1. Demystifying the WBS For Pharmaceutical Product DevelopmentBy
Bill Carswell, Ph.D., PMP
Adjunct Professor
Embry Riddle Aeronautical University
&
Wanda Whyte, PMP, CSEP
Sr. Systems Engineer
C&W Associates

2. Project Scope Management
5.1 Plan Scope Management
5.2 Collect Requirements
5.3 Define Scope
5.4 Create WBS
5.5 Validate Scope
5.6 Control Scope
PMBOK 5th Edition

3. 5.4 Create WBS
Outputs
Scope Baseline
Project Document Updates

4. Scope Baseline Contains three elements Scope Statement WBS
WBS Dictionary

5. The WBS “Provides a vision of what has to be delivered”
The process of subdividing project deliverables and project work into smaller, more manageable components.
Deliverable-oriented hierarchical decomposition

6. Key WBS Definitions PMBOK 5th Ed. p. 125/6
“Work” refers to products or deliverables that are the result of activities, not the activities themselves.
The Scope Baseline (which includes the WBS) is an input to schedule development (not the other way around).

7. What Makes a “Quality” WBS?
“Project activities are not listed, as these are components of the project schedule, not the WBS.”
“All (WBS) elements are nouns. Verbs are not use to identify WBS elements.”
(Schedule activities are written with the verb/object sentence structure – from the PMI Scheduling practice standard)
From PMI WBS Practice Standard, 2nd Ed., Section 5.5.1

8. WBS “Graphical” Structure

9. Airplane WBS

10. WBS “Tabular” Structure

11. Airplane WBS

12. Airplane WBS

13. Services WBS

14. Product Development WBS

15. Other WBS Examples PMI WBS Practice Standard 2nd Ed.
Oil, Gas & Petrochemical (Appendix E)
Environmental Management (Appendix F)
Process Improvement (Appendix G)
Process Plant Construction (Appendix I)
Service Ind. Outsourcing (Appendix J)

16. Other WBS Examples PMI WBS Practice Standard 2nd Ed.
Web Design (Appendix K)
Telecom (Appendix L)
Refinery Turnaround (Appendix M)
Gov’t. Design/Bid/Build (Appendix N)
Software Implementation (Appendix O)

17. How Much Detail in the WBS? From PMBOK5 5.4.2.2
Deciding on a Work Package level
Some deliverables need to be decomposed only to the next level
Others need additional decomposition
As work is decomposed to greater levels, the ability to plan, manage and control the work is enhanced
Use your judgment

18. How Much Detail in the WBS? From PMBOK5 Section 5.4.2.2
Excessive Decomposition leads to
Non-productive management effort
Inefficient use of resources
Decreased efficiency

19. How Much Detail in the WBS? From PMBOK5 Section 5.4.2.2
Premature Decomposition
There may be insufficient information about elements that will not be worked until far in the future
Wait until the WBS element is sufficiently understood to plan and decompose it
Use Rolling Wave Planning

20. The WBS is NOT a Schedule
This is not a WBS. This is a numbered schedule:
Project Activities do not belong in the WBS.
The WBS consists of nouns, not verbs.
The WBS (as part of the Scope Baseline) is an input to the schedule development processes, not an output.

21. Tabular WBS with Brief Dictionary

22. “The Golden Thread of PM” The Detailed WBS Dictionary
Summary Page

23. The Golden Thread Detailed Worksheet

24. Uses of The Golden Thread
Detailed activities feed schedule
Cost numbers feed budget
Labor hours & categories feed human resource Plan
Material and subcontracts feed procurement plan.
Scope description feeds quality plan
Risk items feed risk register

25. WBS Development for New Pharmaceutical Product (Live interactive development with audience)