chapter 5

What Are the Key Questions to Mastering the WBS?

Sometimes the most powerful tools and concepts are simple. To master the WBS you just need to understand and apply a couple of simple, but effective concepts.

Througout this book I've shown figures with representations of simple WBSs or portions of them to explain related concepts. In this chapter, I'll analyze the WBS and further explain the concepts, fundamental definitions, and terms that you need to master the WBS. At the end of this chapter, you'll have a very good understanding of what a WBS is, its components, and its main concepts and rules. If you're an intermediate or advanced project manager, you may know some of these concepts already, and you can use this chapter as ...

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