Talk:Product breakdown structure

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[edit] PBS vs WBS

I removed the following example as it is a work breakdown structure (WBS) and not a PBS.

WBS of a baking a cake:

  • Gather recipy
    • Gather ingredients
      • Mix ingredient
    • Gather tools
      • Mix
      • Put it in a
      • Bake Cake

Everything in the example above is about activities in baking a cake. An example of PBS of a cake:

  • Cake
    • Icing
      • List of ingredients...
    • Sponge base
      • List of ingredients...
    • Cake box

Rellis1067 10:21, 4 September 2005 (UTC)

A product breakdown structure has a far wider application then just defining a project deliverable.

It is used in (for example) systems engineering in conjunction with a functional breakdown, your off-the-shelf car maintenance manual to illustrate the bits that make up the engine and where they fit into higher-level assemblies (an illustrated parts breakdown IPB), and MIL-STD-13882B compliant databases for military logistics support.

And I'm not sure how the reference to Prince2 adds to the definition of product breakdown structure.

ALH