Techniques handbook: project management. Work breakdown structures. ERDA handbook 0805. 3 part 1

Technical Report · Tue Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1974

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/7358931· OSTI ID:7358931

The Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) technique is primarily a project management planning technique which is aimed at defining, within an overall conceptual framework, the detailed products and work effort to be accomplished for successful achievement of the project objective(s). The WBS technique directs the attention of the ERDA project manager, the contractor project manager, and their respective staffs, to insuring that the total project effort is fully planned and that all efforts contribute directly to the project objectives. The technique requires identification of the major end items to be produced by the project effort. By successive subdivision of each end item into increasingly detailed categories and subcategories of product and work, the WBS defines the total project effort in terms of manageable segments (packages) of work which are assignable to a single unit within the performing organization. (from Overview)

• Research Organization: Energy Research and Development Administration, Washington, D.C. (USA). Div. of Management Information and Telecommunications
• OSTI ID: 7358931
• Report Number(s): ERDA-87-1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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