Chapter 3. Organizing your Projects with EPS, OBS, and WBS

In this chapter we start with the big picture – how will you organize your projects and your people, and how will you organize the work within the projects themselves? This organization may be quite simple for a small company that is only managing a handful of simple projects. However, for larger companies, organizing can become quite complex. Fortunately, P6 can handle a wide range of user needs. In this chapter we will go through the basic elements of project structure:

  • Organizational Breakdown Structure (OBS)
  • Enterprise Project Structure (EPS)
  • Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

By the end of this chapter readers should feel comfortable designing and setting up EPS, OBS, and WBS for their own ...

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