You are the program manager for the JQN Program in your organization. There have been some delays in your schedule and you're about to perform some schedule control activities. Which one of the…

Schedule control analyzes performance data and produces change requests as outputs when corrective or preventive actions are needed. Because change requests are generated by the process rather than used to perform it, they cannot help the program manager conduct schedule control activities.

Forecasts such as Estimate to Complete (ETC) and Estimate at Completion (EAC) provide predictions of future schedule performance and are valuable inputs used during schedule control analysis.

Earned value management provides quantitative schedule performance metrics - specifically Schedule Variance (SV) and Schedule Performance Index (SPI) - that directly support schedule control decisions.

Performance reports provide current schedule status data including actual dates and variance information, making them an essential input for identifying schedule problems requiring control action.