Work Breakdown Structure Pitfalls

A work breakdown structure is a tree-like structure that permits summing of subordinate costs for tasks, materials, etc., into their successively higher level “parent” tasks, materials, etc. For each element of the work breakdown structure, a description of the task to be performed is generated. This technique (sometimes called a System Breakdown Structure) is used to define and organize the total scope of a project.

A work breakdown structure(WBS) is a useful tool for managers, if care is not taken, it can be ill-designed and misused.

Lets have a looks at some common pitfalls while creating WBS.

The idea behind this is to avoid these common mistakes while designing Work Breakdown Structure.