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Work Breakdown Structure
A tool to allow PMs and Contractors to break large tasks into smaller, understandable sub-tasks |
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| a Product-Oriented definition of the Entire System to any desired level of detail |
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| Name the 3 overall purposes of using WBS. |
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Organizational
Technical
Business |
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| What do the first 3 levels of the WBS constitute? |
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Level 1: Defense Materiel Item [DMI] (Aircraft Sys.)
Level 2: Major Elements of the DMI
Level 3: Major Subordinate Elements of each Major Element of the DMI |
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| What is the organizational purpose of WBS? |
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Road Map for concurrent management of the program
Provides structure for assigning multi-disciplinary IPT’s |
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| What is the technical purpose of WBS? |
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Relates to SOW and CLIN development
Product Tree for technical efforts
A tool for Risk Assessment
Provides for establishing interface identification and control
Provides product items by group for specification development
A tool for managing engineering change proposals
Provides a structure for work package authorization and work orders and material/part ordering
Provides a structure for reviews and audits |
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| What is the Business Purpose of WBS? |
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Provides structure for Budgets and cost estimates
Provides a structure to collect and analyze costs for CPR or EV reporting |
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| Who develops the first 3 levels of the WBS? |
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| What are 3 determining factors of how low a contract WBS goes? |
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At least to the lowest level contractually required for status reporting.
Factors:
Hi Risk
Hi Cost
Hi Complexity |
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| What is the lowest level of a complete Contract WBS? |
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| The WBS level at which management control is established |
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| From an Engineer's perspective, what could Cost Accounts include? |
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