Talk:Product breakdown structure

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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)[reply]

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

Outdated example

The example of the computer is seems increasingly archaic (how many computer displays now include a cathode ray tube?) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.91.183.238 (talk) 22:09, 24 June 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I agree - the PC example is outdated. Also it is weird that CPU & RAM go under motherboard. They are connected, but not subcomponents of the motherboard. Also the mouse with a ball could be something that the younger generation may not understand. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.122.19.66 (talk) 08:55, 9 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Agreed as well, and without a clear description of the project's purpose, I think this antiquated example doesn't contribute to understanding. I propose deleting it. "Six by nine. Forty two." (talk) 16:56, 6 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]