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Guidelines For Managers

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Work Breakdown Structure & Scope of Work

Guideline Goal

To establish an effective and consistent methodology for identifying, communication and controlling all elements of a project as set out in the complete Systems Scope Description

Expectations - 1

  • Early in Phase 2 of the project, the entire set of systems required for the project will be identified
    • And the technical performance of each established
  • Each system will be documented in a Systems Scope Description

Expectations - 2

  • To the extent possible or reasonable, a hierarchical Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) will be developed for every project
    • Consisting of a set of discrete Work Packages
    • Reflecting the project's complete Systems Scope Description

Expectations - 3

  • From the WBS will be derived a Scope of Work statement
    • Describing all the work to be performed on the project
    • As a basis for developing Project Implementation Plans, Project Schedules, & Project Estimates

Expectations - 4

  • This documentation will be used as the common frame of reference throughout the remainder of the Project for updating
    • The Implementation Plans
    • Project Schedules
    • Forecasts-to-complete and
    • Project Progress Reports

Particulars

  • The Work Breakdown Structure, and its resulting Work Packages, is a powerful tool for organizing and communicating
    • Project Requirements
    • Expectations, and
    • Details of the work to be done
  • The final version of the WBS must be consistent with the Project Implementation Plan
    • And vice versa

Definitions and Responsibility

Definitions to be included

    • Scope of Work, System Scope Description Work Breakdown Structure, Work Package

Primary responsibility

    • Project Phase Manager

Responsible to

    • Project Sponsor