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Which is more efficient way of organizing the schedule, though WBS or activity code?

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Question added by Saadil Pezhumkattil Valenchery , Project Engineer/Senior Planning Engineer , WorleyParsons-Arabian Industries JV
Date Posted: 2016/07/20
ZULFIQAR ALI
by ZULFIQAR ALI , Planning/ Project Control Manager , King Abdullah University Of Science And Technology

In P3, mostly all planners were using activity code. However in P6 mostly all planners are using WBS.

 

At same time many planners uses activity coding in addition to WBS so that they may organize the schedule as per requirements.

Imran Ahmed
by Imran Ahmed , Manager-Planning & Delay Analyst , Nesma United Industries (NUI) Saudi Arabia

 

It is prefered to build a schedule utilizing a WBS, in a traditional manner, to layout the projects deliverables and workflow.Then use Activity Codes to supplement the ability to group, filter, and sort project data. Therefore, enhancing performance analysis and reporting. Project integration to Master Projects, owner requirements, and project management principles are other factors to consider when deciding how to structure projects.

 

  1. The following are WBS attributes that cannot be performed and/or utilized by Activity Codes:
  2. WBS Summary Activities: A great way to highlight a Level 2 Schedule with a neat waterfall flow and to manage resources and costs at a rolled up level
  3. WBS elements can have Notebooks assigned
  4. WBS elements can have Work Products and Documents assigned
  5. Security can be assigned at the WBS level
  6. Thresholds, Risks, and Issues can be monitored and tracked at the WBS level
  7. Budgets, Spending Plans, and Budgets Logs can be managed and tracked at the WBS level
  8. Copying activities is a much easier task when grouped by WBS
  9. Earned Value attributes including WBS EV Milestones can be set at the WBS level
  10. The Tracking View is designed to use WBS elements
  11. Long range Resource Planning can be performed at the WBS level

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