In accordance with the PMBOKGuide (Project Scope Management), the Create WBS process is the process of subdividing project deliverables and project work into smaller, more manageable components. The primary and most significant output of this process is the Scope Baseline.
The Scope Baseline is a component of the project management plan and consists of three specific documents:
* Project Scope Statement: Includes the description of the project scope, major deliverables, assumptions, and constraints.
* Work Breakdown Structure (WBS): A hierarchical decomposition of the total scope of work to be carried out by the project team.
* WBS Dictionary: A document that provides detailed deliverable, activity, and scheduling information about each component in the WBS.
Analysis of Distractors:
* B. Change requests: These are typically an output of monitoring and controlling processes (like Control Scope) or execution processes, not a standard output of the initial creation of the WBS.
* C. Accepted deliverables: This is the primary output of the Validate Scope process, occurring much later in the project life cycle when the customer formally signs off on completed work.
* D. Variance analysis: This is a tool and technique used in the Control Scope and Control Costs processes to compare the actual performance against the baseline; it is not an output of the planning process.