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work breakdown structure

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work breakdown structure [¦wərk ¦brāk‚dau̇n ‚strək·chər]
(industrial engineering)
A hierarchy designed to organize, define, and display all the work that must be performed in order to accomplish the objectives of a project.

(project)Work Breakdown Structure - (WBS) A division of a project into tasks and subtasks. The tasks are numbered to indicate their relationship to each other. WBSs are indespensible for project planning, particularly when estimating time and resource requirements. Some industries use established work breakdown structure systems for billing and reporting purposes.


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Create a project Work Breakdown Structure with associated Specifications.
The software involves the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) based on data that includes project scope, resources and associated cost.
Careful to support current standards of practice, they explain how to go about successfully implementing work breakdown structures from initiation to close-out, and use a real-life project as a case study.
 
 
 
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