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Project Management Orientation

The Importance of the OBS

Have you ever worked on a project that did not have an Organizational Breakdown Structure?  What happened?  More than likely, project staff did not know who else was working on the different parts of the project, and did not know who to ask when questions arose.  The OBS helps project staff understand how they fit into the overall project and how information flows between the units delivering the project.


Creating the OBS

To create the OBS, complete the following steps:

1: Getting Started
2: Define the Project Team
3: Team Management
4: Identify and Validate Requirements
5: Create Decomposition Structures
6: Risk Management
7: Project Estimates
8: Project Schedules
9: Change Management
10: Project Control and Execution
Defining the Project
11: Project Management Review
12: Project Closeout
13: Project Management Tool Suite
14: Self-Assessment and Final Exam
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