Flexible work breakdown structure

A non-transitory computer-readable medium, wherein the non-transitory computer-readable medium is provisioned with program instructions that, when executed by at least one processor, cause a computing platform to:

• receive, from a first client station associated with a first user, a request to create a project-level Work Breakdown Structure (“WBS”) for a given construction project;
• based on receiving the request to create the project-level WBS for the given construction project:
• generate (i) an initial version of a WBS code structure for the project-level WBS that comprises a sequence of two or more WBS variables that are concatenated together, and (ii) respective initial sets of available values for WBS variables in the sequence of two or more WBS variables, wherein the initial version of the WBS code structure for the project-level WBS has a set of one or more access-control provisions for restricting what modifications to the initial version of the WBS code structure are permitted;
• based on the initial version of the WBS code structure for the project-level WBS and the set of one or more access-control provisions, cause the first client station to dynamically update a display of the first client station to present a first graphical user interface (GUI) that enables the first user to provide user inputs for modifying the initial version of the WBS code structure and the respective initial sets of available values for the WBS variables in the sequence of two or more WBS variables while imposing one or more restrictions within the first GUI to modify the initial version of the WBS code structure for the project-level WBS in accordance with the set of one or more access-control provisions;
• based on the user inputs provided by the first user via the first GUI, receive, from the first client station, data defining modifications to the initial version of the WBS code structure and the respective initial sets of available values for the WBS variables in the sequence of two or more WBS variables;
• and
• create the project-level WBS, wherein the project-level WBS comprises:
• (i) a modified version of the WBS code structure for the project-level WBS,
• (ii) respective modified sets of available values for a first subset of the WBS variables in the sequence of two or more WBS variables, and
• (iii) the respective initial sets of available values for a second subset of the WBS variables in the sequence of two or more WBS variables,
• wherein the modified version of the WBS code structure, the respective modified sets of available values for the first subset of the WBS variables, and the respective initial sets of available values for the second subset of the WBS variables collectively define a set of available WBS codes for the given construction project;
• and
• after creating the project-level WBS, assign, to a given line item associated with a given task related to the given construction project, a given WBS code that is selected from the set of available WBS codes for the given construction project.

A method carried out by a computing platform, the method comprising:

• receiving, from a first client station associated with a first user, a request to create a project-level Work Breakdown Structure (“WBS”) for a given construction project;
• based on receiving the request to create the project-level WBS for the given construction project:
• generating (i) an initial version of a WBS code structure for the project-level WBS that comprises a sequence of two or more WBS variables that are concatenated together, and (ii) respective initial sets of available values for WBS variables in the sequence of two or more WBS variables, wherein the initial version of the WBS code structure for the project-level WBS has a set of one or more access-control provisions for restricting what modifications to the initial version of the WBS code structure are permitted;
• based on the initial version of the WBS code structure for the project-level WBS and the set of one or more access-control provisions, causing the first client station to dynamically update a display of the first client station to present a first graphical user interface (GUI) that enables the first user to provide user inputs for modifying the initial version of the WBS code structure and the respective initial sets of available values for the WBS variables in the sequence of two or more WBS variables while imposing one or more restrictions within the first GUI to modify the initial version of the WBS code structure for the project-level WBS in accordance with the set of one or more access-control provisions;
• based on the user inputs provided by the first user via the first GUI, receiving, from the first client station, data defining modifications to the initial version of the WBS code structure and the respective initial sets of available values for the WBS variables in the sequence of two or more WBS variables;
• and
• creating the project-level WBS, wherein the created project-level WBS comprises:
• (i) a modified version of the WBS code structure for the project-level WBS,
• (ii) respective modified sets of available values for a first subset of the WBS variables in the sequence of two or more WBS variables, and
• (iii) the respective initial sets of available values for a second subset of the WBS variables in the sequence of two or more WBS variables,
• wherein the modified version of the WBS code structure, the respective modified sets of available values for the first subset of the WBS variables, and the respective initial sets of available values for the second subset of the WBS variables collectively define a set of available WBS codes for the given construction project;
• and
• after creating the project-level WBS, assigning, to a given line item associated with a given task related to the given construction project, a given WBS code that is selected from the set of available WBS codes for the given construction project.