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Work Breakdown Structure

A Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) is a visual representation of a project's tasks and their relationships, aiding project managers in organizing and managing components effectively. It helps in defining project scope, distributing responsibilities, and estimating costs and risks. The WBS can be presented as a chart or a tabular list, and its main purpose is to simplify complex activities into manageable tasks.

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Work Breakdown Structure

A Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) is a visual representation of a project's tasks and their relationships, aiding project managers in organizing and managing components effectively. It helps in defining project scope, distributing responsibilities, and estimating costs and risks. The WBS can be presented as a chart or a tabular list, and its main purpose is to simplify complex activities into manageable tasks.

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A Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) is a chart where the project’s tasks are illustrated to reflect

their relations to each other and to the project in general. This term was created in the USA in
1993.

A Work Breakdown Structure WBS proposes graphical nature that helps project managers
predict results based on various scenarios. It is often described as a result-oriented tree that
covers all project’s procedures in an organized way. But WBS can also be displayed as a tabular
list of tasks and elements in Work Breakdown structure Gantt Charts.

Managers use WBS to break down their projects into easily manageable components. It’s easy to
do it, using Gantt Chart template. These components are further decomposed until a required
person from the team can be assigned.

5 reasons to create a Work Breakdown Structure:

 It helps with correct project organization.


 Assists in describing the project scope to stakeholders.
 Helps to distribute responsibilities.
 Shows the project’s milestones and all the points to control.
 Allows estimating costs, risks and time correctly.

What is importance of Work Breakdown Structure in project management?

The example of a Work Breakdown Structure WBS for event planning


Let’s say, your task is to organize and manage a corporate outing or team building. Using WBS,
you can describe and divide tasks as follows:

Planning: supervision, budget planning, approvement and reconciliation, coordination issues.

Catering: menu, shopping, cooking, serving.

Area and activities: area tables and chairs, utensils, decorations and equipment.

Participants/guests: invitations, guest list, RSPV, special needs.

Staff: drivers, cooks, servers, hosts, cleanup.

Entertainer: invitation, logistic issues, playlist coordination.

What is the purpose of the work breakdown structure?


The main purpose of a WBS is to reduce complicated activities to a collection of tasks. This is
important for the project manager because she can oversee the tasks more effectively than the
complex activities. Tasks must be measurable and independent, with clearly defined limits.

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