The Basic Project
After a project manager and a sponsor agree on a project's specification, the project manager can proceed to develop a work breakdown structure. Identifying the major tasks that can be broken down into work packages is the beginning of the project planning procedure. The project manager recruits the specialists indicated by the work packages for the project team, and with their assistance, he or she develops the project task list, assigning each task to a member of the project team to execute or to lead colleagues to execute. (A task is a work unit that needs no further breakdown to guide the task worker or task workgroup in executing the effort.)
When the work breakdown structure suggests that no more than 30 task leaders will ...
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