Videos
Drawing the WBS Diagram
a) How to draw your diagram
b) Start filling the WBS Dictionary
c) Register from a template a estimation & planning sheet in the Dictionary
d) Export the WBS Dictionary to Excel for team review
Export the WBS to Microsoft Project tasks and summary tasks
a) One click export to an Excel format.
b) Easy 5 clicks to import the WBS into Microsoft project
Import Microsoft Project status fields back into the WBS
a) Flexibility to enter status information manually where needed (overrride the import or with no import at all)
c) Select and import Microsoft Project status fields
d) Format the information to display in the WBS
How to Establish a Budget with a Baseline and use key metrics for progress tracking and report
In Microsoft Project:
a) Scheduling
b) Resources allocation
c) Setting a baseline
d) Use key metrics for progress report
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User Guide
Application overview and step by step guide on how to perform most important functions.
Articles on Work breakdown structure
- PMI Practice Standard for Work Breakdown Structures – Third Edition. "Applies the WBS to agile, iterative, predictive and incremental project life cycles, while also exploring several different types of decomposition in practice today."
- Applying the work breakdown structure to the project management lifecycle. "Experienced project managers know that many things can go wrong in projects, regardless of how successfully the work is planned and executed. Component or full-project failures, when they do occur, can often be traced to a poorly developed or nonexistent WBS." Brotherton, S. A., Fried, R. T., & Norman, E. S. (2008).
WBS examples
Work Product Estimation & Planning sheet examples
Use the provided Work Product estimation & planning sheet above while filling out the integrated WBS dictionary in VisualWBS. From the template, a unique document is created for the selected work package. We suggest that the responsible for a given WP fills out the WP sheet and return it back to the project planner or project manager. This way all the planning information is centralized in VisualWBS and will facilitate your scheduling and ressource allocation in Microsoft Project or Primavera.
