Defining tasks

Remember when we discussed the work breakdown structure (WBS) and you reviewed how to decompose large deliverables down to the work package level? Now, we will take those work packages and decompose them to the task level. This is where the WBS begins to influence the schedule but is still not a schedule. We will use the WBS to get to the task level, and once that occurs we will have a task list and milestones that will guide the creation of the actual schedule and the baseline. I realize that for the most part I’m writing philosophy here. We are involved in the realm of easier said than done right now. This piece can be very time consuming especially if you have never done a project before or you are working on something totally new. For the sake of the exam, the defining of tasks process is self-explanatory, meaning you don’t need to know a whole...