
- Selecting Edit > Add from the Menu Bar
- Selecting the Add button on the toolbar
- Right Clicking in the table and selecting Add
- Using the Insert key on your keyboard


You can move the WBS layers around the hierarchy using the arrows on the toolbar or by holding down CTRL and using the arrows on your keyboard.

Here is what a completed WBS should look like. I have several parent layers summarizing broad phases, all with child layers that further breakdown the project. With this WBS, I have an outline summarizing my project plan.

With the work breakdown structure complete, you can now display it on the Activities page. If the WBS doesn’t appear on the Activities page, please refer to this article here. With the WBS breaking down the project into logical chunks of work, it is easier to conceptualize which activities to add.
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Great info…