Executive summary

A WBS decomposes the total scope of a project into a hierarchy of deliverables and work packages, ensuring nothing is missed and work is estimable and assignable. This is the Work Breakdown Structure from the Stratenity Library, a governed consulting deliverable that is already built for you. It gives your team the full working method for work breakdown structure, and it walks through everything from deliverable-oriented versus phase-oriented to the WBS dictionary. Every asset ships with a worked client example, a clear RACI, defined KPIs, and governance you can defend, so your team adapts it to a live client engagement instead of starting from a blank page.

What is inside

What this asset covers

This is a preview of the full deliverable. Inside the Stratenity Library, this asset walks a consultant through the complete method, section by section, with a worked client example threaded throughout.

  • Why Decompose Before You Plan
  • What a Work Breakdown Structure Is
  • Deliverable-Oriented versus Phase-Oriented
  • The 100 Percent Rule
  • Decomposition and the Work Package
  • WBS Levels and Numbering
  • The WBS Dictionary
  • From WBS to Estimates, Schedule, and Budget
  • WBS and Responsibility Assignment
  • Rolling-Wave Elaboration
  • Common Structural Mistakes
  • Applying WBS to a Real Programme
  • Common Pitfalls and the Deliverable Pack
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