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process of establishing the policies, procedures, and documentation for planning, developing, managing, executing, and controlling the project schedule. -guidance

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(6-1)Plan Schedule Management

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The ____ processes and their associated tools and techniques for each process are documented in the schedule management plan.

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Project Time Management

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a subsidiary plan of the project management plan through the Develop Project Management process.

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schedule management plan

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a representation of the plan for executing the project's activities including durations, dependencies, and other planning information (refer to practice standard for scheduling*)

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schedule model

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process of identifying and documenting the specific actions to be performed to produce the project deliverables.

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(6-2) Define Activities

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process of identifying and documenting relationships among the project activities.

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(6-3) Sequence Activities

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process of estimating the type and quantities of material, human resources, equipment, or supplies required to perform each activity

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(6-4) Estimate Activity Resources

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process of estimating the number of work periods needed to complete individual activities with estimated resources

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(6-5) Estimate Activity Durations

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process of analyzing activity sequences, durations, resource requirements, and schedule constraints to create the project schedule model

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(6-6) Develop Schedule

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process of monitoring the status of project activities to update project progress and manage changes to the schedule baseline to achieve the plan

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(6-7) Control Schedule

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(6-1) Plan Schedule Management Inputs -_______ -_______ -_______ -_______ Tools & Techniques -expert judgement -analytical techniques -_______ Outputs -__________

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Project management plan; Project Charter; Enterprise environmental factors; Organizational process assets; meetings; schedule management plan

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(6-2) Define Activities Inputs -______ -______ -______ environmental factors -_Organizational _____ Tools & Techniques -______ -______ -______ Outputs -______ -______ -______

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Schedule management plan; Scope baseline; Enterprise; organizational; Decomposition; Rolling wave planning; expert judgement; Activity list; Activity attributes; Milestone list

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(6-3) Sequence activities Inputs -_______ -_______ -______ -______ -______ -Enterprise environmental factors -Organizational process assets Tools & Techniques -______ -______ -______ Outputs -_______ -_______

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Schedule management plan; activity list; activity attributes; milestone list; project scope statement; precedence diagramming method (PDM); dependency determination; leads and lags; project schedule network diagrams; project documents updates

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(6-4) Estimate Activity Resources Inputs -Schedule Management Plan -_______ -_______ -________ -_______ -_______ -_______ -Enterprise environmental factors _Organization process assets Tools & Techniques -Expert judgement -______ -______ -_______ -______ Outputs -______ -______ -______

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activity list; activity attributes; resource calendars; risk register; activity cost estimates; alternative analysis; published estimating data; bottom-up estimating; project management software; activity resource requirements; resource breakdown structure; project documents updates

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(6-5) Estimate Activity Durations Inputs -Schedule management plan -_________ -_________ -_________ -________ -_________ -________ -________ -Enterprise environmental factors -Organizational process assets

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activity list; activity attributes; activity resource requirements; resource calendars; project scope statement; risk register; resource breakdown structure

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(6-6) Develop Schedule Inputs -Schedule management plan -Activity list -Activity attributes -_______ -_______ -_______ -_______ -________ -________ -_______ -_______ -Enterprise environmental factors -Organizational process assets Tools & Techniques -_____ -_____ -______ -______ -______ -_____ -______ -______ Outputs -______ -______ -______ -______ -______ -______

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activity resource requirements; resource calendars; activity duration estimates; project scope statement; risk register; project staff assignments; resource breakdown structure; schedule network analysis; critical path method; critical chain method; resource optimization techniques; modeling techniques; leads and lags; schedule compression; scheduling tool; scheduling baseline; project schedule; schedule data; project calendars; project management plan

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(6-7) Control Schedule Inputs -Project management plan -_____ -_____ -_____ -_____ -Organizational process assets Tools & Techniques -______ -_____ -_____ -_____ -_____ -_____ -_____ Outputs -_____ -_____ -_____ -_____ -_____ -Organizational process assets updates

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project schedule; work performance data; project calendars; schedule data; performance reviews; project management software; resource optimization techniques; leads and lags; schedule compression; scheduling tool; work performance information; schedule forecasts; change requests; project management plan updates; project documents update;

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Some of the better known scheduling methods include: (2)

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critical path method (CPM) and critical chain method (CCM)

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activity list, bar chart, and network diagram

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Examples of Project Schedule Presentations

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Includes the project scope statement and the WBS details used for: defining activities duration estimation schedule management other information- "other scheduling related cost, risk, and communications decisions"

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scope baseline

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(Plan Schedule Management: Inputs) defines the summary milestone schedule and project approval requirements

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project charter

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-Monitoring/reporting tools to be used -Historical information -Schedule control tools -Existing formal and informal schedule control related policies, procedures, & guidelines -Templates -Project closure guidelines -Change control procedures -Risk control procedures (risk categories, probability & impact definitions, and probability & impact matrix

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organizational process assets

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Guided by historical info., it provides valuable insight about the environment and info. from prior SIMILAR projects -Experts skilled in WBS, project schedules, etc.

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expert judgement

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-scheduling methodology -scheduling tools & techniques -estimating approaches -formats

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analytical techniques

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Project teams may hold ___ to develop the schedule management plan.

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meetings

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(Plan Schedule Management: Outputs) The scheduling methodology and the scheduling tool to be develop the project schedule model

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Project schedule model development

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(Plan Schedule Management: Outputs) The acceptable range used in determining realistic activity duration estimates is specified and may include an amount for contingencies.

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Level of accuracy

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(Plan Schedule Management: Outputs) Each unit used in measurements is defined for each of the resources (staff hours/days/weeks, or meters/liters/tons, cubic yards) time measure or quantity measure

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Units of measure

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(Plan Schedule Management: Outputs) The WBS provides the framework for the schedule management plan.

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Organizational procedure links

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(Plan Schedule Management: Outputs) The process used to update the status and record progress of the project in the schedule model during the execution of the project.

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Project schedule model maintenance

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(Plan Schedule Management: Outputs) Variance thresholds for monitoring schedule performance may be specified to indicate an agreed-upon amount of variation to be allowed before some action needs to be taken. Percentage deviations from parameters established in baseline plan

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Control thresholds

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(Plan Schedule Management: Outputs) Earned value management (EVM) rules or other physical measurement rules of performance measurement are set

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Rules of performance measurement

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(Plan Schedule Management: Outputs) The formats and frequency for the various schedule reports are defined.

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Reporting formats

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(Plan Schedule Management: Outputs) Descriptions of each of the schedule management processes are documented.

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Process descriptions

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-Lessons learned knowledge -Standardized processes -Templates -formal/informal activity that already exist

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Organizational process assets (input)

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-Organizational cultures & structure -Published commercial information from commercial databases -PMIS

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Enterprise Environmental Factors (input)

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(Define Activities: Tools & Techniques) _____ is a technique used for dividing and subdividing the project scope and project deliverables

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Decomposition

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(Define Activities: Tools & Techniques) The activity list, WBS, and WBS dictionary can be developed either sequentially or concurrently, with the ___ and _____ as the basis for development of the final activity list.

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WBS; WBS dictionary

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(Define Activities: Tools & Techniques) an iterative planning technique in which the work to be accomplished in the near term is planned in detail, while the work in the future is planned at a higher level.

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Rolling wave planning (progressive elaboration)

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(Define Activities: Outputs) a comprehensive list that includes all schedule activities required on the project for each activity Includes: -activity identifier -scope of work activity in sufficient detail

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Activity list

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(Define Activities: Outputs) -activity identifier(ID) -WBS ID -label/name -codes* -description* -predecessor* -successor* -leads & lags* -resource requirements* -imposed dates* -constraints* -assumptions*

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Activity attributes

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(Outputs) a list identifying all project milestones and indicates whether the milestone is mandatory(contract, optional) such as those based upon historical information. "have 0 duration. represent moments".

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Milestone list

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(Outputs) a significant point/event in a project.

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milestone

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The process of identifying and documenting relationships among the project activities. Defines the logical sequence of work to obtain greatest efficiency given all project straints.

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Sequence Activities (6-3)

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a technique used for constructing a schedule model in which activities are represented by nodes and are graphically linked by one or more logical relationships to show the sequence in which the activities are to be performed.

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Precedence diagramming method (PDM)

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A ____ activity is an activity that logically comes before a dependent activity in a schedule. A ___ activity is a dependent activity that logically comes after another activity in a schedule.

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predecessor; successor

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a logical relationship in which a successor activity cannot start until a predecessor activity has finished.

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Finish-to-start (FS) PDM)

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a logicaly relationship in which a successor activity cannot finish until a predecessor activity has finished.

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Finish-to-finish (FF) (PDM)

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a logical relationship in which a successor activity cannot start until a predecessor activity has started.

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Start-to-start (SS) (PDM)

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a logical relationship in which a successor activity cannot finish until a predecessor activity has started. rarely used*

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Start-to-finish (SF) (PDM)

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(Sequencing Activities: Dependency Determination) dependencies that are legally/contractually required or inherent in the nature of work. -phsyical limitations

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Mandatory dependencies

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(Sequencing Activities: Dependency Determination) sometimes referred to as preferred logic, preferential logic, or soft logic. Based on knowledge of best practices within a particular application area or some unusual aspect of the project where a specific sequence is desired.

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Discretional dependencies

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(Sequencing Activities: Dependency Determination) Involve a relationship between project activities and non-project activities. . Usually outside of project team's control.

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External dependencies

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Involve a precedence relationship between project activities and are generally inside the project team's control.

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Internal dependencies

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the amount of time whereby a successor activity can be advanced with respect to a predecessor activity.

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Lead

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the amount of time whereby a successor activity will be delayed with respect to a predecessor activity.

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Lag

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(Sequence Activities: Outputs) a graphical representation of the logical relationships -summary narrative may accompany it.

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Project Schedule Network Diagrams

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A ____ project team will need to be familiar with local building codes.

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construction

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(Estimate Activity Resources: Inputs) a calendar that identifies the working days and shifts on which each specific resource is available.

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Resource calendars

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(Estimate Activity Resources: Inputs) Risk events may impact resource selection and availability. Updates to the _____ are included with project documents updates.

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Risk register

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(Estimate Activity Resources: Inputs) the cost of resources may impact resource selection.

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Activity cost estimates

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Many schedule activities have alternative methods of accomplishment.

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Alternative analysis

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(Estimate Activity Resources: Tools & Techniques) Several organizations routinely publish updated production rates and unit costs resources for an extensive array of labor trades, material, and equipment for different countries and geographical locations within countries.

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Published estimating data

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(Estimate Activity Resources: Tools & Techniques) a method of estimating project duration or cost by aggregating the estimates of the lower-level components of the WBS.

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Bottom-up estimating

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(Estimate Activity Resources: Tools & Techniques) has the capability to help plan, organize, and manage resource pools and dvelop resource estimates.

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Project management software

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(Estimate Activity Resources: Outputs) identify the types and quantities of resources required for each activity in a work package.

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Activity resource requirements

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is a hierarchical representation of resources by category and type. -labor -material -equipment -supplies

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Resource breakdown structure

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Project documents that may be _____ include, but are not limited to: -Activity list -Activity attributes -Resource calendars

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updated (Output-Project document updates)

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(Estimate Activity Durations: Tools & Techniques) a technique for estimating the duration or cost of an activity or a project using historical data from a similar activity or project. Uses parameters(duration, budget,, size, etc.) from a previous SIMILAR project

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Analogous estimating

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(Estimate Activity Durations: Tools & Techniques) an estimating technique in which an algorithm is used to calculate cost or duration based on historical data and project parameters. Uses statistical relationship between historical data and other variables to calculate an estimate for activity parameters(budget, duration, etc.)

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Parametric estimating

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