Glossary term
What is Work breakdown structure (WBS)?
In Apex Flow Academy, "Work breakdown structure (WBS)" means: A tree that splits all the project work into smaller and smaller pieces of things to produce. It is taught in Project Management and Agile: Run Projects That Ship. Related terms include MoSCoW, Work package, Requirement and Acceptance criteria. Every Apex Flow Academy course lists the official sources it checked.
- 1 course teaches it
- plain-word definition
The facts
What is Work breakdown structure (WBS)?
A tree that splits all the project work into smaller and smaller pieces of things to produce.
Where is Work breakdown structure (WBS) taught?
Work breakdown structure (WBS) is defined in Project Management and Agile: Run Projects That Ship.
Which lessons cover Work breakdown structure (WBS)?
These lessons name it in their title or objectives:
- Project Management and Agile: Run Projects That Ship, lesson 2.2: The Work Breakdown Structure: Split the Project Into Pieces You Can Manage
Which terms are related to Work breakdown structure (WBS)?
Next to Work breakdown structure (WBS) in the course glossaries: MoSCoW, Work package, Requirement, Acceptance criteria, Stakeholder, Baseline, Sponsor and Change request.
MoSCoWWork packageRequirementAcceptance criteriaStakeholderBaselineSponsorChange request
The hard questions, answered straight
Bold questions people really ask. Each answer comes from the course data or a settled Academy fact.
Do I need experience before I learn Work breakdown structure (WBS)?
It depends on the course. Each course that teaches it lists its own prerequisites, and all are listed at beginner level:
- Project Management and Agile: Run Projects That Ship: None. You do not need any project management experience.