Project Management

Please login or join to subscribe to this thread

Work Performance Information vs Performance Reports

linkedin twitter facebook   Quality   Scheduling   Scope Management  
avatar
George Lewis Program/Project Manager| DXC Technology Company Heredia, Costa Rica
It's easy to get confused between Work Performance Information and Performance Reports.

Terms sounds alike and even looks alike.

Comments?
Sort By:
avatar
Rami Kaibni
Community Champion
Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten Associates New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
The work performance information or data is changed into performance reports by using EVM.
...
1 reply by George Lewis
Apr 21, 2016 1:02 PM
George Lewis
...
(y)
avatar
George Lewis Program/Project Manager| DXC Technology Company Heredia, Costa Rica
Apr 21, 2016 10:19 AM
Replying to Rami Kaibni
...
The work performance information or data is changed into performance reports by using EVM.
(y)
avatar
Thomas Walenta Global Project Economy Expert Hackenheim, Germany
Work Performance Data is the raw data that is compared to plan data in the control processes and results in respective Work Performance Information =WPI (e.g. data would be you spent 1 Mio Euro on an activity, it gets meaning only if you compare it to the planned 1 Mio Euro, and that meaning is: all in line).

Performance reporting is creating reports from WPI and other information, tailored to the needs of the different stakeholder groups (e.g. steering committee, project team, users ...). It includes changing the representation of WPI.

EVM information is only one type of WPI. There are many other types of WPI, e.g. team satisfaction, quality measurements, communication effectiveness.
avatar
George Jucan Managing Partner| Organizational Perfomance Enablers Network Woodbridge, Ontario, Canada
Best clarification in Appendix X1 to PMBOK Guide 5th Ed, specifically section X1.5:

- Work Performance Data = raw measurements (absolute numbers) like % work complete or # days between actual finish and planned finish of a task
- Work Performance Information = data in context, such as work is behind schedule or task is late
- Work Performance Reports = presentation of information, e.g. a partially filled bar or a red flag next to that task

Hope it helps,

George Jucan

Please login or join to reply

Content ID:
ADVERTISEMENTS

"America had often been discovered before Columbus, but it had always been hushed up."

- Oscar Wilde

ADVERTISEMENT

Sponsors







Vendor Events

See all Vendor Events

Newsletters

Jun 3: The Career Problem Facing New PMs
May 20: Your PM Career as a Project Life Cycle
May 13: The Big Lie After Layoffs

See all newsletters