Planning- Project Management Plan
- Change Management Plan
- Project Roadmap
- Scope Management Plan
- Requirements Management Plan
- Requirements Documentation
- Requirements raceability Matrix
- Project Scope Statement
- Work Breakdown Structure
- WBS Dictionary
- Schedule Management Plan
- Activity list
- Activity attributes
- Milestone list
- Network diagram
- Duration estimates
- Duration estimates worksheet
- Project schedule
- Cost management plan
- Cost estimates
- Cost estimating worksheet
- Cost baseline
- Quality management plan
- Quality metrics
- Responsibility assignment matrix (RAM)
- Resource management plan
- Team charter
- Resource requirements
- Resource breakdown structure
- Communications management plan
- Risk management plan
- Risk register
- Risk report
- Probability and impact assessment
- Probability and impact matrix
- Risk data sheet
- Procurement management plan
- Procurement strategy
- Source selection criteria
- Stakeholder engagement plan
Resource breakdown structure
The resource breakdown structure is a hierarchical structure used to organize the resources by type and category. It can be shown as a hierarchical chart or as an outline.
The resource breakdown structure can receive information from:
- Assumption log
- Resource management plan
- Scope baseline
- Activity attributes
It provides information to:
- Duration estimates worksheet
The resource breakdown structure is an output from process 9.2 Estimate Activity Resources in the PMBOK® Guide – Sixth Edition. Resources are based on the project scope. Therefore, if the scope is known and stable, the requirements should remain relatively stable. If the scope is evolving, the resource requirements will evolve as well.
Tailoring tips
Consider the following tips to help tailor the resource breakdown structure to meet your needs:
- For projects with many different types of team resources you may want to decompose the team branch further by including information on skill level, required certifications, location, or other information.
- For projects that have different locations you may want to organize the resource breakdown structure by geography.
Alignment
The resource breakdown structure should be aligned and consistent with the following documents:
- Resource management plan
- Resource requirements
