Performance measurement baseline

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Performance measurement baseline is integrated scope, schedule, and cost baselines used for comparison to manage, measure, and control project execution. See also baseline, cost baseline, schedule baseline, and scope baseline.


Definitions

According to the PMI Lexicon of Project Management Terms,

Performance Measurement Baseline. Integrated scope, schedule, and cost baselines used for comparison to manage, measure, and control project execution. See also baseline, cost baseline, schedule baseline, and scope baseline.

According to the INCOSE Systems Engineering Handbook (4th edition)

Baseline. The gate‐controlled step‐by‐step elaboration of business, budget, functional, performance, and physical characteristics, mutually agreed to by buyer and seller, and under formal change control. Baselines can be modified between formal decision gates by mutual consent through the change control process. An agreed‐to description of the attributes of a product at a point in time, which serves as a basis for defining change (AnSI/EIA‐649‐1998).