Memorizing Project Scope Management Planning Processes - Inputs and Outputs using Cascading Inputs Method

Project Scope Management has a total of six Processes. Out of these six, four are Planning Processes. They are: Plan Scope Management, Collect Requirements, Define Scope and Create WBS. These are very important processes for a project, because based on Scope only you can plan other constraints like Cost, Schedule, Risk etc properly.

Please find below a step by step process that you can use to easily memorize the Inputs and Outputs of these four Planning Processes in Scope Management Knowledge Area.

The term Cascading Inputs Method - indicates that the outputs of one process are used as inputs by other processes in same knowledge area. This is true mostly. This term is my own invention. Nothing to do with PMBoK(R) or PMI.

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If you practice this before the exam three to four times, you can easily remember the inputs and outputs.
If you had observe closely, all these processes produce two outputs each. Something for you not to missout.