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The present standard, "Project breakdown structures", is 2 of EN 13290 Space project management - General requirements. In order to create the reference system for project management necessary for implementation of a project and ensure consistency, the project shall be broken down into a unique, orderly and exhaustive manner, to allow unambiguous identification of the associated products and models, as well as the tasks and resources necessary. This Standard defines the principles to be respected for setting up, using and adapting the breakdown structures and implementing them into a project.The requirements specified herein apply to and affect the customer and supplier at all levels, when the capability to design and supply conforming product needs to be demonstrated. Information management is implemented during all the phases of the project. When viewed from the perspective of a specific project context, the requirements defined in this standard should be tailored to match the genuine requirements of a particular profile and circumstances of a project. NOTE Tailoring is a process by which individual requirements of specifications, standards and related documents are evaluated and made applicable to a specific project by selection, and in some exceptional cases, modification of existing or addition of new requirements.