Course Description:
This course reviews the role of a work breakdown structure (WBS) in an engineering design project. Together, the WBS and scope statement form the scope baseline which defines the work of the project. The course demonstrates why the development and utilization of a WBS is an important part of an engineering project.
A goal of the course is to help project professionals and design leaders to develop a quality WBS that matches up with the scope statement, budget line items, and schedule activities. A main benefit to this integrated approach is to avoid scope creep. Example WBS charts, tables, lists, and dictionaries are provided.
Other topics covered include scope management, change management, and practical takeaways.
• Develop skills for managing scope in an engineering project
• Understanding how baseline scope, scope statement, and WBS are related
• Learn to develop a WBS chart, table, list and dictionary
• Learn to integrate a WBS, budget, and schedule for a design project
• Learn techniques for managing changes in scope
• Understand how to identify scope creep
• Learn approaches for preventing scope creep and gold plating
