Building a Project Work Breakdown Structure: Visualizing Objectives, Deliverables, Activities, and Schedules (ESI International Project Management Series)

**Help Your Team Visualize the Right Path to Success** В Most people do not truly understand a concept until they can visualize it. This applies to all fields, including Project Management. The best way to effectively manage projects is to help your team visualize the end result as well as the steps needed to achieve that result. Building a Project Work Breakdown Structure: Visualizing Objectives, Deliverables, Activities, and Schedules employs a diagram approach to project planning and scheduling. This useful tool empowers business professionals to take control of and successfully communicate their projects, ensuring they are completed on time with their targeted impact. В Step-By-Step Advancement Industry professional Dennis P. Miller, a consultant to leading Fortune 500 companies, thoroughly explains the keys to an effective Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) through an Eight Step Process. He has refined this process over a period of twenty years, applying it to over 100 projects ranging from software development to social events. The Eight Step Process starts with a concentrated effort to define the project through its deliverables. The middle steps walk the project team through a process of activity definition and sequencing and resource assignment. Finally, the last steps involve estimating the duration and verifying the project timeline. Not Just What to Do, But How to Do It! This is a hands-on volume that includes a practice section for each of the eight steps, providing readers with real examples of how the author has successfully applied this process. The result of its application is a visualization of the projectвЂTMs objectives, deliverables, activities, and schedules. Over 130 illustrations enrich the instructions. Project managers are assured of success by following the simple tools in this unique and comprehensive volume. В В В В В

most People Do Not Truly Understand A Concept Until They Can Visualize It. This Applies To All Fields, Including Project Management. The Best Way To Effectively Manage Projects Is To Help Your Team Visualize The End Result As Well As The Steps Needed To Achieve That Result.

help Your Team Visualize The Right Path To Success

building A Project Work Breakdown Structure: Visualizing Objectives, Deliverables, Activities, And Schedules Employs A Diagram Approach To Project Planning And Scheduling. This Useful Tool Empowers Business Professionals To Take Control Of And Successfully Communicate Their Projects, Ensuring They Are Completed On Time With Their Targeted Impact.

industry Professional Dennis P. Miller, A Consultant To Leading Fortune 500 Companies, Thoroughly Explains The Keys To An Effective Work Breakdown Structure (wbs) Through An Eight Step Process. He Has Refined This Process Over A Period Of Twenty Years, Applying It To Over 100 Projects Ranging From Software Development To Social Events. The Eight Step Process Starts With A Concentrated Effort To Define The Project Through Its Deliverables. The Middle Steps Walk The Project Team Through A Process Of Activity Definition And Sequencing And Resource Assignment. Finally, The Last Steps Involve Estimating The Duration And Verifying The Project Timeline.

not Just What To Do, But How To Do It!

this Is A Hands-on Volume That Includes A Practice Section For Each Of The Eight Steps, Providing Readers With Real Examples Of How The Author Has Successfully Applied This Process. The Result Of Its Application Is A Visualization Of The Project’s Objectives, Deliverables, Activities, And Schedules. Over 130 Illustrations Enrich The Instructions. Project Managers Are Assured Of Success By Following The Simple Tools In This Unique And Comprehensive Volume.

II. Preplanning Activities and IssuesPreplanning Issues Opening Issues Issue: Do Not Ask if You Do Not Plan to Use!Issue: Your Personal Management StyleIssue: How Important Is the Project to Your Organization?Issue: Write Your Management Style into YourProject CharterIssue: Will Your Organization Accept Results?Issue: Can You Pull This Off?Sources of DeliverablesProject DeliverablesRequirements DocumentClient's Own WordsObjective Statement OnlyYour Planning TeamNo Definition at AllTiming of Planning SessionA Question of TimingHow Many Days?How Many Hours per Day?Specific PreparationsCommunicationsPersonal CalendarsPlanning Session SiteHandoutsSuppliesBreak MaterialsII. Executing The Eight Step ProcessStep 1: Find the Project's DeliverablesBackgroundDeliverable versus Activity OrientationAll Projects Have Physical DeliverablesThe Best Source of DeliverablesExpectationsJust-In-Time (JIT) TrainingDo Not Add Any Deliverables, Even If You Know TheyAre MissingFind the Deliverables - Nouns OnlyWrite Out the Post-Its®Let's Practice: Step 1HintsDifferent Types (Colors) of Post-Its®Do Not Be Concerned with DuplicatesA Good Method for AnalyzingBe as Neat as PossibleStep 2: Build and Review the Initial Product Breakdown Structure (PBS)Background (Build)The Top Component of the WBSJIT Training (Build)The Initial Build of the PBSA PBS Can Have Different Depths (Level of Detail) Let's Practice: Part OneBuild Your Working SurfaceAssemble the PBSHints (Build)PC Software or Not?Background (Review)JIT Training (Review) Let's Practice: Part Two Hints (Review)Objectives of the PresentationPlay a Little TrickProgress Reporting Style Other Display Techniques Step 3: Building Down the PBSBackgroundJIT TrainingSuccessive DecompositionA Question of Granularity Approaches for the Build-Down Client's Deliverables Process Deliverables Project Deliverables to the Fourth Most people do not truly understand a concept until they can visualize it. This applies to all fields, including Project Management. The best way to effectively manage projects is to help your team visualize the end result as well as the steps needed to achieve that result. Help Your Team Visualize the Right Path to Success Building a Project Work Breakdown Visualizing Objectives, Deliverables, Activities, and Schedules employs a diagram approach to project planning and scheduling. This useful tool empowers business professionals to take control of and successfully communicate their projects, ensuring they are completed on time with their targeted impact. Industry professional Dennis P. Miller, a consultant to leading Fortune 500 companies, thoroughly explains the keys to an effective Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) through an Eight Step Process. He has refined this process over a period of twenty years, applying it to over 100 projects ranging from software development to social events. The Eight Step Process starts with a concentrated effort to define the project through its deliverables. The middle steps walk the project team through a process of activity definition and sequencing and resource assignment. Finally, the last steps involve estimating the duration and verifying the project timeline. Not Just What to Do, But How to Do It! This is a hands-on volume that includes a practice section for each of the eight steps, providing readers with real examples of how the author has successfully applied this process. The result of its application is a visualization of the projects objectives, deliverables, activities, and schedules. Over 130 illustrations enrich the instructions. Project managers are assured of success by following the simple tools in this unique and comprehensive volume. Unlike other books in this area, this resource not only shows readers what they can do, but shows them how to do it. An organizing, visual communication, team-building, commitment-gaining, and project planning tool, the work breakdown structure (WBS) helps project managers communicate with their teams, clients, and management. This book provides an eight step process that facilitates the development of the WBS. The process defines the project through its deliverables and validates the initial target date by critical path analysis. The result is a clear visualization of the project's objectives, deliverables, activities, and schedule. The work breakdown structure (WBS) helps project managers communicate with their teams, clients, and management. This book offers an eight-step process that facilitates the development of the WBS. It features a process that defines the project through its deliverables and validates the initial target date by critical path analysis Unlike other books in this area, this resource not only shows readers what they can do, but shows them how to do it. Helping project managers communicate with their teams, clients, and management, this book provides an eight-step process that facilitates the development of the work breakdown structure (WBS)