CAPM Ch 5 Project Scope Managment

Question 1

A planning heuristic for creating the WBS. This rule states that the work package in a WBS must take no more than 80 hours of labor to create and no fewer than 8 hours of labor to create.

Answer 1

8/80 Rule

Question 2

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.

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Alternatives generation

Question 2

When stakeholders create a large number of ideas, you can use an this to cluster similar ideas together for further analysis.

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Affinity diagrams

Question 3

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.

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Active observation

Question 4

A decision method where only one individual makes the decision for the group.

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Autocratic

Question 5

This approach encourages participants to generate as many ideas as possible about the project requirements. No idea is judged or dismissed during this session.

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Brainstorming

Question 6

Documented in the scope management plan, this system defines how changes to the project scope are managed and controlled.

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Change control system (CCS)

Question 6

This subsidiary plan defines how changes will be allowed and managed within the project.

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Change management plan

Question 7

A numbering system for each item in the WBS. The PMBOK is a good example of a this, as each chapter and its subheadings follow a logical numbering scheme. For example, PMBOK 5.3.3.2 identifies an exact paragraph in the PMBOK.

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Code of accounts

Question 8

This subsidiary plan defines how changes to the features and functions of the project deliverables will be monitored and controlled within the project.

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Configuration management plan

Question 9

These diagrams show the relationship between elements of an environment. For example, this would illustrate the networks, servers, workstations, and people that interact with the elements of the environment.

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Context diagram

Question 10

A moderator-led requirements collection method to elicit requirements from stakeholders.

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Focus groups

Question 11

A group decision method where more than 50 percent of the group must be in agreement.

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Majority

Question 11

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.

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Funding limit

Question 12

This is the study of the functions within a system, project, or, what’s more likely in the project scope statement, the product the project will be creating. This studies the goals of the product, how the product will be used, and the expectations the customer has of the product once it leaves the project and moves into operations. This may also consider the cost of the product in operations, which is known as life-cycle costing.

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Functional analysis

Question 12

This approach maps ideas to show the relationship among requirements and the differences between requirements. The map can be reviewed to identify new solutions or to rank the identified requirements.

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Mind mapping

Question 13

A requirements collection method used to elicit requirements from stakeholders in a one-on-one conversation.

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Interviews

Question 14

As with brainstorming, participants are encouraged to generate as many ideas as possible, but the suggested ideas are ranked by a voting process.

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Nominal group technique

Question 14

The observer records information about the work being completed without interrupting the process; sometimes called the invisible observer.

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Passive observation