TABLE OF CONTENTS The Enterprise Project Structure - EPSand Work Breakdown Structure - WBS functions werediscussed earlier as a method of organizing projects and activities under hierarchical structures.There are alternative features available in Primavera Version 4.1 for grouping, sorting andfiltering activities, resources and project information:
Activity Codes
Project Codes
Resource Codes
Cost Accounts
OBS
These functions are addressed in this book but are not examined in detail.
A Project Breakdown Structure represents a hierarchical breakdown of a project into logicalfunctional elements. Some organizations have highly organized and disciplined structures with rules for creating and coding the elements of the structure. Some clients also impose a WBS codeon a contractor for reporting and/or claiming payments. The following are examples of suchstructures:
| Work Breakdown Structure, breaking down the project into theelements of work required to complete a project. |
| Code of Accounts or also know as CostBreakdown Structure. Often this includes costs that are not included in a schedule suchas insurances and overheads. The WBS would in this situation represent part of the COA. |
| Organization Breakdown Structure, showing the hierarchicalmanagement structure of a project. Primavera Version 4.1 has a predefined field for this breakdownstructure. |
| Contract Breakdown Structure, showing the breakdown ofcontracts into elements. |
| System Breakdown Structure, a SystemEngineering method of breaking down a complex system into elements. |
| Product Breakdown Structure, a PRINCE2term used for the breakdown of project deliverables under two headings of ProjectManagement and Specialists products. |
