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Title: Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), creation, rules and benefits

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Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), creation, rules and benefits

Do you know that WBS is the most important tool in the project manager’s tool box? Did you ever use it to help you estimate your project cost or schedule? A detailed and well-organized WBS will enable you to organize and plan your projects. Join us to find out how WBS can enable you to improve the project outcome

Agenda

1. The planning process and elements
2. Definitions. What is WBS
3. How to create a Work Breakdown Structure?
4. 10 rules for creating WBS
5. 20 advantages for using a Work Breakdown Structure?

How will you benefit from attending?

Upon completion of the sessions participants will be able to:

1. 1.Produce a framework for organizing and managing their projects
2. 2.Know how to plan projects
3. 3.Create a 4x4 WBS
4. 4.List the rules governing the creation of a WBS
5. 5.Explain the benefits of constructing a WBS

You will also receive a Handout containing, Planning tower, rules governing the creation of WBS and the benefits of using WBS.

Sami Fahmy, P.Eng., PhD, PMP, RMP is past president of Northern Alberta chapter (NAC). He is the founder and president of Performance Excellence Institute, a consulting firm dedicated to enhance project managers’ performance. We are teaching the latest and most advanced approaches to Project management and Communications Management. Dr. Fahmy is a Civil Engineer by education and a Project Manager by education and training. He has 40+ years of PM practical experience covering a wide range of project Management and technical areas, including 30 years with Public Works and Government Services Canada, where he led the training of around 130 Project Managers.

Dr. Fahmy's enthusiasm for teaching makes him a highly informative, interactive, and entertaining educator. He is one of Alberta’s most in-demand construction educators. He has taught courses (including courses at the graduate-level) for NAIT, the University of Calgary, and the University of Alberta. He is a Global Registered Educational Provider (REP) with the Project Management Institute (PMI).