Step 3.2 Convert the task list to a skeleton plan

The task breakdown you have produced on Post-It Notes is now going to be transferred into your plan. This set of information once documented is called the Work Breakdown Structure by project managers. There is a lot more information in a plan other than this WBS, but it provides the skeleton which all the other information is built upon.

You will transfer the information from the Post-It Notes on to a form. When you transfer the information, you may find you need to rename some of the tasks to achieve greater clarity, and may also find that as you write them down, you realise more tasks should be added.

Over the next few subsections I am going to show you how to complete a plan, building the ...

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