The document provides instructions for developing a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and estimates for a project planning phase. Students are asked to use a template to breakdown the planning phase into deliverables, tasks, and subtasks using a top-down approach. Each lowest level task should have a single owner and be estimated in hours/minutes. The completed WBS should include at minimum 8 deliverables, 16 tasks, and 12 subtasks, and provide a total estimated time for the planning phase in hours.

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Work Breakdown Structure and EstimationSubmit: Individual: Work Breakdown
StructureRequired Template: WBS Outline Template.xlsxDownload WBS Outline
Template.xlsxThe Work Breakdown Structure is the document that details ALL work
activities to be done over the lifespan of the project. The WBS is a top-down breakdown of
each work package (also know as a deliverable) until it is at the most basic level of having
one task and one owner. This step, in addition to estimating the work, is essential to
perform because it allows a prediction of how many hours (effort) of work a project will
take to implement as well as how much it will cost to implement. It will also help identify
risks.Individual Assignment #2: Work Breakdown Structure Requirements:You must use
the required template. It is an outline format.You will include the 1st phase of your WBS, the
Planning Phase.You will include all work that should be completed during the Planning
Phase. You will have your major work packages/deliverables followed by all tasks and
subtasks.Phase->Deliverables->Tasks->Subtasks (4 levels of work breakdown)
Example:Phase: PlanningDeliverable: Marketing (This is your work package, and you would
have many tasks/subtasks under 1 deliverable).Task: Create Health Fair flyersSubtasks:
Create 2 different flyer options; Submit flyers for approval; Edit flyers; Submit flyers for
final approvalAt a minimum, you will have 8 deliverables, 16 tasks, and 12 subtasks.
Students are encouraged to go above these minimums.Use an action verb when writing
tasks/subtasks such as “Create flyers” instead of “flyers”.At the lowest level of the
breakdown, each task should have one specific owner.Once the work is broken down, use a
bottom up approach to estimate time to complete each task.Report estimated time to
completion in minutes/hours in (parentheses) next to each task or sub taskReport total
estimated time to completion for the Planning Phase in hours in (parentheses) on the WBS.
Example: If a task was to take 6 hours and 15 minutes, you would report that as (6.25
hours)Individual WBS Video Instructions: