Project Management Professional Practice Question

The Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) is the correct next step. A WBS is a hierarchical decomposition of the total scope of work to be done by the project team. It visually organizes the project's scope into manageable sections, which directly addresses the need to establish a clear and shared understanding of all required work among stakeholders. A Gantt chart and a network diagram are scheduling tools that would be developed after the scope is broken down using the WBS. A product backlog is primarily used in agile methodologies and is less suitable for a complex infrastructure project which typically follows a more predictive or hybrid approach requiring a detailed upfront breakdown of the entire scope.