Chapter 5 - Scope Management

Question 1

A set of conditions that is required to be met before deliverables are approved and received.

Answer 1

ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA

Question 2

A condition or capability that is prescribed to be present in a product, service, or result to satisfy a contract or other formally imposed specification.

Answer 2

REQUIREMENT

Question 3

A distinct, scheduled portion of work performed during the course of a project.

Answer 3

ACTIVITY

Question 4

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

Answer 4

WORK PACKAGE

Question 5

Products, results, or capabilities produced by a project and validated by the project customer or sponsors as meeting their specified acceptance criteria.

Answer 5

ACCEPTED DELIVERABLES

Question 6

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

Answer 6

PROTOTYPES

Question 7

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.

Answer 7

WBS

Work Breakdown Structure

Question 8

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

Answer 8

PLAN SCOPE MANAGEMENT

Question 9

A work breakdown structure component below the control account and above the work package with known work content but without detailed schedule activities.

Answer 9

PLANNING PACKAGE

Question 10

A technique for determining the cause and degree of difference between the baseline and actual performance.

Answer 10

VARIANCE ANALYSIS

Question 11

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

Answer 11

CREATE WORK BREAKDOWN STRUCTURE

Question 12

The approved version of a scope statement, work breakdown structure (WBS), and its associated WBS dictionary, that can be changed using formal change control procedures and is used as a basis for comparison to actual results.

Answer 12

SCOPE BASELINE

Question 13

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

Answer 13

DEFINE SCOPE

Question 14

A management point where scope, budget, actual cost, and schedule are integrated and compared to earned value for performance measurement.

Answer 14

CONTROL ACCOUNT

Question 15

Completed project products, services, activities that have been checked and confirmed for correctness through the Control Quality process.

Answer 15

VERIFIED DELIVERABLES

Question 16

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

Answer 16

COLLECT REQUIREMENTS

Question 17

The sum of the products, services, and results to be provided as a project.

Answer 17

SCOPE

Question 18

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

Answer 18

CONTROL SCOPE

Question 19

The features and functions that characterize a product, service, or result.

Answer 19

PRODUCT SCOPE

Question 20

The process of formalizing acceptance of the completed project deliverables.

Answer 20

VALIDATE SCOPE

Question 21

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

Answer 21

PROJECT SCOPE MANAGEMENT

Question 22

A technique used for dividing and subdividing the project scope and project deliverables into smaller, more manageable parts. This is an example of a top-down approach to create a WBS.

Answer 22

DECOMPOSITION

Question 23

A component of the project or program management plan that describes how project and product capabilities and conditions will be analyzed, documented, and directed.

Answer 23

REQUIREMENTS MANAGEMENT PLAN

Question 24

The work performed to deliver a product, service, or result with the specified features and functions.

Answer 24

PROJECT SCOPE

Question 25

A grid that links necessary project conditions and/or capabilities from their origin to the deliverables that satisfy them.

Answer 25

REQUIREMENTS TRACEABILITY MATRIX

Question 26

A component of the project or program management plan that establishes the criteria and the activities for developing, monitoring, and controlling the schedule.

Answer 26

SCOPE MANAGEMENT PLAN