Benefits.

Structuring your project enables you to define the necessary research activities and to assign them to team members. Your first Gantt chart will ensue from the WBS; it represents the key element for further planning and controlling activities.

When to apply?

As soon as the project objectives have been set.

How to?

Define the sub-projects with regard to time or content, each of them
oken down into work packages that can be delegated as whole units. Define their dependencies and duration to obtain your first Gantt chart.