Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
WBS is a set of activities based on scope, that need to be carried out within a project to deliver it.
Initiation
WBS Activities Deliverables Resources Milestone
1) Identify idea Formal 1) Architects 1) Get idea
2) Research/Brainstorm 1) Business 2) Project approved
3) Identify Sponsor Case Manager
4) Identify (key) 2) Project 3) Business
stakeholders Charter Analysts
5) Finalise idea Informal 4) Project
6) Identify heuristic 1) Meeting Sponsor
estimate Minutes
7) Get idea approved
Planning
WBS Activities Deliverables Resources Milestones
1) Workshops 1) High level 1) Architects 1) Finalising
with business requirements 2) Designers Architecture
users, 2) Hardware/software 3) Testing 2) Finalising
architects, requirements Teamlead Design
and business 3) Solution and 3) Finalising
analysts for Architecture Testers Schedule
identifying 4) Network 4) Training 4) Finalising
high level Infrastructure Teamlead Budget
requirements architecture and 5) Finalising
and hardware 5) Detailed Trainers Resource
and software requirements 5) Business Plan
requirements. 6) Design Analysts 6) Finalising
2) Finalise effort requirements 6) Recruiter Project
3) Finalise 7) Test Plans s Management
duration 8) Training Plans Plan
4) Finalise 9) Schedule the
resource plan resource plan and
5) Commence budget document
recruitment 10) Project
activities and Management Plan
procurement 11) Integration
activities Management Plan
12) Risk Management
Plan
13) Communication
and Change
management plan
14) Scope
Management Plan
15) Time Management
Plan
16) Cost Management
Plan
17) Quality
Management Plan
18) Human Resource
Management Plan
19) Procurement
Management Plan
20) Stakeholder
Management Plan
Testing Types
1) Unit Testing
2) Integration Testing
3) User Acceptance Testing
4) Stress Testing
5) Volume Testing
6) Performance Testing
7) Data Migration Testing
8) Black Box Testing
9) White Box Testing
Ten knowledge Areas of a Project
1) Integration Management
2) Time Management
3) Scope Management
4) Cost Management
5) Communication and Change Management
6) Quality Management
7) Human Resource Management
8) Risk Management
9) Stakeholder Management
10) Procurement Management
Execution
WBS Activities Deliverables Resources Milestones
Software Project 1) System and 1) Testers 1) Completing
1) Run kick-off Integration 2) Designers Unit Testing
meetings Test Case 3) Configurations and Coding
2) Coding 2) User Specialists 2) Completing
3) Unit Testing Acceptance 4) Developers User
4) System and Test Case 5) Trainers Acceptance
Integration 3) Unit Test Case 6) Business Testing
Testing 4) Volume Test Analysts 3) Completing
5) User Case 7) Architects System and
Acceptance 5) Black Box Test 8) Team Leaders Integration
Testing Case 9) Chief Testing
6) Stress Testing 6) Stress Test Architects 4) Completing
7) Volume Case 10) End-Users Volume
Testing 7) Data 11) Project Testing
8) Performance Migration Manager 5) Completing
Testing Test Case 12) Project Stress Testing
9) Data Migration 8) Performance Sponsor 6) Completing
Testing Test Case 13) Stakeholders Data
10) Black Box 9) White Box Migration
Testing Test Case Testing
11) Implement 10) Post go live
solution and go case/Post
live implementing
regression
Network Infrastructure testcase
Project 11) User Manual
12) Setup and and Training
Configuration Materials
of devices 12) Test Results
testing
(routers/switch
testing)
13) Audit Testing
14) Configuration
Audit
15) Unit Testing
16) System and
Integration
Testing
17) User
Acceptance
Testing
18) Stress Testing
19) Volume
Testing
20) Performance
Testing
21) Data Migration
Testing
22) Black Box
Testing
23) Go live
Monitoring and Controlling
WBS Activities Deliverables Resources Milestones
1) Change 1) Project Status
Request Report
Management 2) Risk Log
2) Risk 3) Issue Log
Management
3) Issue
Management
4) Earned Value
Management
5) Team
Meetings
Closing
WBS Activities Deliverables Resources Milestones
1) Transition 1) Handover 1) Manager 1) Project
2) Handover checklists 2) Team Leader Overlapping
a. Handove 2) Transition 3) Tester
r all Materials 4) Trainer
checklists
b. Getting
paid
