In the last post, we summarised three pivot points central to our mission to rethink and reframe the Breakdown Structure. In this post, we look at the first pivot point in more detail: To have better WBS's, we need to pivot towards a unified, precise and repeatable...
Month: August 2021
Rethinking the WBS – Part 2: Pivot Points towards better WBS
by Adam | Aug 22, 2021 | Breakdown Structures
This post looks at the points around which we will pivot in our new approach to the WBS to make it more useful and easier to create. I don't want to be too negative or picky, but if we're going to improve things, we need to understand what's wrong. In my last post, I...
Rethinking the (Work) Breakdown Structure
by Adam | Aug 7, 2021 | Breakdown Structures, Project Management Concepts
Breakdown Structures have been part of the project management narrative for approximately 50 years. The Work Breakdown Structure, in particular, is seen as a primary mechanism for core project management processes, such as planning, scope control, estimation, vendor...
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