How a Manager Helps Fight the Complexity of the World. WBS Diagrams.

WBS (Work Breakdown Structure): how hierarchical work decomposition helps a manager cope with project complexity.

WBS: The Art of Decomposition

A large project is frightening because of its complexity. WBS (Work Breakdown Structure) allows you to "cut the elephant into pieces": break one common goal down into small, understandable tasks.

Why is this needed?

So that nothing is forgotten and labor costs are estimated accurately. When you see a project as a hierarchy of tasks, it becomes clear who is responsible for what and where the project's critical points are.