Implication from this research will assist Project Manager and Project Team to develop an improved project schedule planning method, which be utilized during project management to identify the best WBS and project man-hours.

The methodology will involve latest literature review related to Shipbuilding WBS and man-hours estimation and a suggestion will be made for the best method of WBS and man-hours development. The Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) is the best tool to simplify the complexity of the project and this research will define the complete and accurate WBS of a Hull Ship since it is an important and critical activity in every shipbuilding to estimate the project schedule, cost and labour man-hours. The aim of this research is to define the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and to understand the linkages between WBS and man-hours development for Shipbuilding Project. This paper explains in detail the different work breakdown structures in shipbuilding and how 4GD technology can be used to define and manage the same. A new component based approach based on 4th generation of design (4GD) technology built into a PLM system to manage ship data allows for the definition of different but linked work breakdown structures of a ship through its different lifecycle stages. One key challenge in the definition of ship work breakdown structures is how to represent the same entity in different structures as it moves through its lifecycle, e.g., from concept design to basic design to detail design to production design. Things become more difficult when the ship or offshore structure enters its service life, when the maintenance (and later the decommissioning) organizations are different. While the need is well understood, many shipyards and ship design organizations find it challenging to define these work breakdown structures across all stages of a project, and to understand the linkages between these work breakdown structures through the various phases of a design and build project. This is required in every stage of a ship project, right from the inquiry and concept design stage, to basic, detail and production design, and continues through definition of as-built structure, maintenance work breakdown structure, etc., right up to defining work breakdown structures for decommissioning (for ship and offshore structures). SUMMARY Definition of complete and accurate work breakdown structures of a ship is an important and critical activity in every shipbuilding project.

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