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6.2.1.2 Scope Baseline

Described in Section 5.4.3.1. The project WBS, deliverables, constraints, and assumptions documented in the
scope baseline are considered explicitly while defining activities.

6.2.1.3 Enterprise Environmental Factors

Described in Section 2.1.5. Enterprise environmental factors that influence the Define Activities process include,
but are not limited to:
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• Organizational cultures and structure,
• Published commercial information from commercial databases, and

• Project management information system (PMIS).

6.2.1.4 organizational Process Assets

Described in Section 2.1.4. The organizational process assets that can influence the Define Activities process
include, but are not limited to:
• Lessons learned knowledge base containing historical information regarding activity lists used by previous
similar projects,

• Standardized processes,
• Templates that contain a standard activity list or a portion of an activity list from a previous project, and

• Existing formal and informal activity planning-related policies, procedures, and guidelines, such as the
scheduling methodology, that are considered in developing the activity definitions.

6.2.2 define Activities: tools and techniques

6.2.2.1 decomposition

Decomposition is a technique used for dividing and subdividing the project scope and project deliverables into
smaller, more manageable parts. Activities represent the effort needed to complete a work package. The Define
Activities process defines the final outputs as activities rather than deliverables, as done in the Create WBS process
(Section 5.4).

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