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Activity(Contrast with: process, task)
If you can't describe what you are doing as a process, you don't know what you're doing.
An activity is a major unit of work to be completed in achieving the objectives of a process. An activity has precise starting and ending dates, incorporates a set of tasks to be completed, consumes resources, and results in work products. An activity may have a precedence relationship with other activities. For example, finish-to-start, start-to-start, finish-to-finish (refer precedence diagram). Processes are Partitioned into Activities and Tasks
Examples of ActivitiesThe major activities in each phase of the Joint Application Design process are:
Defining an ActivityActivities are defined in terms of:
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