Tips on WBS and Activity Description:
Most planners use any available template for preparing the WBS & Activity list, without considering the pattern of BOQ. Later they may suffer in preparing the status reports for higher management as the focus of higher management would be in the progress achieved against BOQ or say the progress achieved in ‘Money’ terms. The BOQ can be prepared in various ways; for example some may prepare it structure wise & others may prepare it Item of work wise. The available template is useful only if the Procurement Strategy & Scope is similar and the BOQ pattern is same. Please go through my previous article *Planning to prepare a Plan" to pickup the threads. The article is available on my website & blog for which the links are given at the bottom line of this article. One may also access the article on linked-in. The most practical way is to prepare the WBS & activities based on the format of BOQ. In case where the BOQ is prepared Structure wise, after the Project t...