A project manager is creating a WBS. The team is struggling to decompose a specific complex deliverable that will be built six months from now. What should the PM do?

Answer options:

Force the team to estimate it now to complete the baseline.

Use Rolling Wave Planning to decompose the near-term work now and leave the future work at a high level.

Remove the deliverable from the project.

Assign it to a vendor.

How to approach this question

Future + Uncertain = Rolling Wave.

Full Answer

B.Use Rolling Wave Planning to decompose the near-term work now and leave the future work at a high level.✓ Correct

Task 8 (Scope). Rolling Wave Planning is the practice of planning near-term work in detail and future work at a higher level (Planning Packages), elaborating as the time approaches.

Common mistakes

Thinking you must have a 100% detailed WBS at the start (impossible for large projects).

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