CHAPTER 5 PMBOK

Question 1

Includes the processes required to ensure that the project includes all the work required, and only the work required, to complete the project successfully

Answer 1

Project Scope Management

Question 2

The Project Scope Management processes are: _______

Answer 2

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

Question 3

In the project context, the term “scope” can refer to:

Answer 3

Product scope
Project scope

Question 4

Can range along a continuum from predictive approaches at one end to adaptive or agile approaches at the other

Answer 4

Project Life Cycle

Question 5

The deliverables are developed over multiple iterations where a detailed scope is defined and approved for each iteration when it begins

Answer 5

Adaptive/Agile Life Cycle

Question 6

Three processes of adaptive life cycle iteration

Answer 6

Collect Requirements;
Define Scope;
Create WBS

Question 7

in a predictive project, these processes are performed toward the beginning of the project and updated as necessary

Answer 7

Integrated Change Control Process

Question 8

Overall scope of an adaptive project will be decomposed into a set of requirements and work to be performed.

Answer 8

Product backlog

Question 9

Is defined as a condition or capability that is required to be present in a product, service, or result to satisfy an agreement or other formally imposed specification

Answer 9

Requirement

Question 10

Is the process of formalizing acceptance of the completed project deliverables

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Validate Scope

Question 11

True or False: The relationship between a project manager and a business analyst should be a collaborative partnership

Answer 11

True

Question 12

Considerations for tailoring include but are not limited to:

Answer 12

Knowledge & requirements management
Validation and control
Development approach
Stability of requirements
Governance

Question 13

The process of creating a scope management plan that documents how the project and product scope will be defined, validated, and controlled.

Answer 13

Plan Scope Management

Question 14

Documents the project purpose, high

Answer 14

Project Charter

Question 15

A component of the project or program management plan that describes how the scope will be defined, developed, monitored, controlled, and validated

Answer 15

The scope management plan

Question 16

Components of project management plan:

Answer 16

Quality Management Plan;
Project life cycle description;
Development approach

Question 17

A component of the project management plan that describes how project and product requirements will be analyzed, documented, and managed; some organizations refer to it as a business analysis plan

Answer 17

Requirements management plan

Question 18

The process of determining, documenting, and managing stakeholder needs and requirements to meet objectives

Answer 18

Collect Requirements

Question 19

Documents the high

Answer 19

Project Charter

Question 20

Components of a Project Charter

Answer 20

Stakeholder engagement plan

Question 21

Is used to understand stakeholder communication requirements and the level of stakeholder engagement in order to assess and adapt to the level of stakeholder participation in requirements activities

Answer 21

Scope Management Plan
Requirements management plan
Stakeholder engagement plan

Question 22

Project Documents include:

Answer 22

Assumption Log
Lessons learned register
Stakeholder Register

Question 23

Identified assumptions about the product, project, environment, stakeholders, and other factors that can influence requirements

Answer 23

Assumption Log

Question 24

Is used to provide information on effective requirements collection techniques, especially for projects that are using an iterative or adaptive product development methodology

Answer 24

Lessons learned register

Question 25

Is used to identify stakeholders who can provide information on the requirements. It also captures requirements and expectations that stakeholders have for the project.

Answer 25

Stakeholder Register

Question 26

Data Gathering Techniques:

Answer 26

Brainstorming Interviews Focus Groups Questionnaires and surveys Benchmarking

Question 27

Are written sets of questions designed to quickly accumulate information from a large number of respondents; most appropriate when respondents are geographically dispersed

Answer 27

Questionnaires and surveys

Question 28

Involves comparing actual or planned products, processes, and practices to those of comparable organizations to identify best practices, generate ideas for improvement, and provide a basis for measuring performance

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Benchmarking

Question 29

Consists of reviewing and assessing any relevant documented information; used to elicit requirements by analyzing existing documentation and identifying information relevant to the requirements

Answer 29

Document analysis

Question 30

Decision Making Techniques:

Answer 30

Voting (Unanimity, Majority, Plurality) Autocratic decision making Multicriteria decision analysis

Question 31

A collective decision

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Voting

Question 32

A decision that is reached whereby everyone agrees on a single course of action

Answer 32

Unanimity

Question 33

A decision that is reached with support obtained from more than 50% of the members of the group

Answer 33

Majority

Question 34

A decision that is reached whereby the largest block in a group decides, even if a majority is not achieved. This method is generally used when the number of options nominated is more than two

Answer 34

Plurality

Question 35

In this method, one individual takes responsibility for making the decision for the group

Answer 35

Autocratic decision making

Question 36

A technique that uses a decision matrix to provide a systematic analytical approach for establishing criteria, such as risk levels, uncertainty, and valuation, to evaluate and rank many ideas

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Multicriteria decision analysis

Question 37

Data Representation Techniques:

Answer 37

Mind mapping

Question 38

Allow large numbers of ideas to be classified into groups for review and analysis

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Affinity diagrams

Question 39

Consolidates ideas created through individual brainstorming sessions into a single map to reflect commonality and differences in understanding and to generate new ideas

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Mind mapping

Question 40

Interpersonal and Team Skills:

Answer 40

Nominal group technique Observation/conversation Facilitation

Question 41

Enhances brainstorming with a voting process used to rank the most useful ideas for further brainstorming or for prioritization

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Nominal group technique

Question 42

Provide a direct way of viewing individuals in their environment and how they perform their jobs or tasks and carry out processes

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Observation/conversation

Question 43

Is used with focused sessions that bring key stakeholders together to define product requirements

Answer 43

Facilitation

Question 44

can be used to quickly define cross

Answer 44

Workshops

Question 45

Facilitation skills are used in the following situations, but are not limited to:

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Joint application design/development (JAD); Quality function deployment (QFD); User stories

Question 46

These facilitated sessions focus on bringing business subject matter experts and the development team together to gather requirements and improve the software development process

Answer 46

Joint application design/development (JAD) sessions

Question 47

Another facilitation technique that helps determine critical characteristics for new product development

Answer 47

Quality function deployment (QFD)

Question 48

Are short, textual descriptions of required functionality, are often developed during a requirements workshop

Answer 48

User stories

Question 49

Example of a scope model; visually depict the product scope by showing a business system (process, equipment, computer system, etc.), and how people and other systems (actors) interact with it

Answer 49

Context Diagram

Question 50

A method of obtaining early feedback on requirements by providing a model of the expected product before actually building it

Answer 50

Prototyping

Question 51

A prototyping technique showing sequence or navigation through a series of images or illustrations

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Storyboarding

Question 52

Outputs for the Collect Requirements process:

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1. Business requirements 2. Stakeholder requirements 3. Solution requirements 4.Transition and readiness requirements 5. Project requirements 6. Quality requirements

Question 53

These describe the higher

Answer 53

Business requirements

Question 54

These describe needs of a stakeholder or stakeholder group

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Stakeholder requirements

Question 55

These describe features, functions, and characteristics of the product, service, or result that will meet the business and stakeholder requirements. Can be grouped into functional and nonfunctional requirements

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Solution requirements

Question 56

Describe the behaviors of the product

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Functional Requirements

Question 57

Supplement functional requirements and describe the environmental conditions or qualities required for the product to be effective

Answer 57

Nonfunctional Requirements

Question 58

These describe temporary capabilities, such as data conversion and training requirements, needed to transition from the current as

Answer 58

Transition and readiness requirements

Question 59

These describe the actions, processes, or other conditions the project needs to meet. Examples include milestone dates, contractual obligations, constraints, etc.

Answer 59

Project requirements

Question 60

These capture any condition or criteria needed to validate the successful completion of a project deliverable or fulfillment of other project requirements

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Quality requirements

Question 61

A grid that links product requirements from their origin to the deliverables that satisfy them

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The Requirements traceability matrix

Question 62

The process of developing a detailed description of the project and product

Answer 62

Define Scope

Question 63

The risk register contains response strategies that may affect the project scope, such as reducing or changing project and product scope to avoid or mitigate a risk

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Risk register

Question 64

Is the description of the project scope, major deliverables, assumptions, and constraints.

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Project scope statement

Question 65

Progressively elaborates the characteristics of the product, service, or result described in the project charter and requirements documentation

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Product scope description

Question 66

Any unique and verifiable product, result, or capability to perform a service that is required to be produced to complete a process, phase, or project

Answer 66

Deliverables

Question 67

A set of conditions that is required to be met before deliverables are accepted

Answer 67

Acceptance criteria

Question 68

Identifies what is excluded from the project

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Project exclusions

Question 69

The process of subdividing project deliverables and project work into smaller, more manageable components

Answer 69

Create WBS

Question 70

Is a hierarchical decomposition of the total scope of work to be carried out by the project team to accomplish the project objectives and create the required deliverables

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WBS (Work Breakdown Structure)

Question 71

The work defined at the lowest level of the WBS for which cost and duration can be estimated and managed

Answer 71

Work packages

Question 72

refers to work products or deliverables that are the result of activity and not to the activity itself

Answer 72

Work

Question 73

A technique used for dividing and subdividing the project scope and project deliverables into smaller, more manageable parts

Answer 73

Decomposition

Question 74

True or False: Excessive decomposition can lead to nonproductive management effort, inefficient use of resources, decreased efficiency in performing the work, and difficulty aggregating data over different levels of the WBS

Answer 74

True

Question 75

___________ is a work breakdown structure component below the control account and above the work package with known work content but without detailed schedule activities

Answer 75

Planning Package

Question 76

___________ is a document that provides detailed deliverable, activity, and scheduling information about each component in the WBS

Answer 76

WBS dictionary

Question 77

____________ is the process of formalizing acceptance of the completed project deliverables

Answer 77

Validate Scope

Question 78

Is the process of monitoring the status of the project and product scope and managing changes to the scope baseline

Answer 78

Control scope