Project Management Glossary

Waterfall Model.  The Waterfall Model is a life-cycle model applied to the project management ans systems engineering of a product.

WBS Software.  WBS software provides a tool to allow the project manager to visualise the work breakdown structure associated with the project.

Work Breakdown Structure (WBS).  A work breakdown structure (WBS) provides a hierarchically structured decomposition of the activities (grouped into work packages) that are required to be completed to complete the project.

Work Package.  A work package is the basic building block of a work breakdown structure.

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