BSAD1016 Project Management

Week #4 Assignment - Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

Following are three different camping trip scenarios, with details about who, where, how long, when, and what.Create a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) for any one of the three scenarios. Each WBS should be accompanied by a simple, static Assumption Log that helps to explain the boundaries that you have assumed in your WBS preparation.

Here are some basic guidelines for your work:

• You may choose any suitable WBS format that you wish to present your results
• The top level of your WBS is "Camping Trip"
• The second level needs to have at least four major deliverables
• Each second level deliverable needs at least one third level deliverable or work package, and some will have more, perhaps many more
• At least one third level deliverable needs to decompose into deeper level work packages
• The associated Assumption Log for the WBS should be organized as simple point form notes (do not use online templates). Remember these things about simple, static assumption logs:
  • Entries should relate directly to the WBS, explaining why some work packages are included or alternatively why some work packages are excluded
  • Entries should not simply be restatements of facts provided in the specification of the assignment, but may in some cases rely on those facts to trigger the inclusion or exclusion of certain work packages
  • Useful assumption log entry formats include "if ..... then .....", or "since ..... then .....", or possibly "it is assumed that ....... therefore .......)

Choose one of these three scenarios to prepare WBS and associated Assumption Log.

Specification	Family Trip	Bicycle Trip	Canoe Trip
WHO?	Six persons: father, mother, grandmother in wheelchair, and three children ages 13, 8, 2, all live together in Vancouver	Four persons: two couples, all persons aged less than 35, in fit shape, and all persons possess Canadian student visas and currently live in Vancouver	Nine persons: nine friends ages 25 to 35 currently living in different locations worldwide
WHERE?	Lightning Lakes Campground at Manning Park, BC	New Zealand	Algonquin Park, Ontario, Canada
HOW LONG?	Five days, four nights	Three weeks	Twelve nights
WHEN?	Early July 2024	January 2025	August 2024
WHAT?	Vehicle camping trip - drive to site and camp in tent(s)	Bicycle camping trip, taking in parts of both islands	Deep wilderness canoe camping trip - three individuals per canoe
OTHER?	Overnight rain storms are common in the mountains. The campsite has no electrical outlets. Clean drinking water is readily available. Open fires are allowed and firewood may be purchased on site. Cell coverage is intermittent and unpredictable at Lightning Lakes. The nearest community is Princeton, 70 km.	Travelers will camp five nights each week and will spend two nights in hotels. There will be opportunity to buy groceries/supplies along the route on most days. The group is not accompanied by a supply/support vehicle. None of the participants has ever visited New Zealand before.	There are no shopping options in the park - travelers must arrive at the launch point with all necessary supplies for the duration of the trip. There is no cell coverage anywhere on the planned route. There are no medical facilities anywhere in the park. Wild animal encounters are probable.