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Outcome vs. Output

Outputs are tangible deliverables, while outcomes are the actual changes or benefits resulting from those deliverables.

Original SimCert study summary; not an official PMI® glossary definition.

Performance domain · FinancePrinciple · Embed Quality Into Processes and DeliverablesExam domain · Business Environment

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Business Environment·Finance

A project manager discovers during closeout that the delivered product technically meets all contractual requirements but stakeholders privately feel it fails to address the core business problem it was meant to solve.

What should the project manager do?

Practise this domain

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