Project Management: WBS Development and Office Relocation

This project management assignment focuses on the development and application of Work Breakdown Structures (WBS). The assignment begins by exploring the benefits of WBS in project management, emphasizing its role in managing projects across all lifecycle stages, minimizing risks, and tracking costs. It then presents two practical WBS examples: one for a company office relocation and another for creating an online booking processing system for student accommodation. The assignment includes WBS diagrams and a WBS dictionary, detailing task durations and dependencies. Furthermore, it differentiates between deliverable-oriented and process-oriented WBS structures. The assignment's structure includes an introduction, question-based responses, WBS diagrams, WBS dictionaries, and a bibliography of cited sources.

Running head: PROJECT MANAGEMENT
WBS Development
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author’s Note

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Table of Contents
Question A:......................................................................................................................................2
Benefits of effective use of project WBS in organization for managing project throughout each
stage of the project lifecycle........................................................................................................2
Question B:......................................................................................................................................3
i) WBS for shifting company’s office to a new building.............................................................3
ii) Main difference between WBS and a deliverable oriented WBS diagram in project.............3
Question C.......................................................................................................................................4
Development of process-oriented WBS and a WBS dictionary for online booking processing
system..........................................................................................................................................4
i) WBS.....................................................................................................................................4
ii) WBS dictionary...................................................................................................................4
Bibliography....................................................................................................................................7

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Question A:
Benefits of effective use of project WBS in organization for managing project throughout
each stage of the project lifecycle.
The work breakdown structure helps in managing the project throughout each stage of the
project life cycle. It is mainly utilized by the project managers for quickly determining the major
deliverables of the project which is further helpful in properly monitoring the project at each
stage (Siami-Irdemoosa, Dindarloo and Sharifzadeh 2015). The WBS is mainly used for
identifying and minimizing threats that are mainly posed by the project risks. In addition to this,
it is found that WBS helps in tracking cost and time of the project and helps encourage
accountability as well as transparency within the project.

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Question B:
i) WBS for shifting company’s office to a new building
Figure 1: WBS
(Source: Created by Author)
ii) Main difference between WBS and a deliverable oriented WBS diagram in project
It is identified that in a deliverable oriented WBS diagram, the stakeholders who are
interested in the deliverables are placed at the top level however in WBS structure; deliverable

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oriented hierarchical decomposition is done by the project managers in order to execute the
project (Golini, Kalchschmidt and Landoni 2015).
Question C
Selected Project: “Creating an online booking processing system for students’ accommodation
at University”
Development of process-oriented WBS and a WBS dictionary for online booking
processing system
i) WBS
Figure 2: WBS
(Source: Created by Author)
ii) WBS dictionary
Task Name Duration Start Finish
Creating an online booking processing 90 days Mon 3/5/18 Fri 7/6/18

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system for students’ accommodation
at University
Initiation phase 10 days Mon 3/5/18 Fri 3/16/18
Developing a business case 2 days Mon 3/5/18 Tue 3/6/18
Undertaking a feasibility study 2 days Wed 3/7/18 Thu 3/8/18
Establishing project charter 3 days Fri 3/9/18 Tue 3/13/18
Appointing project team members 3 days Wed 3/14/18 Fri 3/16/18
Planning phase 19 days Mon 3/19/18 Thu 4/12/18
Creation of project plan 3 days Mon 3/19/18 Wed 3/21/18
Development of resource plan 4 days Thu 3/22/18 Tue 3/27/18
Development of financial plan 3 days Wed 3/28/18 Fri 3/30/18
Development of quality plan 2 days Mon 4/2/18 Tue 4/3/18
Development of risk plan 4 days Wed 4/4/18 Mon 4/9/18
Creation of communication plan 3 days Tue 4/10/18 Thu 4/12/18
Design 24 days Fri 4/13/18 Wed 5/16/18
Prototype 4 days Fri 4/13/18 Wed 4/18/18
Structure process diagram as well as
modeling
3 days Thu 4/19/18 Mon 4/23/18
Coding design 5 days Tue 4/24/18 Mon 4/30/18
Form and report design 3 days Tue 5/1/18 Thu 5/3/18
Validate solution input 4 days Fri 5/4/18 Wed 5/9/18
Procedure of quality control 5 days Thu 5/10/18 Wed 5/16/18

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Implementation 18 days Thu 5/17/18 Mon 6/11/18
Process driven error 4 days Thu 5/17/18 Tue 5/22/18
Testing and commissioning 5 days Wed 5/23/18 Tue 5/29/18
Implementing the system 5 days Wed 5/30/18 Tue 6/5/18
Student enhancement and feedback 4 days Wed 6/6/18 Mon 6/11/18
Testing 15 days Tue 6/12/18 Mon 7/2/18
Validate solution performance 5 days Tue 6/12/18 Mon 6/18/18
Output 6 days Tue 6/19/18 Tue 6/26/18
Decision point 4 days Wed 6/27/18 Mon 7/2/18
Closure phase 4 days Tue 7/3/18 Fri 7/6/18
Post project review 2 days Tue 7/3/18 Wed 7/4/18
Stakeholder sign off 1 day Thu 7/5/18 Thu 7/5/18
Documentation 1 day Fri 7/6/18 Fri 7/6/18