breakdown structure

collocation in English

meaningsofbreakdownandstructure

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breakdown
noun
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/ˈbreɪk.daʊn/us
/ˈbreɪk.daʊn/
a failure to work or ...
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structure
noun
uk
/ˈstrʌk.tʃər/us
/ˈstrʌk.tʃɚ/
the way in which the parts of a system or object are arranged or organized, or a system arranged in ...
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(Definition ofbreakdownandstructurefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Thisbreakdownstructureis necessary to exploit any inherent concurrency, so that the individual activities can be overlapped and thus run in parallel.
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The workbreakdownstructureor the productbreakdownstructureshow the part-whole relations.
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A workbreakdownstructureelement may be a product, data, service, or any combination thereof.
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Terminal elements and summary elements comprise the workbreakdownstructureof the project.
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This technique (sometimes called a "systembreakdownstructure") is used to define and organize the total scope of a project.
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For each element of the workbreakdownstructure, a description of the task to be performed is generated.
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Feature-driven software projects may use a similar technique which is to employ a featurebreakdownstructure.
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In this sense the productbreakdownstructureis a great deal "more" than simply an exploded view of the final end-product.
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A workbreakdownstructurepermits summing of subordinate costs for tasks, materials, etc., into their successively higher level parent tasks, materials, etc.
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It allows the user to focus on the workbreakdownstructure, task priorities and dependencies, the given resources and their availability.
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Following this step, the durations for the various tasks necessary to complete the work are listed and grouped into a workbreakdownstructure.
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In 1999, a researcher applied simulation to assess the impact of risks associated with each component of project workbreakdownstructureon project duration, cost and performance.
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