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| Preface | |
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| Foreword | |
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| Introduction To WBS Concepts | |
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| Background and Key Concepts | |
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| Chapter Overview | |
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| Work Breakdown Structures | |
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| Defining Work Breakdown Structures | |
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| Importance of the WBS | |
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| WBS Lesson Learned: A Brief Illustration | |
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| WBS Concepts | |
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| Describing the WBS | |
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| The House Metaphor-A Consistent Example | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| Applying WBS Attributes and Concepts | |
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| Chapter Overview | |
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| WBS Attributes | |
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| WBS Core Characteristics | |
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| WBS Use-Related Characteristics | |
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| WBS Decomposition | |
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| WBS in Projects, Programs, Portfolios, and the Enterprise | |
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| WBS Representations | |
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| WBS Tools | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| WBS Application In Projects | |
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| Project Initiation and the WBS | |
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| Chapter Overview | |
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| Project Charter | |
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| Preliminary Project Scope Statement | |
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| Contracts, Agreements, Statements of Work (SOW) | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| Defining Scope through the WBS | |
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| Chapter Overview | |
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| Product Scope Description | |
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| Project Scope Statement (Scope Definition) | |
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| Work Breakdown Structure | |
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| Beginning with the Elaborated WBS | |
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| Use-Related Characteristics | |
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| WBS Dictionary | |
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| Deliverable-Based Management | |
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| Activity-Based Management | |
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| Scope Baseline | |
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| Acceptance Criteria | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| The WBS in Procurement and Financial Planning | |
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| Chapter Overview | |
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| Build versus Buy Decisions | |
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| Cost Estimating | |
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| Cost Budgeting | |
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| Cost Breakdown Structure | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| Quality, Risk, Resource and Communication Planning with the WBS | |
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| Chapter Overview | |
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| Approaching Quality, Resource and Risk Planning | |
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| Using Existing Templates and Processes | |
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| Creating Processes to Support the Project | |
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| Utilizing the WBS as a Basis for Process Development | |
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| Employing the WBS and WBS Dictionary | |
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| The Whole is not Greater than the Sum of its Parts-it Equals Precisely 100% of the Sum of its Parts | |
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| Examining Process Considerations | |
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| Communications Planning Using the WBS as a Foundation | |
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| Developing the Communications Plan | |
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| The Communications Matrix | |
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| The Hierarchy of Information | |
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| The Meeting Matrix | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| The WBS as a Starting Point for Schedule Development | |
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| Chapter Overview | |
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| Demystifying the Transition from the WBS to the Project Schedule | |
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| Putting These Concepts to Work | |
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| The WBS in Hierarchical Outline Form | |
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| Identifying Dependencies between Scope Elements | |
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| Representing Scope Sequence and Dependency | |
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| Creating a High-Level Scope Sequence Representation | |
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| The Concept of Inclusion | |
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| The Scope Relationship Diagram | |
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| Creating a Scope Dependency Plan | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| The WBS in Action | |
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| Chapter Overview | |
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| Acquiring the Project Team | |
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| Directing and Managing Project Execution and Integrated Change Management | |
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| Performing Scope Management | |
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| Scope Management and the Triple Constraint | |
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| Reviewing the Relationship with Other Project Management Processes | |
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| Performing Quality Assurance | |
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| Performing Scope Verification | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| Ensuring Success through the WBS | |
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| Chapter Overview | |
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| Project Performance Management | |
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| Scope | |
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| Schedule | |
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| Cost | |
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| Planned versus Actual | |
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| Stakeholder Management | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| Verifying Project Closeout with the WBS | |
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| Chapter Overview | |
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| Project Closeout | |
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| Acceptance / Turnover / Support / Maintenance | |
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| Contract Closure | |
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| Project Closeout | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| WBS For Project Management Decomposition | |
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| A Project Management WBS | |
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| Chapter Overview | |
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| Organization Options for a Project Management WBS | |
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| Project Management WBS Components Aligned with the PMBOK Guide-Third Edition | |
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| Project Management WBS Lite | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| A Final Word | |
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| Project Charter Example | |
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| Project Scope Statement Example | |
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| Project Management WBS Examples | |
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| Answers to Chapter Questions | |
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| Index | |