Understood what is WBS? But not sure when these are prepared? Is it done before project commencement or during project? Saving Changes...
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Drake SettsuProject Manager / BloggerHi, United States
You prepare it before you start the project using all the information you know at the time. You also do it when new requirements get added to a project in progress. Saving Changes...
Stanley OranikaDirector Finance & Strategy| Virtus DeusF.C.T, Abuja, Nigeria
Dear Mr Ramakrishnan,
The WBS brings about outputs called, the Scope Baseline and Project Documents Updates. Create WBS falls under the Project Scope Management knowledge area, within the Planning process group.
Components of the Scope Baseline include the WBS and the WBS dictionary. The painstaking processes of decomposition and consulting for expert judgement are tools and techniques used in reaching this goal.
Usually, a WBS is created after project scope has been defined, using the Project Scope Statement as an input.
This means that a charter has been signed and the project has commenced. In a nutshell, WBS is created during the planning phase of the project. Saving Changes...
Drew CraigSr. Agile & Product Coach| VanguardPhiladelphia, Pa, United States
Not much more to add from Stanley's comment. Saving Changes...
Sergio Luis ConteHelping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based OrganizationsBuenos Aires, Argentina
My recommendation, beyond valuable comments above, is going to the WBS standard and PMI related standards like the PMBOK Saving Changes...
Key aspect in creating WBS is the "team involvement". When the team gets involved in creating WBS during planning phase of the project, outcomes in the execution phase become more valid and "as desired". Saving Changes...
While a WBS is a key input into your scope baseline, like most other key project management artifacts, it is a living document and can change as a result of project scope changes but also if one is following a progressive elaboration approach.
"The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man."
