Project Management

Input People vs. Output People

Requirements Management

Anupam India

People in projects can be classified as - Input People and Output People.
Typically what is the difference between these?

Do you classify people in your project?

Share your thoughts.

Posted: Aug 29, 2016 10:06 PM

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Rami Kaibni

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Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten Associates New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada

If I understand correctly then you can differentiate totally between both as everyone on a project has input and output but probably management has the most input for people to make an output.

Posted: Aug 29, 2016 10:19 PM

Elizabeth Harrin Director| RebelsGuideToPM.com London, England, United Kingdom

We don't classify people like this. People are part of a team, whether they are providing input to the team/project or receiving input from someone else to make an output. We're all working for the same outcome.

Posted: Aug 31, 2016 9:28 AM

Mayte Mata Sivera PMO Leader | Speaker | Author Ut, United States

I've never classified people like this, I used others kinds of classifications. Do you use it? Where did you get this info?

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Sep 01, 2016 2:24 AM

Anupam

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I attended a session, where I came across to these terms. The session was on requirements management. The presenter mentioned - people in projects can be classified as Input People and Output People. While Input people - influence changes, and capture requirements, Output people - turn requirements into artifacts, services, or packages.

Share your thoughts. How you classify?

Posted: Aug 31, 2016 10:20 AM