Research on Work Breakdown Structure of IT Project

Abstract

Work Breakdown Structure of IT project is one basic part of IT project management. IT project valuation and price, IT project objective control, IT project procurement and IT project contract management are all connected with IT Work breakdown Structure. This paper studies IT work breakdown structure and the meaning of each level including IT project, monomial works, unit works, subsection works and subentry works by analyzing the purpose of IT Work Breakdown Structure. Based on the research above, this paper makes a detailed research on the breakdown of monomial works including communication engineering, software development, system integration and website construction, thus putting forward IT work breakdown structure and breakdown structure of the four monomial works mentioned above. With the rapid development of information technology and the projectized trend of information technology activities, IT has become one of the most comprehensive application areas of project management following the construction and aerospace (1). IT project management is a rising management branch of knowledge and it is in the process of being an independent subject system as well as an important branch of project management. IT Work Breakdown Structure, IT Organization Breakdown Structure and IT Contract Breakdown Structure are foundation of IT project management. IT project management model, IT project valuation, IT project price, IT project objective control, IT project procurement and IT project contract management are inseparable from IT Work Breakdown Structure; that's to say, they all need to be carried out based on IT Work Breakdown Structure. In order to actualize IT project management scientifically, normatively, systematically and effectively, it is necessary to decompose the IT project. At the present time, there are a few researches related to IT Work Breakdown Structure with some immature production. This paper makes a study on the purpose of IT Work Breakdown Structure, the breakdown levels of IT projects and the meanings of each level, Breakdown structure of monomial works including communication engineering, software development, system integration and website construction.