Organizational Breakdown Structure

Organizational Breakdown Structure is a hierarchical representation of the project organization, which illustrates the relationship between project activities and the organizational units that will perform those activities. See also resource breakdown structure, risk breakdown structure, and work breakdown structure (WBS).

Definition

According to the PMI Lexicon of Project Management Terms,

Organizational Breakdown Structure. A hierarchical representation of the project organization, which illustrates the relationship between project activities and the organizational units that will perform those activities. See also resource breakdown structure, risk breakdown structure, and work breakdown structure (WBS).