Secrets to Mastering the WBS in Real-World Projects by Liliana Buchtik

Author:Liliana Buchtik [Buchtik, Liliana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Project Management Institute
Published: 2010-10-03T05:00:00+00:00

After you created a template, or if there are WBS templates available in your company, you can use them. Figure 6.10 shows an example of how to start creating a WBS based on an existing template using software.

WBS CORPORATE STANDARDS OR GUIDELINES

You can use corporate standards or guidelines to help you create a WBS. A corporate or organizational standard is a “set of principles for constructing a WBS and might include a format, numbering scheme, naming convention, or required elements”10.

They are often used in organizations that achieved a certain level of project management maturity. When a project or organization doesn't have a WBS corporate standard, the Practice Standard for WBS is a good reference.

The standards and guidelines help to ensure consistency across WBS in the organization. For example, they could present guides like:

Color coding can be used to differentiate each level in a WBS, or

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