WBS

* This breakdown groups work packages by type of work within a deliverable and allows assignment of responsibility to an organizational unit. This extra step facilitates a system for monitoring project progress

 •WBS

–Facilitates evaluation of cost, time, and technical performance of the organization on a project.

–Provides management with information appropriate
to each organizational level.

–Helps in the development of the organization breakdown structure (OBS). which assigns project responsibilities to organizational units and individuals

–Helps manage plan, schedule, and budget.

–Defines communication channels and assists
in coordinating the various project elements.

•Organizational Breakdown Structure (OBS)

–Depicts how the firm is organized to discharge its work responsibility for a project.

•Provides a framework to summarize
organization work unit performance.

•Identifies organization units responsible
for work packages.

•Ties the organizational units
to cost control accounts.