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You've just completed the WBS. Which of the following statements is true?

A. The WBS breaks the project deliverables down to a level where alternatives identification can be used to determine how level-two assignments should be made.

B. The WBS breaks the project deliverables down to the work package level, where product analysis can be documented.

C. The WBS breaks the project deliverables down to the work package level, where cost and time estimates can be easily determined.

D. The WBS breaks the project deliverables down to a level where project constraints and assumptions can be easily identified.

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Question added by Muhammad Farooq , QA-QC MANAGER , AL Bawani contracting co.
Date Posted: 2017/06/12
ZULFIQAR ALI
by ZULFIQAR ALI , Planning/ Project Control Manager , King Abdullah University Of Science And Technology

Option C is the correct answer.

C. The WBS breaks the proejct deliverables down to the work package level, where cost and time estimates can be easily determined.

Muhammad Farooq
by Muhammad Farooq , QA-QC MANAGER , AL Bawani contracting co.

Explanation: Option C

The work package level is the lowest level in the work breakdown structure. Schedule and cost estimates are easily determined at this level.

Arvind Arya
by Arvind Arya , Additional Chief Engineer , Ajmer Development Authority

As name suggest WBS - Work Breakdown Structure, the purpose of preparing WBS of any project is to drill down to the lowest possible level to have a good understanding of the project. Thereby we can work out cost, time and resource requirements.

So answer "C" is correct.

Sattar Abdulkarim  Mohamed
by Sattar Abdulkarim Mohamed , Country Sales Director , Ideal Technical Solutions

Follower for our colleagues answers.

Binil Paul
by Binil Paul , Sr. Planning Engineer , KEO International Consultants

option C and option D ............................