Editing Work breakdown structure (section)

=== Consistent to norms ===
The higher WBS structure should be consistent with whatever norms or template mandates exist within the organization or domain. For example, shipbuilding for the U.S. Navy must respect that the nautical terms and their hierarchy structure put into MIL-STD<ref>MIL-STD-881C, Work Breakdown Structures for Defense Materiel Items, 3 October 2011, ¶Appendix E</ref> are embedded in Naval Architecture<ref>{{cite book
 | last = Gilmer
 | first = Thomas
 | date = 1982-08-04
 | isbn = 9780870213182
 | title = Introduction to Naval Architecture
 | pages = 98
 | publisher = Naval Institute Press
 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=_lF1DZ1OPJQC&q=%22work+breakdown+structure%22+wbs+navy+ship&pg=PA92}}</ref> and that matching Navy offices and procedures have been built to match this naval architecture structure, so any significant change of WBS element numbering or naming in the hierarchy would be unacceptable.