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		<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">To use an organization breakdown structure</Title>
		<Keyword><Level1>user defined structures</Level1>
		</Keyword>
		<Keyword><Level1>OBS</Level1>
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	<GeneralSection><Paragraph>The <Link href="/baanerp/tp/glossary/glossary#OrganiBreakd.tp" role="glossary">organization breakdown structure (OBS</Link> ) is a cross-section of the organization that can be defined in a tree-like structure.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph>Responsibilities for project parts are assigned to individual employees, and you can use the OBS to link these responsibilities (such as the allocation of a financial budget or the realization of project activities) to an individual OBS element.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph>You can define several organization levels by linking child OBS elements to a parent OBS element: the parent element can also be a child to another OBS element. These relationships build the hierarchical structure.</Paragraph>
		<List><ListItem>Use the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/pdm/tppdm0596m000" role="session">User Defined Structure Elements (tppdm0596m000)</GUIRef> session to define the elements that can be part of an Organization breakdown structure.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Use the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/pdm/tppdm0595m000" role="session">User Defined Structures (tppdm0595m000)</GUIRef> session to define organization breakdown structures.</ListItem>
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	</GeneralSection>
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