You are the project manager for Changing Tides video games. You have gathered the inputs for the Activity Duration Estimating process. You will employ which tools and techniques to produce the outputs for this process?
A. Activity list, analogous estimating, quantitatively based durations, and alternatives identification
B. Activity list, analogous estimating, expert judgment, and quantitatively based durations
C. Expert judgment, analogous estimating, quantitatively based durations, and reserve time
D. Expert judgment, alternatives identification, quantitatively based durations, and reserve time
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