Activity
If you can't describe what you are doing as a process, you don't know what you're doing.
- Edwards Deming
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 Activities
The major activities in each phase of the Joint Application Design process are:
- Plan session
- Conduct session
- Wrap-up session
Defining an Activity
Activities are defined in terms of:
| Entry criteria |
- Prior activities complete
- Prior deliverables approved
- Tasks defined
- Deliverables defined
- Resources available
- Responsibilities defined
- Work authorised.
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| Tasks |
- Task definition
- Task sequence
- Deliverable definition
- Deliverable acceptance criteria
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| Exit criteria |
- Tests passed
- Deliverables verified
- Deliverables approved
- Review complete
- Acceptance criteria satisfied
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