1. Project Management Product Breakdown Structures (PBS) and Work Breakdown Structures (WBS)

2. Objectives ► Examined PBS and WBS ► Tasks and Numbering ► Create PBS and WBS

3. Work Breakdown Structures and Product Breakdown Structures are usually very similar in shape and content. The difference is that if the words in the boxes are nouns then it is a PBS. If the words are verbs, i.e. describing the work which has to be done, then it is a WBS.

4. Numerous styles can be used for either, but the one used here for the WBS is easier to fit more detail onto. Similarly different numbering styles can be used for the levels, e.g. 1000, 1100, 1110, 2000, etc.

5. The Product Breakdown Structure is done first, probably only to 3 or 4 levels. This helps identify what the product (or project) consists of.

6. The Work Breakdown Structure is then created, often to a greater level of detail to show how the work will be organised to achieve the requirements of the Product Breakdown Structure.

9. Activity – Create a PBS and WBS You are a Project Manager working at a local college. You are responsible for managing the transformation of standard classroom to turn it into an IT classroom for internal and external short courses. This includes (among other things) installing all cabling, networking, Smart-board and IT equipment.

10. In Conclusion ► Examined PBS and WBS ► Tasks and Numbering ► Activity to create PBS and WBS ► Questions?