Information collected on the status of project activities being performed to accomplish the project work is known as what?

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• AProject management information system
• BWork performance information
• CWork breakdown structure
• DVariance analysis

• A
  5% (1)
• B
  76% (16)
• C
  14% (3)
• D
  5% (1)

Explanation

Work performance data is the raw information collected during project execution (e.g., percent complete, start/finish dates, costs incurred). Once analyzed and contextualized, it becomes Work Performance Information (B) - the processed, meaningful status of project activities that tells you how the work is actually going against the plan.

• A (PMIS) is wrong because a PMIS is the system/tool used to collect, store, and distribute project data - it's the container, not the content.
• C (WBS) is wrong because a Work Breakdown Structure is a planning artifact that decomposes deliverables into work packages - it doesn't report status.
• D (Variance Analysis) is wrong because that's a specific technique used to compare planned vs. actual performance - it's a method of analysis, not the information itself.

Memory tip: Think of it as a pipeline - raw facts collected = Work Performance Data, those facts processed into meaningful status = Work Performance Information, and that information packaged into reports = Work Performance Reports. The question asks for the status of activities being performed, which is the middle stage: Information.

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