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 • Historical information (always an input)
• Organizational policies (always an input)
• Organizational procedures (almost always a technique)
• Corrective actions
• Change requests
• Lessons learned (always an output)
• Work results (output of execution, an input to control)
• The work breakdown structure
• Decomposition
• Expert judgment
• Project charter
• Scope statement
• Statement of work
It's mach easier to learn these ordered lists as pairs or groupings of terms. For instance, it's easy to see the logical grouping among corrective action, change requests, and lessons learned. An instance of pairing is with any subsidiary management plan in any knowledge area; it's paired with some type of supporting detail. Other pairs include assumptions and constraints, work results (exact definitions change in different knowledge areas), and change requests.
Watch for how the processes for each of the following terms flow, how the output of one process becomes the input of another:
• Assumptions and constraints
• Change requests and corrective action
• The management plans (as an output of planning and an input to both execution and control)
It is a good idea to make note of their exceptions — for example, where change requests are an input or where they are an output. Execution outputs include the paired items' work results (the exact definition may be different in different knowledge areas) and change requests. Find out in which process the subsidiary project plan for that process starts or first appears. It will generally begin in a planning process. Be wary because some planning processes don't necessarily include planning in the term. For instance, the schedule management plan is an output to Schedule Development.
In the controlling processes, the only two processes that don't include the word control are Scope Verification (Scope) and Performance Reporting (in Communications). Both are overall processes.
Assure that you know the differences between the core and facilitating processes in each knowledge area. Explore the tools and techniques, especially where they involve further analysis. Discover the tools and techniques of the risk area especially, including Performance Reporting in Communications, Time, Quality, and Cost.
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