Which of the following is an input to direct and manage project execution?

Question

Options

• ARequested changes
• BApproved preventive action
• CWork performance information
• DImplemented defect repair

• A
  3% (1)
• B
  84% (27)
• C
  3% (1)
• D
  9% (3)

Explanation

Approved Preventive Action (B) is an input because it has already passed through the Integrated Change Control process and been authorized - Direct and Manage Project Execution receives approved items to act on, not items still awaiting a decision.

A (Requested Changes) is wrong because it is an output of this process - requests originate during execution and flow out to Integrated Change Control for approval.

C (Work Performance Information) is wrong because it too is an output - it describes what actually happened (task status, costs incurred, etc.) and is generated as a result of executing the work.

D (Implemented Defect Repair) is wrong because "implemented" signals completion - it is an output confirming that a previously approved repair was carried out, not something fed into the process.

Memory tip: Use the approval lifecycle - Approved → Input → Implemented → Output. If the choice says "Approved," it's almost always an input to execution; if it says "Requested" or "Implemented," it's an output. The process takes in what's been authorized and produces what's been done.

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