Exploring the WBS feature in Microsoft Project
On the positive side, Microsoft Project inherently supports a robust hierarchical tree data structure in all the main views where it is required. You can effortlessly translate your external WBS into a Microsoft Project schedule. We will explore task organization in detail in Chapter 7, Tasks – under the Microscope.
On the flip side, Microsoft Project provides only rudimentary explicit support to WBS, primarily in the form of special WBS-related columns. This is highlighted in the following screenshot:
Figure 6.4 – WBS columns in Microsoft Project
From the preceding screenshot, we can observe the following:
- The Gantt chart view is shown in the preceding screenshot, but this discussion is applicable to all other task-based views.
- Right-click on any of the column headers and in the pop-up menu, choose Insert Column. Type
WBSor scroll down the list of predefined fields to locate the...
