5 - Project Scope Management Flashcards
A planning heuristic for creating the WBS. This rule states that the work packaging in the WBS must take no more than 80 hours of labor to create, and no fewer than 8 hours of labor to create
8/80 rule
The observer interacts with the worker to ask questions and understand each step of the work being completed. In some instances, the observer could serve as an assistant in doing the work.
Active observation
When stakeholders create a large number of ideas, you can use this tool to diagram and cluster similar ideas together for future analysis
Affinity diagrams
A scope definition process of finding alternative solutions for the project customer while considering the customer’s satisfaction, the cost of the solution, and how the customer may use the product in operations.
alternatives generation
A decision method where only one individual makes the decision for the group.
autocratic
This approach encourages participants to generate as many ideas as possible about the project requirements. No idea is judged or dismissed during the session.
brainstorming
Documented in the scope management plan, this system defines how changes to the project scope are managed and controlled.
Change Control System (CCS)
This subsidiary plan defines how changes will be allowed and managed within the project.
Change Management Plan
A numbering system for each item in the WBS. For example, PMBOK 5.3.3.2 identifies an exact paragraph in the PMBOK.
code of accounts
This subsidiary plan defines how changes to the features and functions of the project deliverables will be monitored and controlled within the project.
Configuration Management Plan
These diagrams show the relationship between elements of an environment. For example, illustrate the networks, servers, workstations, and people that interact with the elements of the environment.
context diagram
A moderator-led requirements collection method to elicit requirements from stakeholders.
focus groups
This is the study of the functions within a system, project, or, the product the project will be creating. It studies the goals of the product, how the product will be used, and the expectations the customer has of the product.
Functional analysis
Most projects have a determined budget in relation to the project scope. There may be a qualifier on this budget, such as plus or minus 10 percent based on the type of cost estimate created.
funding limit
A requirements collection method used to elicit requirements from stakeholders in a one-on-one conversation.
interviews
A group decision method where more than 50 percent of the group must be in agreement.
majority
This approach maps ideas to show the relationship among requirements and the differences between requirements. Can be reviewed to identify new solutions or to rank the identified requirements.
mind mapping
As with brainstorming, participants are encouraged to generate as many ideas as possible, but the suggested ideas are ranked by a voting process.
Nominal group technique
The observer records information about the work being completed without interrupting the process; sometimes called the invisible observer.
passive observation