The Work Breakdown Structure in Government Contracting

by Haugan, Gregory T.

• ISBN13: 9781567261202
• ISBN10: 1567261205
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-01-01
• Publisher: Management Concepts Inc

Table of Contents

Foreword	xiii
Preface	xv
Introduction to the Work Breakdown Structure	1	(18)
The Project Problem and Solution	1	(6)
Background of the WBS Concept	7	(9)
Early U.S. Government Activities	7	(5)
The Project Management Institute and the PMBOK® Guide	12	(4)
The WBS in the Government	16	(1)
The WBS in the Project Management Process	16	(3)
Work Breakdown Structure Fundamentals	19	(34)
The 100 Percent Rule	19	(2)
Anatomy of a WBS	21	(11)
Product Projects Breakdown	23	(1)
Service Projects Breakdown	23	(2)
Results Projects Breakdown	25	(1)
Cross-Cutting Elements	26	(4)
Project Management	30	(2)
WBS Dictionary	32	(2)
Control Account: EVMS	34	(1)
Work Packages	34	(1)
Appropriate Level of Detail	35	(1)
Use of the WBS to Develop Activities	35	(6)
The WBS and Activities	36	(2)
Activity Definition	38	(3)
Inputs versus Outputs---Resources versus Deliverables	41	(3)
Input versus Output Elements	41	(1)
Deliverables versus Intermediate Outputs	41	(3)
Numbering the WBS	44	(2)
Alternate Structure Concepts	46	(4)
Other Categorizations	50	(3)
Lifecycle Planning: Programs and Phases	53	(14)
Lifecycle Phases	53	(3)
Lifecycle WBS Concepts	56	(5)
Department of Defense Program WBS and the Lifecycle	61	(1)
Office of Management and Budget Lifecycle Planning	62	(1)
Phases within Projects	62	(5)
Government Requirements and the WBS	67	(18)
Government Performance Management Policy: History and Status	67	(6)
Background	68	(2)
Government Activities	70	(1)
Industry Activities	71	(1)
Professional Association Activities	72	(1)
Program/Project Structure Requirements	73	(5)
Implementation of WBS Requirements at Government Agencies	73	(5)
Concept for a Standard Agency WBS	78	(1)
WBS Requirements Placed on Contractors by Government Agencies	78	(1)
Program/Project Management	78	(7)
Risk Management	78	(2)
Integrated Product Teams	80	(2)
Earned Value Management System	82	(3)
The WBS in Project Operations	85	(18)
Scope Management	85	(2)
Project Charter	85	(1)
Statement of Work	86	(1)
Time Management	87	(2)
Cost Management	89	(5)
Bottom-Up Cost Estimation	89	(3)
Collection of Historical Data	92	(1)
Chart of Accounts Linkage	92	(1)
Earned Value Management System Implementation	93	(1)
Budgeting	94	(1)
Communications	94	(1)
Procurement Management	95	(1)
Quality and Technical Performance Management	96	(1)
Human Resource Management	97	(1)
Risk Management	97	(1)
Project Integration Management	98	(5)
Project Plan	98	(1)
Configuration Management	98	(2)
Systems Engineering	100	(3)
WBS Examples and Descriptions	103	(10)
Example 1---WBS for a Book Writing Project	103	(2)
Example 2---WBS for a Dinnner Party Project	105	(1)
Example 3---WBS for a Museum Exhibit Project (Project Definition Phase)	106	(2)
Example 4---WBS for a Planning Phase	108	(3)
Example 5---WBS for a Major Department of Energy Program	111	(2)
WBS Principles, Steps, and Checklist	113	(6)
WBS Principles	113	(2)
Top Level	113	(1)
Product Projects	113	(1)
Service Projects	114	(1)
Results Projects	114	(1)
Common Principles	114	(1)
Steps in Developing a WBS	115	(1)
Checklist	116	(3)
Bibliography	119	(2)
Index	121