Create a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) by Sean Whitaker

About the Lecture

The lecture Create a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) by Sean Whitaker is from the course Archiv - PMP Training – Become a Project Management Professional (EN). It contains the following chapters:

Create WBS
The Work Breakdown Structure
Sample WBS
WBS Dictionary

Included Quiz Questions

Why is the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) considered to be the backbone of project management?

The WBS is considered to be the backbone of project management because it is a grphcial representation of the project scope and it improves cost, time and resource estimates.
The WBS is considered to be the backbone of project management because is allows effective and comprehensive requirements to be gathered.
The WBS is considered to be the backbone of project management because it produces the project charter which starts the project.
The WBS is considered to be the backbone of project management because it develops the project scope and the project requirements.

You have just taken over the management of a project from a project manager who has left the company. While reviewing the status of the project you notice that no WBS has been created. What should you do first?

Stop the project and create a WBS.
Get approval from client to continue without a WBS.
Keep the project going and try to create a WBS as soon as possible.
Keep working as planned and if required complete a WBS.

What is the lowest level of the WBS?

Work package.
Deliverable.
Activity.
Task.

What are the three elements of the scope baseline?

The scope statement, the WBS and the WBS dictionary.
The scope statement, the project charter and the project budget.
The WBS, the WBS dictionary and the requirements traceability matrix.
The requirements documentation, the requirements traceability matrix and the scope statement.

What is the name of the document that provides additional detail about information contained in the WBS nodes?