How is a WBS Template Created?
The first step is to focus on an area of tasks that is usually required in many of your projects — it may be training, communication to clients, project management tasks, etc. Gather the experts in that area and explain that by investing some time up front, they will create a generic template that can be re-used and will save them from having to brainstorm the same tasks for each project. If you have previous project plans that cover the area of focus, use those, as a valuable input to the process. Have everyone brainstorm a list of tasks and then organize the tasks into groupings of related tasks. Sequence the tasks within each grouping to help identify missing tasks. If useful, link the tasks to indicate dependency relationships. When looking at the area of focus, remember to include all of the potential sub-groups of tasks or activity options that relate to this area. It is better to have more options than leave one out. When documenting the tasks, use generic language that will re
