Project Decomposition Software: mighty instruments to break your projects down and overlook their progress on every step

The definition: it is a hierarchical structure of project elements that are arranged in an interconnected logical order to visualize a project’s workflow.

The analysis process refers to a methodology of breaking the project down into smaller interconnected components (such as series of simple tasks) to work at project’s design, to simplify its representation and facilitate its perception for managers. That software is a sort of computer-based tool to help managers in creating and maintaining such decompositions, also called WBS (work breakdown structures). The reactions and effects are:

• Better overlook of the project including the major project steps and stages;
• Effective picture to visually trace the workflows from one step to another;
• Possibility to better understand importance of different tasks for the project completion (rating tasks as critical and secondary ones);
• Possibility to redesign a layout of project activities once some opportunity for optimization is approved; 

Project decomposing is usually performed as an essential element of the basic project planning process. A decomposed project is a visually-convenient map of activities to be done at the project, and it is kept being studied and improved until the actual working process at the project is started. A decomposed project has its “backbone” – the critical path of activities or tasks to be accomplished in order to drive the project from initiation to its completion.

An example of special instrument to help you in Project decomposing practice:

That software can be used for carrying out different functions across different areas of actual decomposition project management. Good example of such the software is VIP Task Manager that has special Task Tree mode to:

• Decompose projects (break your projects down into multiple categorized tasks);
• Regulate decomposed items (assign them to performers, set priorities, set due dates);
• Control and regularly update a decomposed project in terms of all its tasks’ attributes (statusing, time matters, budget, etc);

Besides this functionality, VIP Task Manager has means to decompose projects into a form of a to-do list (Task List) and to schedule or display the decomposed items on time-grid (Calendar mode). The analysis process will be much easier for you with this program, and it allows you to combine this activity with actually managing the project without using any additional intermediate means.