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Farid Alsakkaf Ships Projects Manager| ADNOC Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
The PMBOK refers to Resource Breakdown Structure and Risk Breakdown Structure as both RBS. Will this not make misunderstanding sometimes? Better, except for the WBS and the OBS we use the full word sentences Risk Breakdown Structure and Resource Breakdown Structure.
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Markus Kopko AI Enabler for Project & Program Mgmt | Founder PMotion.ai / The PM AI Coach| PMotion.ai Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Hi Farid,

it is all about the context ... ;)
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1 reply by Farid Alsakkaf
Aug 17, 2016 3:06 AM
Farid Alsakkaf
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Hi Markus,

It is ok but sometimes it is tiring with abbreviations .. someone might right to you within his or her context "PM" so you don't know whether it meant for project manager as a person or project management as a system or practice.
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Farid Alsakkaf Ships Projects Manager| ADNOC Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Aug 17, 2016 2:55 AM
Replying to Markus Kopko
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Hi Farid,

it is all about the context ... ;)
Hi Markus,

It is ok but sometimes it is tiring with abbreviations .. someone might right to you within his or her context "PM" so you don't know whether it meant for project manager as a person or project management as a system or practice.
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Sergio Luis Conte Helping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based Organizations Buenos Aires, Argentina
One of the biggest challenges when you decide taking the PMI´s PMP Certification is to deal with the abbreviations. And just in case you belong to a country where other language is using (spanish in my case) is a headache.
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Anupam India
It is important to note in what context these acronyms are used.

Yes it may be tricky for someone who is new to project management practice. Providing full word sentences will be good option here.
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Amer AlButtma North Olmsted, Oh, United States
Hi Farid

abbreviation needs to be used in a context to get the meaning .
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Karl-Heinz Rossler Program Manager| Yourconsultingpartner Newel, Germany
We are not always talking to domain experts. We often communicate to a mixed public. There it is important to my opinion to not use acronyms but the full wording in order to be explicit and clear. This helps understanding and reduces the potential of misunderstanding and conflicts.

This is why I support Farid's idea
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1 reply by Farid Alsakkaf
Aug 17, 2016 10:37 AM
Farid Alsakkaf
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You said it to the right practical extent Karl
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Farid Alsakkaf Ships Projects Manager| ADNOC Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
But suppose it is given in a context that is not sufficient to give the meaning? Sometimes we are givers and sometimes we are receivers
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Farid Alsakkaf Ships Projects Manager| ADNOC Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Aug 17, 2016 10:30 AM
Replying to Karl-Heinz Rossler
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We are not always talking to domain experts. We often communicate to a mixed public. There it is important to my opinion to not use acronyms but the full wording in order to be explicit and clear. This helps understanding and reduces the potential of misunderstanding and conflicts.

This is why I support Farid's idea
You said it to the right practical extent Karl
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Vincent Guerard Coach - Trainer - Speaker - Advisor| Freelance Mont-Royal, Quebec, Canada
What about
RBS for Risk Breakdown Structure
and
HRBS for Human Resources Breakdown Structure

but that is not in the BMBOK!
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1 reply by Adel Almufaiz
Aug 17, 2016 7:53 PM
Adel Almufaiz
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But Resource Breakdown Structure is not for human resources only, it includes other resources such as materials and equipments.
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Adel Almufaiz Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Aug 17, 2016 4:56 PM
Replying to Vincent Guerard
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What about
RBS for Risk Breakdown Structure
and
HRBS for Human Resources Breakdown Structure

but that is not in the BMBOK!
But Resource Breakdown Structure is not for human resources only, it includes other resources such as materials and equipments.

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