During Project execution, various
types of data and information is collected in different formats that provided to
Project team or stake holders for use. While Project executing various types of
Project data are collected as a different project execution process. These data
are distributed to team in controlling process for their use. Data can be
shared to team verbally or by any other way to analyse it. Data and information
can be used interchangeably in practice.
Data and Information are the terms which often used in computing
science. Data is used by devices and Information is used by Human to process
further.
Data
Data is raw,
unorganized facts that need to be processed. Data can be something simple and
seemingly random and useless until it is organized. Diffen.com
Information
When data is
processed, organized, structured or presented in a given context so as to make
it useful, it is called information. Diffen.com
Work Performance Data
The raw
observations and measurements identified during activities performed to carry
out the project work. Examples include reported percent of work physically completed,
quality and technical performance measures, start and finish dates of scheduled
activities, number of change requests, number of defects, actual costs, actual
durations etc. --- PMBOK
Guide 5th Edition
Work performance
data is the output of “Direct and Manage control Work” and input to “Monitoring
and Controlling” process during Project Integration Management in PMBOK.
Work Performance Information
The performance
data collected from various controlling processes, analyzed in context and
integrated based on relationships across areas. Examples of
performance information are status of deliverables, implementation status of
change requests, and forecasted estimates to complete. --- PMBOK Guide 5th Edition
Work performance information
is the output of “Monitor and Controlling” process and input to “Monitoring and
Controlling” project work during Project Integration Management in PMBOK.
To sum up, Work performance data is raw materials in unorganised
manner, in the other hand Work performance information is organised and used to
take decision.
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