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2nd ed. |
Description |
1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations |
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text file |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
Contents |
Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication Page; Acknowledgements; Contents; Figures and Tables; Introduction; 1 -- What is the WBS?; > What is the WBS Definition?; > What are the Program WBS and Portfolio WBS?; 2 -- Why Should you use the WBS?; > What are the Top 20 Benefits of using the WBS?; 3 -- What are the 4 Typical Confusions about the WBS?; > Story 1: Confusing the WBS with Work Sequencing; > Story 2: Being Trained with Old WBS Concepts; > Story 3: Confusing the WBS with the Schedule; > Story 4: Confusing the WBS with an OBS; > Avoid Confusion with the RBS, OBS, CBS, and BOM. |
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Risk Breakdown Structure Resource Breakdown Structure; Organizational Breakdown Structure; Contract Breakdown Structure; Cost Breakdown Structure; Bill of Materials; Structure Types Comparison Chart; 4 -- What are the Key Questions to Understanding the WBS?; > What if you Don't use the WBS?; > Can you Apply the WBS to any Project?; > When do you Create and use the WBS?; > Who Should Create the WBS?; > How do you Create the WBS?; > How Should you Update the WBS?; > What is the PMO's Role in the WBS?; 5 -- What are the Key Questions to Mastering the WBS? |
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> What are the WBS Levels, WBS ID, and Numbering?> What is a WBS Component and a WBS Element?; > What Types of WBS Components Exist?; > What is a Work Package?; > How do you Decompose the Project Work?; When do you Stop Decomposing the Work?; > How many Components are in Real-World Projects?; > What are the WBS Fields or Attributes?; > How do you Name a Component?; Can you Find Components with the Same Name?; > What is the 100 % Rule?; > What are Good and Bad WBS Examples?; > What is the WBS Dictionary?; 6 -- How do you Create a Valuable WBS? |
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> What are the Steps to Creating a Valuable WBS?> What are the Approaches to Creating a WBS?; By Major Deliverables; By Project Phase; By Subprojects; By Geographic Location; By Division or Department; Other approaches; > Should you have a High-level WBS or a Detailed WBS?; Benefits of the Detailed Approach; > What are the Options you can use to Represent the WBS?; Tree, Outline, and Tabular Representation; Representation Types Comparison Chart; > What are the Tools or Techniques to Create a WBS?; > Can you use Templates, Standards and Guidelines?; WBS Templates. |
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+ How do you Create and use a WBS Template? WBS Corporate Standards or Guidelines; 7- What are the Software Tools for the WBS?; > WBS Chart Pro™; > MindView®; > MindManager®; > Microsoft® Visio and WBS Modeler; > Spreadsheet Software; > Microsoft® Project and WBS Director; > Primavera® P6™; > WBS Software Tools Comparison Chart; > How do you Customize WBS ID fields Instead of using Default Fields?; > How do you use Different Files per WBS Level or Branch?; 8 -- How do you Integrate the WBS with Scope Management?; > What is the Product Scope, Project Scope, and the Product WBS? |
Summary |
The Second Edition of the popular book on the most practical approach to project Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) and scope management! With hundreds of real-world project examples, this book will change the way you think about and understand the WBS. Learn the secrets to mastering the WBS and obtain smarter project results starting now. A must-read book for successful project managers. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Work breakdown structure.
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Work breakdown structure. |
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Project management.
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Project management. |
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industrial Management. |
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Management. |
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Management Science. |
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Organizational Behavior. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Buchtik, Liliana. Secrets to mastering the WBS in real-world projects. Second edition. Newtown Square, Pennsylvania : Project Management Institute, Inc., [2013] 9781628250336 (DLC) 2013037925 (OCoLC)858749766 |
ISBN |
9781680154337 (electronic book) |
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1680154338 (electronic book) |
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9781628250404 (electronic book) |
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1628250402 (electronic book) |
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9781628250336 |
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162825033X (alkaline paper) |
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