Chapter 6: Project Scope Management

Question 1

Features and functions that characterize a product, service or result.

Answer 1

Product Scope

Question 2

The work that is needed to deliver a product, service or result with specified features and functions.

Answer 2

Project Scope

Question 3

When the agile teams determine what features will get done in what sprint.

Answer 3

Sprint Planning

Question 4

Determines what features will be released to customers in each sprint.

Answer 4

Release Planning

Question 5

A high-level document that outlines what would be expected of the product itself.

Answer 5

Product Roadmap

Question 6

The process where the scope and requirement management plans are created.

Answer 6

Plan Scope Management

Question 7

The plan that documents how you are going to write the scope statement, how you are going to baseline the scope, how you are going to control the scope and how you will get the scope validated.

Answer 7

Scope management plan

Question 8

The plan that shows the requirements to be collected, analyzed, documented and managed.

Answer 8

Requirements Management Plan

Question 9

The process of defining and documenting stakeholder’s needs to meet the project objectives.

Answer 9

Collect Requirements

Question 10

This tool is a data representation technique where ideas are drawn instead of written,

Answer 10

Idea/Mind Mapping

Question 11

This tool is a data representation technique that allows many ideas to be put into groups.

Answer 11

Affinity Diagram

Question 12

This tool is a structured method for group brainstorming that encourages contributions from everyone and facilitates quick agreement on the relative importance of issues, problems, or solutions.

Answer 12

Nominal Group Technique

Question 13

Where requirements are collected anonymously from SMEs so stakeholders cannot influence each other. (Tool)

Answer 13

Delphi Technique

Question 14

Interactive discussions designed to quickly define requirements, solve differences and build trust. (Tool)

Answer 14

Workshops

Question 15

Where SMEs and developers meet to improve the software development process. (Tool)

Answer 15

Joint Application Development (JAD)

Question 16

Descriptions of required functionality that are generally developed during the requirements workshop. (Tool)

Answer 16

User Stories

Question 17

Working models of a product that stakeholders can interact with. (Tool)

Answer 17

Prototypes

Question 18

This tool is a series of images or illustrations that are used to show a mockup of what the program would look like once a user is using it.

Answer 18

Storyboarding

Question 19

Diagrams used to visually show how a business process, other systems and people interact. (Tool)

Answer 19

Context Diagrams

Question 20

This output is the documentation of the actual requirements that are needed on the project.

Answer 20

Requirements Documentation

Question 21

Before the project plan is approved the requirements should be ________, ________, and _________ to the stakeholders of the project.

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Measurable, Testable and Acceptable

Question 22

This output is a table that is created to link the requirements back to their origin.

Answer 22

Traceability Matrix

Question 23

This is the process where you will create the project scope statement.

Answer 23

Define Scope

Question 24

This document selects the final requirements to become the final product, service or results of the project or phase. It includes the project or product scope and defines the final deliverables.

Answer 24

Project Scope Statement

Question 25

T/F - The scope of the project is iterative?

Answer 25

True

Question 26

Once a project scope has been ______, you will need an approved change request to change it.

Answer 26

Baselined

Question 27

On a traditional project the scope is stored in the ______, while in an agile project the scope is stored in the______.

Answer 27

Project Scope Statement, Product Backlog

Question 28

If a project has a product as the deliverable, you will need this tool to analyze the product to ensure it matches the requirements of stakeholders.

Answer 28

Product Analysis

Question 29

This is the process of breaking down the deliverables into smaller, more manageable components.

Answer 29

Create Work Breakdown Structure

Question 30

This is a technique in which you take the deliverables from the scope statement and divide them into smaller parts known as work packages.

Answer 30

Decopmposition

Question 31

These are the lowest level on the WBS that will be used for estimating time and cost.

Answer 31

Work Packages

Question 32

This is the output of the create WBS process that is made up of the project scope statement, WBS and the WBS dictionary.

Answer 32

Scope Baseline

Question 33

This is the subdivided work that needs to get done to produce the project deliverables listed in the scope statement.

Answer 33

WBS

Question 34

Complex project may not be able to decompose all the deliverables at the start of the project so the team might wait until the work is better understood to decompose them. What is this called?

Answer 34

Rolling Wave Planning

Question 35

This document supports the WBS with detailed descriptions of the work, scheduling, cost estimates, assumptions, constraints and acceptance criteria.

Answer 35

WBS Dictionary

Question 36

In an agile project an _____ is decomposed into _____ which are decomposed into ______ which are decomposed into _____.

Answer 36

Epic, Features, Stories, Tasks

Question 37

Large initiatives on an agile project to deliver new products or solutions to a customer

Answer 37

Epics

Question 38

This output represents a shared understanding between the customers and the project team of what it means when the work is considered finished.

Answer 38

The Definition of Done

Question 39

This is the process that happens when the project deliverables are formally inspected and accepted by the customer or sponsor.

Answer 39

Validate Scope

Question 40

This input is a deliverable that has been inspected to ensure that quality requirements have been met.

Answer 40

Verified Deliverables

Question 41

This tool is used when the customer or sponsor measures, examines and validates that the deliverable meets the requirements.

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Inspection

Question 42

These deliverables have met the acceptance criteria and have been formally signed off by the sponsor.

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Accepted Deliverables

Question 43

The goal of this process is to ensure the project stays on scope as it is executed.

Answer 43

Control Scope

Question 44

Unapproved expansion of the scope is known as _________ .

Answer 44

Scope Creep

Question 45

This data analysis technique determines if there is variance between the planned work and the actual work.

Answer 45

Variance Analysis

Question 46

This data analysis technique is used to determine is a trend is emerging as the project progresses.

Answer 46

Trend Analysis