Radhika NamburiAssociate Vice President Site coordinator| Wills Towers Watson CompanyVisakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India
RBS is one of the out puts of Estimate Activity resources. Is it similar to WBS in format except for the fact that RBS has to do with human resource and WBS with activities? Is it really necessary to maintain a RBS for a project? Saving Changes...
Sergio Luis ConteHelping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based OrganizationsBuenos Aires, Argentina
Yes, RBS is similar to WBS. RBS is for all type of resources. As any other type of tools you can decide if RBS has to be created and maintained or not.
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1 reply by Shobith Muraleedharan
Nov 06, 2017 7:26 AM
Shobith Muraleedharan
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But decomposition is used in WBS and we are not using such activity in RBS. Then how can it be similar as the results are also not similar. Can you please explain.
The hierarchy format might be similar each other as you said. As Sergio stated above, an RBS mainly consists of human resource, materials, equipment and suppliers or sellers. WBS doesn't include activities but work packages at the lowest levels. RBS is one of most important documents to be updated as needed in a timely manner to incorporate the change of availabilities of resources and changes of resource requirements. If you efficiently use RBS in your project, you will find out the benefit of the use of RBS. Saving Changes...
The RBS is basically a list version of your project organization chart. While the chart emphasizes communication channels, the list provides much more details on each project team members: calendar, availability, rates, ... Saving Changes...
Resource Breakdown Structure. A hierarchical representation of resources by category and type.
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS). A hierarchical decomposition of the total scope of work to be carried out by the project team to accomplish the project objectives and create the required deliverables. Saving Changes...
Belal KhedrProject Engineer| Al Bayan Holding GroupRiyadh, Dahrat Laban., Saudi Arabia
the resource breakdown structure (RBS) is a hierarchical list of resources related by function and resource type that is used to facilitate planning and controlling of project work.The Resource Breakdown Structure includes, at a minimum, the personnel resources needed for successful completion of a project, and preferably contains all resources on which project funds will be spent, including personnel, tools, machinery, materials, equipment and fees and licenses. Money is not considered a resource in the RBS; only those resources that will cost money are included Saving Changes...
Mark PersaudPrincipal Consultant| AMA Technology ConsultingMaple, Ontario, Canada
Hi I am new to the forum. does anyone have a sample of an RBS as a reference they can share? Saving Changes...
Stephane, I would say like Kiron the RBS is often limited to minimal information on Ressource. It is all ressource like stated by Sergio.
I agree with you that it should include more. Like the calendar, you stated, so other project can plan for those ressources. Saving Changes...
Markus KopkoAI Enabler for Project & Program Mgmt | Founder PMotion.ai / The PM
AI Coach| PMotion.aiHamburg, Hamburg, Germany
you can find a good article about the differences here:
