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Can anyone tell me how the work-break-down (WBS) of a project can be created graphically from input values that the Project Manager enters in project management software?

Just show me some steps to build a WBS.

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I'm not sure I understand your question. Are you asking us how to use a project management software or something else? If so, I think it is out of topic (and you should at least specify which tool you are using). – AProgrammer Nov 17 '12 at 18:32
BTW, am I right in thinking that you are somewhat assuming PSP/TSP as project management methodology? – AProgrammer Nov 17 '12 at 18:36
@star If you need source code to 'implement' your project management software ... that is going to depend on the software API. This question may be a bit too localized for us to help. – Eddie B Nov 17 '12 at 18:51

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Star,

Googling for project management tools in java yielded the following: http://java-source.net/open-source/project-management

The above tools are desktop solutions, but if you are looking for a web based solution there is a popular tool called Redmine, which is a project management web application developed in Ruby. You can deploy it on a Tomcat application server using JRuby.

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UML is a modeling language you would use to embark on such a task. Many IDE's have UML modeling capabilities for you to make graphical representations of your class hierarchy. Personally I'm quite fond of Intellij IDEA ... there are also some very good Eclipse plugins such as ObjectAid.

EDIT Referencing your update, I recommend taking a look at Enterprise Architect.

If however you are looking a Model Driven tool suite, Enterprise Architect is superb.

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Unless I've misunderstood, star is looking for a project management tool. I'd argue that UML isn't philosophically compatible with project management, at least, not until there are diagrams that are specific to modeling work to be allocated to people. – Desolate Planet Nov 17 '12 at 18:27
@DesolatePlanet Enterprise Architect would fit the bill well there. – Eddie B Nov 17 '12 at 18:30
thanks for help.i need source-code for creating WBS,because i want to implement in my project management software.if source-code is not available,then show some steps that whether i should use link-list ,data structure tree to create WBS. – star Nov 17 '12 at 18:31
Never used it for project mangement oriented stuff, but it does support it and it's a really good tool for UML diagrams. Only issue I have is that it isn't free. In the case of UML tools, you get what you pay for. I've had an awful time finding a free UML tool that works for me. – Desolate Planet Nov 17 '12 at 18:37
@DesolatePlanet Check out YFiles It's very good and affordable :-) – Eddie B Nov 17 '12 at 18:39
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