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Project Management Orientation

What Is the PBS? 

The PBS is a hierarchical decomposition of work products into components.  The PBS focuses on what must be produced and is required to create the WBS, which focuses on how to produce the work product.  Each level of the PBS represents an increasingly detailed view of the components.

There is a Worldwide Project Management Method (WWPMM) work product description and a template that assists you with the creation of the PBS work product.  You can find this information and descriptions and templates for all WWPMM work products at the following Web address:

Worldwide Project Management Method

The Product Breakdown Structure
1: Getting Started
2: Define the Project Team
3: Team Management
4: Identify and Validate Requirements
5: Create Decomposition Structures
6: Risk Management
7: Project Estimates
8: Project Schedules
9: Change Management
10: Project Control and Execution
Defining the Project
11: Project Management Review
12: Project Closeout
13: Project Management Tool Suite
14: Self-Assessment and Final Exam
Fast Points
Concepts
Seven Keys
Case Study
WWPMM
Mentor
Check Point
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