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#BIMpill – Work Breakdown Structure vs. Product Breakdown Structure

Una delle espressioni più popolari nella pianificazione di un progetto, specialmente quando si cerca di darsi un tono, è WBS (acronimo per Work Breakdown Structure). Il termine viene invocato ogni volta che ci si trova in presenza di un codice da assegnare agli oggetti e, nel 90% dei casi, viene utilizzato a sproposito.

Vi è una differenza sostanziale tra WBS, la suddivisione gerarchica delle lavorazioni, e la PBS (Product Breakdown Structure) ovvero la suddivisione gerarchica dei prodotti. Lavorando in BIM, ci si trova in presenza di un modello per sua natura orientato ad oggetti, in cui ad ogni oggetto corrisponde più di una lavorazione o le lavorazioni sono agganciate ad oggetti la cui modellazione esplicita porta scarso valore aggiunto al resto degli usi. Si tratta del problema primario che ci si trova ad affrontare nell’uso di un modello informativo per la pianificazione delle sequenze di lavorazione (che qualcuno chiama “4d”).

A Product Breakdown Structure (PBS) is a hierarchical structure of things that the project will make or outcomes that it will deliver. It can be thought of as the project “shopping list.” It decomposes a “Main Project Product” into its constituent parts in the form of a hierarchical structure.

The Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) provides a hierarchical structure of project activity.
The WBS forms the basis of the Project Plan, decomposing the main project into stages, then workpackages then into sub-activities per work-package. The levels of detail are dependent upon the complexity of the project.

Nell’operare questa distinzione, non ci viene purtroppo in soccorso la UNI 11648:2016, in cui ci si dice che la WBS può essere organizzata per:

  • fasi del progetto;
  • principali deliverable;
  • discipline di attività;
  • localizzazione del lavoro.

Nella pillola di questa settimana, vediamo le differenze tra WBS e PBS e qualche trucco per distinguerle. Sul modello, è molto più efficace implementare una buona struttura gerarchica dei prodotti, cui successivamente (e con strumento dedicato) associare le lavorazioni.

Buoni riferimenti è la pagina relativa all’argomento sul sito dell’Association for Project Management, da cui sono prese le definizioni superiori. Trovate anche un sito completamente dedicato all’argomento.

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