Trello – A Guide to Choosing the Kanban Board Software
– Setting up WIP Limits in Kanban – Why do you need it?
– Scrum vs Kanban- A Guide to Choosing the Agile Framework That Works
– The Definitive Guide to Scrumban Methodology
