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10 - Project Scope Management Terminology Flashcards

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Acceptance

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The process of formally receiving the work of the project, which should be complete and fulfill the objectives of the project.

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Acceptance Criteria

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The contingencies that must be satisfied prior to acceptance of work.

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Accepted Deliverables

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Products, results or capabilities that have been accepted by the customer as meeting requirements.

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Affinity Diagram

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A tool used to gather ideas and organize them into groupings so they can be reviewed and analyzed; typically used for ideas generated from brainstorming sessions.

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Alternative Analysis

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A technique used to evaluate project execution approaches.

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Alternatives Generation

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A technique used to create as many project execution approaches as possible.

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Analogy Approach

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A methodology for establishing values for the current project based on those from a previous project with similar characteristics; values obtained from this method include activity duration, required resources, and estimated costs.

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Brainstorming

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A creative technique used to gather a large amount of information from team members and/or subject matter experts; applicable to ideas, risk identification, and solutions.

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Collect Requirements

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The process of arranging for, determining, and documenting the needs of the stakeholders to align with project objectives.

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Context Diagrams

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A graphical representation of the scope of a business system that includes processes, equipment, and computer systems and indicates the manner in which people and other systems interact with the business system.

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Control Scope

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The process of observing project status and scope in order to administer scope baseline revisions.

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Create WBS

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The process of breaking down the work of the project into minimal components for more effective management.

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Decomposition

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The process of breaking down the work of the project into smaller, more controllable components.

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Define Scope

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The process of developing the project scope statement, the document that details the expected results of the project.

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Delphi Technique

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A technique used to gain concurrence from a group of experts about a specific issue; the technique is effected by using a questionnaire to solicit ideas from the experts, having the ideas summarized, having the experts add comments to the summaries, and repeating the process until a consensus is reached.

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Diagramming Technique

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A method that indicates the logical links between data.

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Facilitated Workshop

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A focused session involving cross-functional stakeholders and a designated leader that is conducted to achieve a specific goal, such as the creation of project requirements.

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Focus Group

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A focused session involving prequalified stakeholders, subject matter experts (SMEs), and a designated leader that is conducted to determine expectations and views regarding a potential product, service, or result.

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Group Creativity Technique

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A focused session involving stakeholders and a designated leader that is conducted to develop ideas.

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Group Decision-Making Technique

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A focused session involving stakeholders and a designated leader that is conducted to review decision methods available for use with specific activities such as generating, classifying, and prioritizing requirements.

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Interviews

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A focused session involving individual stakeholders and a designated leader that is conducted to elicit specific information.

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Management by Objectives (MBO)

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An administration method that aligns, or realigns, projects to strategic objectives.

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Mind-mapping

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A technique used to integrate ideas created through individual brainstorming sessions into a single map in order to highlight similarities and differences in understanding and generate new ideas.

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Nominal Group Technique

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A technique, effected by a voting process, that is used to prioritize ideas by utility for further brainstorming.

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Plan Scope Management

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The process of creating a document that designates how the project scope will be defined, validated, and controlled; the document may also offer guidance for requirements and include the scope statement, the work breakdown structure (WBS), and the scope baseline.

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Planning Package

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A WBS component that has no detailed scheduled activities even though it is known to have work content.

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Plurality

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The votes of the largest block in a group when a majority is not required, typically used to denote agreement with a decision.

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Product

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An output of the project that is quantifiable and can be described as material and goods.

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Product Analysis

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An approach used to convert a business-defined product into project deliverables; typically involves asking business representatives questions about the intended uses and characteristics of the product.

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Product Life Cycle

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The phases of product development, typically defined as conception through delivery, expansion, maturity, and disengagement.

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Product Scope

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The features and functions of a project’s product, service, or result.

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Product Scope Description

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The documented depiction of the features and functions of a project’s product, service, or result.

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Project Scope

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The work executed to deliver a product, service, or result that satisfies the specified features and functions.

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Project Scope Management

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The processes required to ensure that all the work needed to complete the project, and only that work, is included in the project.

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Project Scope Statement

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The document that describes the major deliverables, assumptions, constraints, and scope of the project.

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Prototype

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A working model of the product created to obtain detailed stakeholder feedback.

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Questionnaires

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Written surveys designed to quickly gather information from a large number of respondents.

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Requirement

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A condition or capability that must be made available through a product, service, or result in order to fulfill a contract or formal specification.

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Requirements Documentation

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A document that describes requirements for creating a product or a feature of the product.

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Requirements Management Plan

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The document, part of the project or program management plan, used to describe the evaluation, recording, and administration of project requirements.

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Requirements Traceability Matrix

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A graphical representation that illustrates the relationships between the origins of the product requirements to the deliverables that fulfill the requirements.

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Scope

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The products, services, and results expected to be provided by the project.

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Scope Baseline

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The authorized scope statement, WBS, and WBS dictionary that contain only those modifications authorized through a formal change control process; used as a basis for comparison.

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Scope Change

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A change to the product or product scope accompanied by the appropriate modifications to the budget or schedule.

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Scope Creep

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A change to the product or product scope not accompanied by the appropriate modifications to the budget or schedule.

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Scope Management Plan

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The document, part of the project or program management plan, used to define the manner in which the project scope will be delineated, elaborated, monitored, controlled, and authenticated.

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Statement of Work (SOW)

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A detailed description of the products, services, or results expected from a project or other initiative.

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Unanimity

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A decision with which all group members concurred.

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User

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The person, division, or company that will be the user or owner of the product when the project is complete.

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Validate Scope

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The process in which the customer or sponsor reviews and accepts project deliverables as being complete and correct in accordance with the requirements.

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Validation

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The process of determining that the results of the project are in compliance with requirements imposed by the customer and appropriate stakeholders and typically involving acceptance by them.

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WBS Dictionary

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A document that itemizes deliverable, activity, and scheduling information for each WBS component.

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Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

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A decomposition of the work of the project.

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Work Breakdown Structure Component

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Any unit of work defined in the WBS.

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Work Package

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The smallest level of WBS work for which cost and schedule can be assessed and administered.

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