Gary is the project manager of a small project for his organization. You are serving as a project management consultant to this project. Gary tells you that because his project is so small, he doesn’t feel the need to create a WBS. You tell Gary that it’s in the project’s best interest for him to follow through and create the WBS. Why must Gary and the project team create a WBS?

A. The WBS allows the project manager to work backward from the targeted date to assign tasks.

B. The WBS allows the project manager to assign resources to tasks.

C. The creation of the WBS ensures that all of the project deliverables are fully identified and decomposed so that the necessary resources may be obtained and assigned to the work.
D. The WBS allows the project manager to assign multiple team members to multiple tasks to speed up the implementation.