Activity attributes
“Activity Attributes” is an output for the process “Define Activities”.
Activities, distinct from milestones, have durations, during which the work of that activity is performed, and may have resources and costs associated with that work. Activity attributes extend the description of the activity by identifying the multiple components associated with each activity. The components for each activity evolve over time. During the initial stages of the project, they include the activity identifier (ID), WBS ID, and activity label or name, and when completed, may include activity codes, activity description, predecessor activities, successor activities, logical relationships, leads and lags, resource requirements, imposed dates, constraints, and assumptions. Activity attributes can be used to identify the person responsible for executing the work, geographic area, or place where the work has to be performed, the project calendar the activity is assigned to, and activity type such as level of effort (often abbreviated as LOE), discrete effort, and apportioned effort. Activity attributes are used for schedule development and for selecting, ordering, and sorting the planned schedule activities in various ways within reports. The number of attributes varies by application area.
“Activity Attributes” is an input for the process “Sequence Activities”.
Activity attributes may describe a necessary sequence of events or defined predecessor or successor relationships.
“Activity Attributes” is an input for the process “Estimate Activity Resources”.
The activity attributes provide the primary data input for use in estimating those resources required for each activity in the activity list.
“Activity Attributes” is an input for the process “Estimate Activity Durations”.
The activity attributes provide the primary data input for use in estimating durations required for each activity in the activity list.
“Activity Attributes” is an input for the process “Develop Schedule”.
This definition was found in the PMBOK V5
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