Activity Sequencing – identifying and documenting dependencies among schedule activities.

.4 Expert Judgment Project team members or other experts who are experienced and skilled in developing detailed project scope statements, WBSs, and project schedules can provide expertise in defining activities. .5 Planning Component When insufficient definition of the project scope is available to decompose a branch of the WBS down to the work package level, the last component in that branch of the WBS can be used to develop a high-level project schedule for that component. These planning components are selected and used by the project team to plan and schedule future work at various higher levels within the WBS. The schedule activities used for these planning components may be summary activities that are not enough to support detailed estimating, scheduling, executing, monitoring, or controlling of the project work. Two planning components are: 6 • Control Account. A management control point can be placed at selected management points specific components at selected levels of the work breakdown structure above the work package level. These control points are used as a basis for planning when associated work packages have not yet been planned. All work and effort performed within a control account is documented in a control account plan. • Planning Package. A planning package is a WBS component below the control account, but above the work package. This component is used for planning known work content that does not have detailed schedule activities.

6.1.3 Activity Definition: Outputs

.1 Activity List The activity list is a comprehensive list including all schedule activities that are planned to be performed on the project. The activity list does not include any schedule activities that are not required as part of the project scope. The activity list includes the activity identifier and a scope of work description for each schedule activity in sufficient detail to ensure that project team members understand what work is required to be completed. The schedule activity’s scope of work can be in physical terms, such as linear feet of pipe to be installed, designated placement of concrete, number of drawings, lines of computer program code, or chapters in a book. The activity list is used in the schedule model and is a component of the project management plan Section 4.3. The schedule activities are discrete components of the project schedule, but are not components of the WBS. A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge PMBOK ® Guide Third Edition 2004 Project Management Institute, Four Campus Boulevard, Newtown Square, PA 19073-3299 USA 129