PEO has already shut down....i wish i had those papers

yes. i also find this classification of L1, L2.. L5 schedule very vague. the most "defined" classifaction i hv come across was this;

L1: (Owner’s) Development Programme (probably each project/subproj represented by 1 bar)
L2: L1 + Design/Procurement + Construction detail to major discipline
L3: (Contractor’s) Construction Programme = L2 + Construction detail to floor/area/zone, and trade/system
L4: (Contractor’s) Monthly Programme = Extract of L3 for 3 months (1 + 2 months Lookahead), detail to weekly work plan for current month.
L5: (Contractor’s) Weekly Programme = Extract of L4 for the month, detail to daily site work plan for current week.

I find this classification suitably definitive, the only thing i m not sure is... as a contractor preparing L3...
must we incorporate the the monthly details of L4 and weekly details of L5 into the L3?

Any ideas guys?

Hi Neil,

Each WBS "level" is an increase in the amount of detail which an activity is sub-divided or grouped (if that makes any sense). A "level" is based on a WBS chart, where any group summary name that resides on the same row is also on the same "level". Each subsequent row of names equates to a new "level". Example:

L1 = CAR
L2 = Mechanical Electrical
L3 = ENGINE,BODY ECU, INSTRUMENTS
L4 = Further subdivisions of each component.


The number of "levels" that you have is wholly dependent upon how how many groupings and sub-groupings you wish to include by the time you reach the individual deliverable. However, you can execute a project and plan a project at any desired level. But the higher the level (3,4,5 ish), the less detail and definition is contained within the activity description. As a rough guide, you are correct in that, down to level 4/5, the activities may be poorly defined. Level 10 is probably excessively detailed.

HTH

James.