（）from one phase are usually reviewed for completeness and accuracy and approved before work starts on the next phase.

（）involves comparing actual or planned project practices to those of other projects to generate ideas for improvement and to provide a basis by which to measure performance. These other projects can be within the performing organization or outside of it, and can be within the same or in another application area.

（）is the budgeted amount for the work actually completed on the schedule activity or WBS component during a given time period.

PDM includes four types of dependencies or precedence relationships: （）. The completion of the successor activity depends upon the initiation of the predecessor activity.