Chapter Five | Project Scope Management

Question 1

What does JAD stand for

Answer 1

Joint application development

Question 2

What does QFD stand for

Answer 2

Quality function deployment

Question 3

What are the two different scopes?

Answer 3

Product scope

Project scope

Question 4

What is product scope?

Answer 4

The features and functions of the product, service or result of the project

Ex
order hardware, unpack, turn it on, load….
What are we putting together?
Success = requirements they gave us

Question 5

What is project scope?

Answer 5

The work performed to produce the PSR with the specified features and functions

Question 6

Project scope is measured against ________

Answer 6

Project management plan

Question 7

Product scope is measured against______

Answer 7

Product requirements, captured in the collect requirements process

Question 8

What is predictive life cycle?

Answer 8

Details are defined in the beginning of the project and any changes to the scope are progressively managed

Question 9

Scope baseline is the approved version of what three things?

Answer 9

Scope statement 
Work breakdown structure
       Work package
       Planning package
Work breakdown dictionary

Question 10

What is adaptive lifecycle

Answer 10

Response to high levels of change and ongoing stakeholder involvement. Scope is defined before each iteration.

Question 11

What is the key benefit to plan scope management

Answer 11

This provides guidance to the team

Question 12

5.1. Plan scope management | Output

Answer 12

Scope management plan

requirements management plan

Question 13

5.1. What is a scope management plan?

Answer 13

Describes how the scope will be defined, developed, monitored, controlled and validated

Question 14

5.1 What is requirements management plan?

Answer 14

Component of the project management plan. Describes how the requirements will be analyzed, documented, authorized, and managed

Possible traceable matrix

Question 15

5.2. What is collect requirements

Answer 15

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

This refers to both product scope and project scope

Question 16

When working with stakeholders shoot for the stars early on so you do not miss anything. It is better to take things away later than to miss things.

Answer 16

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Question 17

5.2. Collect Requirements | T&T

What are the five different ways to gather data?

Answer 17

Brainstorming 
interviews 
focus groups 
questionnaires and surveys 
benchmarking

Question 18

5.2. Collect requirements | T&T

What are the three different ways to make a decision

Answer 18

Voting

autocratic decision making

multi criteria decision analysis

Question 19

5.2. Collect Requirements | T&T

What are the two different data representation tools?

Answer 19

Affinity diagram

idea mind mapping

Question 20

5.2. What is the difference between a workshop and a focus group?

Answer 20

The focus group is one department

workshop is all the departments at one time

Question 21

5.2 collect requirements | T&T

In facilitation what are the three types of groups

Answer 21

joint application development

quality function development

user stories or voice of the customer

Question 22

5.2. What is joint application development

Answer 22

The business SME and development team collaborate together requirements.

Question 23

5.2. What is quality function development?

Answer 23

A technique to determine critical characteristics for new product development by collecting customer needs

Question 24

5.2 What are user stories or voice of the customer

Answer 24

Workshops are used to develop short descriptions of functionally describing

the stakeholders role benefiting from 
the feature (role)

What the stakeholder needs to accomplish (goal)

How it benefits the stakeholder (motivation)

Question 25

5.2 collect requirements | Outputs | What are the two outputs?

Answer 25

Requirements documentation requirements traceability matrix RTM

Question 26

5.2 output What is requirements traceability matrix?

Answer 26

A grid that links the product requirements from the origin to the deliverables that satisfy them A checks and balance method

Question 27

5.3. Define scope

Answer 27

Developing a detailed description of the product scope and the project scope.

Question 28

5.3. What is the key benefit of define scope

Answer 28

It describes PSR boundaries and acceptance criteria

Question 29

Is scope statement part of the charter in PMI

Answer 29

No

Question 30

5.3. Define Scope | T&T What data analysis tool is used?

Answer 30

Alternatives analysis

Question 31

5.3 define Scope | Outputs What 4 outputs to remember?

Answer 31

Scope statement deliverables acceptance criteria project exclusions

Question 32

5.4. WSB definition What is a work breakdown structure?

Answer 32

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

Question 33

5.4 WBS definitions What is a work package?

Answer 33

The work defined at the lowest level of each branch of the WBS for which cost and duration are estimated and managed

Question 34

5.4 Create WBS | T&T What is decomposition

Answer 34

Subdividing the project scope and project deliverables into smaller more manageable parts

Question 35

5.4 Create WBS | T&T WBS can be represented in three common forms. What are they?

Answer 35

By phase Deliverables Supporting Contract WBS

Question 36

NOTES. WBS A WBS may be represented hierarchically identifies all the work and only the work. If it is not in the WBS it is not part of the project. It’s the foundation upon which the project is built Should exist for every project Helps the project manager and project team think through all aspects of the project Can be reused for other projects Does not show schedule dependencies directions or costs

Answer 36

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Question 37

5.4 WSB | output Does the customer need to review the work breakdown schedule?

Answer 37

Yes

Question 38

5.5. What does validate scope mean?

Answer 38

The process of formalizing acceptance of the completed final or intermediate project deliverables

Question 39

5.4 validate scope The CONTROL QUALITY Process is about ______ of a given deliverable

Answer 39

CORRECTNESS

Question 40

5.4 | Validate scope process is about _______ of that deliverable

Answer 40

ACCEPTANCE

Question 41

5.6 What does control scope mean?

Answer 41

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

Question 42

5.6 What is the key benefit of control scope?

Answer 42

It allows the scope baseline to be maintain throughout the project

Question 43

5.6. Control scope Outputs?

Answer 43

Control quality

Question 44

5.6 control scope NOTE What we are building is following WBS? If not why? Control scope is making sure that you were following the plan.

Answer 44

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