Assigning Activities to WBS

Assigning Activities to WBS is important while creating a time schedule. Learn how to create WBS activities in easy, fast, and clear steps.

Assigning Activities to WBS :

• If you are not familiar with WBS definition you should know that WBS refers to ” Work Breakdown Structure ” that is presented with a hierarchal shape which groups activities into easily manageable components.
  

• The Figure above is for a very simple “WBS” with the minimum number of activities just to explain how can we assign activities to WBS in easy steps.

• To assign activities we have two methods :
  

1. Assign Each Activity to its WBS on Primavera
   
2. Assign Activities using EXCEL.
   

• Using Primavera:
  

1. Create your WBS on Primavera
   

   
   

   1. Create Your Activities using Primavera OR Excel
      

      
      

      

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   2. Select every single activity and start assigning its related WBS
      

      
      

• Using EXCEL:
  

1. After creating your WBS and Activities EXPORT your activities to EXCEL as ( .xls ) File
   

1. Make sure that you select (WBS code) is visible in the exported excel file
   

1. Now you will see the WBS Code Column
   

   
   

2. Make sure that the format of this column is text so Primavera can be able to read it
   

   
   

3. Now start Typing or Copying your WBS code for each activity
   

   
   

4. Import the excel file to primavera and this is the result
   

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