What techniques do you think are useful and / or not useful in developing the Scope and WBS for a project?

There are many tools, techniques and approaches for defining the scope and building a WBS. Think about the project that you have selected and let the following questions to guide you in a discussion of defining your scope and constructing the Work Breakdown Structure:

What techniques would work best for you in defining scope and building a WBS?

Give a brief description of the technique and explain why you think it is a useful tool; if it’s more useful for some projects or situations than others, then explain this briefly.

Are there any techniques that you think are not very useful? If so, describe them briefly and explain situations where you feel they would not be useful.