04) Scope Management

Question 1

What is the definition of product scope?

Answer 1

The requirements related to the product of the project

Question 2

What is the definition of project scope?

Answer 2

The work the project will do to deliver the product of the project

Question 3

What is the process of scope management?

Answer 3

• Plan Scope Management
• Collect Requirements
• Define Scope
• Create WBS
• Validate Scope
• Control Scope

Question 4

What is the definition of scope management?

Answer 4

Defining what work is required and then making sure all of that work, and only that work, is included in the project

Question 5

What are the key outputs of the Plan Scope Management process?

Answer 5

• Scope management plan
• Requirements management plan

Question 6

What are the key outputs fo the Collect Requirements process?

Answer 6

• Requirements documentation
• Requirements traceability matrix

Question 7

What is the key output of the Define Scope process?

Answer 7

Project scope statement

Question 8

What are the key outputs of the Create WBS process?

Answer 8

• Work breakdown structure (WBS)
• WBS dictionary
• Scope baseline (the WBS and WBS dictionary are components of the scope baseline)

Question 9

What are the key outputs of the Validate Scope process?

Answer 9

• Work performance information
• Accepted deliverables
• Change requests
• Updates to project documents

Question 10

What are the key outputs of the Control Scope process?

Answer 10

• Work performance information
• Change requests
• Updates to the project management plan and project documents

Question 11

Name several requirements-gathering techniques

Answer 11

• Reviewing historical records
• Interviewing
• Focus groups
• Facilitated workshops
• Brainstorming
• Nominal group technique
• Multi-criteria decision analysis
• Mind maps
• Affinity diagrams
• Questionnaires and surveys
• Observation
• Prototypes
• Benchmarking
• Context diagrams
• Group decision making

Question 12

What is the value of a requirements traceability matrix?

Answer 12

Helps link requirements to objectives and/or other requirements to make sure the project meets strategic goals

Question 13

What requirement attributes might be recorded in the requirements traceability matrix document?

Answer 13

• Requirement identification number
• Source of the requirement
• Who is assigned to manage the requirement
• Status of the requirement

Question 14

What is a project scope statement?

Answer 14

A description of the project deliverables and the work required to create those deliverables

Question 15

What are the key items included in a project scope statement?

Answer 15

• Product scope
• Project scope
• Deliverables (for the product and the project)
• Acceptance criteria
• What is not part of the project
• Assumptions and constraints

Question 16

Product analysis is part of which scope management process?

Answer 16

Define Scope

Question 17

When is a work breakdown structure (WBS) created, and what is it used for?

Answer 17

• The work breakdown structure (WBS) is created during project planning by the team and used to define or decompose the project into smaller, more manageable pieces
• Used to help determine project staffing, estimating, scheduling, and risk management

Question 18

What is decomposition?

Answer 18

Subdividing the major deliverables into smaller, more managable components

Question 19

What is a work breakdown structure (WBS) dictionary?

Answer 19

A description of the work to be done for each work package

Question 20

How are work packages different from activities?

Answer 20

• Activities are generated from each work package
• Work packages are shown in a work breakdown structure (WBS)
• Activities are shown in an activity list and network diagram

Question 21

What is the Validate Scope process?

Answer 21

The process of gaining formal acceptance of the deliverables by the customer or sponsor

Question 22

When is the Validate Scope process done?

Answer 22

During project monitoring and controlling and at the end of each phase of the project life cycle

Question 23

What makes up the scope baseline?

Answer 23

• Project scope statement
• Work breakdown structure (WBS)
• Work breakdown structure (WBS) dictionary