Determination of the Skills Needed for the Project

Having identified the work packages through the work breakdown structure, the project manager has a good idea of the skills required of the project workers.

The skills necessary for building a house, for example, are clearly implied. A house must have a foundation. Because installing a foundation is a work package that involves placing forms and pouring cement, it requires the skills of masons. Walls also are a necessary element of a house; construction of these walls is obviously a work package for skilled carpenters. A house must be wired for electrical services; wiring is a work package for electricians. Small workgroups of masons, carpenters, and electricians, headed by the lead specialist ...

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