A work breakdown structure lists everything a project must deliver, split into pieces small enough to estimate, assign and track. Many plans fail because they are organized by phase, so scope gaps hide between activities. This eight-page Google Docs template organizes the work by deliverable: a layered tree, the method for building it, an article on the envelope, practical checks, the external works flow and a guide page for replacing the sample.

The sample is a fictional Dovecote Works depot build with six deliverables and 4,200 estimated hours in total, from substructure to external works. Replace the project name, branches, IDs and hours with your own, then confirm every branch sums to its parent before the plan is baselined.