Chapter 5. Scope Management Flashcards
What does scope refer to?
It may refer to the scope of the entire project or the scope of a product. it is everything that must be completed in order to meet product requirements, while project scope include everything in the entire project.
What are the processes associated with Scope Management?
Define Scope Collect Requirements Plan Scope Management Create WBS Control Scope Validate Scope
What is the output of Define Scope?
Project Scope Statement
What is the output of Plan Scope Management?
Scope Management Plan
Requirements Management Plan
What is the output of Collect Requirements?
Requirements Documentation
Requirements Traceability Matrix
What is the output of Create WBS?
Scope Baseline
What is the output of Control Scope?
Work Performance Information
What is the output of Validate Scope?
Accepted Deliverables
Wha tis the philosophy of Scope Management?
Project Mananger should always be in control of the scope by thoroughly defining it and carefully managing the process.
Changes to the scope should be handled in a structured and controlled way.
Good scope management ensures what?
Scope is well defined and clearly communicated, so that the project is carefully managed to limit unnecessary changes. Scope is referring to the work needed to successfully complete the project and ONLY that work.
Scope changes must be….
Detected, evaluated and documented
What are the overall goals of scope management?
Define the need. Set stakeholder expectations. Deliver to the expectations. Manage changes. Minimize surprises.
What is “gold plating?”
A company’s attempt to exceed customer expectation by delivering more than was agreed upon.
What is the problem with “gold plating?”
It increases risk and uncertainty, and may add potential problems into the project. Ideally, you want to avoid gold plating.
What are the knowledge areas associated with scope planning?
- Planning the overall scope-related efforts
- Gathering the requirements for the product and project
- Defining and documenting the deliverables that are a part of the product and project (the scope
- Creating the work breakdown structure (WBS) and baselining the scope
- Checking the work being done against the scope to ensure that it is complete
- Ensuring that all of what is “in scope” and only what is “in scope” is completed and that changes are properly managed.
What are the processes of scope management that fall under the Planning Process Group?
Plan Scope Management
Collect Requirements
Define Scope
Create Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
What are the processes of scope management that fall under the Monitoring and Controlling Process Group?
Validate Scope, Control Scope
Which Process Groups are not associated with Scope Management?
Initiating, Executing and Closing
What are the outputs associated with the 6 processes of Scope Management?
Plan Scope Management - Scope Management Plan, Requirements Management Plan
Collect Requirements - Requirements Documentation, Requirements Traceability Matrix
Define Scope - Project Scope Statement
Create Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) - Scope Baseline
Validate Scope - Accepted Deliverables
Control Scope - Work Performance Information
What else ties into Plan Scope Management?
Schedule, budget, quality specifications, risk factors and resource planning.
What is the Scope Management Plan part of?
The Project Management Plan. However, the Project Management Plan is also an input into Plan Scope Management.
What are the Inputs of Plan Scope Management?
Project Charter
Project Management Plan usually unfinished at this point
Enterprise Environmental Factors
Organizational Process Assets
What are the tools for Plan Scope Management?
Expert Judgement
Data Analysis
Meetings
What are outputs of Plan Scope Management?
Scope Managment Plan
Requirements Management Plan