I want to share my analysis report on WBS in IT Project.

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S.W CHUNG

Hi everybody

This is my first participation in this group as one of the Microsoft Project
MVP

I’m not sure that I can share my knowledge in this site since here is Q&A
site.
Let me know correct place if I am going wrong way.

I am working in SAMSUNG SDS which is IT service provider in Korea.
we deliver more than 1000 IT project per year and I work in PMO(Project
Management Office) so I can handle all kinds of Project Data.. and I have to
analyze them and find some point of future improvement

I hope I can share my experience in Enterprise Project Managment not only
for system but for pratical management.

Resently, I have done some analysis on WBS in IT Project.
Let me share this result with you..

1. General Information
- sample size : 50 Projects

- average project total duration : 244 day
- longest project total duration : 617 day
- shortes project total duration : 53 day

- average number of work activity(including summary) : 546
- biggest number of work activity(including summary) : 3573
- shortest number of work activity(including summary) : 27

- average number of work package : 313
- biggest number of work package: 1685
- shortest number of work package : 23

2. Actual purpose of using Microsoft Project
- 26.1% : for managing Project
- 73.9% : not just for managing project actually
(43.5% : just for concepting project roughly
17.4% : just for planning project, not managing it
13.0% : just for drawing Gantt chart )

3. Apportionment of phase in IT Project Life cycle
< Duration >
- Initiation : 4.7%
- Analysis : 17.3%
- Design : 22.1%
- Development : 37.0%
- test and deployment : 18.4%

< work load >
- Initiation : 1.9%
- Analysis : 15.2%
- Design : 16.8%
- Development : 52.4%
- test and deployment : 13.7%

< Duration of projects that were actually managed by MS Project >
- Initiation : 2.2%
- Analysis : 14.9%
- Design : 20.3%
- Development : 48.2%
- test and deployment : 14.0%

< work load of projects that were actually managed by MS Project >
- Initiation : 0.7%
- Analysis : 15.8%
- Design : 17.4%
- Development : 50.7%
- test and deployment : 15.4%

4. Average duration of work package
- Projects that were actually managed by MS Project : 7.0 day
- Projects that were not actually managed by MS Project : 14.3 day

5. Depth of WBS (outline level)
- Projects that were actually managed by MS Project : 6.6 level
- Projects that were not actually managed by MS Project : 5.2 level

6. ratio of work package and total project duration (average duration of
work package / average total project duration )
- Projects that were actually managed by MS Project : 3.2 %
- Projects that were not actually managed by MS Project : 7.1 %

Actually, I reported some corrective actions and way of improving maturity
of project management to the management of my company. but it's internal
information of company so I didn't mention it.

If you want to know the detail, feel free to e-mail me doka00â€atâ€naver.com
By the way, I am still not sure that I found right place to share this.
If not, Let me know right place.

Thank you

S.W CHUNG
www.sds.samsung.com
 

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