Chp 5

Question 1

Scope refers to all the work involved in creating the products of the project and the processes used to create them.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

Deliverables are only product-related, such as a piece of hardware or software.

Answer 2

False;

can also be process-related

Question 3

Project scope management includes the processes involved in defining and controlling what is or is not included in a project.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

The scope management plan can be informal and broad or formal and detailed, based on the needs of the project.

Answer 4

True

Question 5

The project’s size, complexity, importance, and other factors do not affect how much effort is spent on collecting requirements for scope planning.

Answer 5

False;

they do Affect

Question 6

Information from the project charter provides a basis for further defining the project scope.

Answer 6

True

Question 7

Project scope statements must include the project boundaries, constraints, and assumptions.

Answer 7

False;

not a must, just Helpful

Question 8

The scope of a project is clear and specific from the start.

Answer 8

False;

it becomes more clear and specific with time

Question 9

Many information technology projects also require detailed functional and design specifications for developing software, which also should be referenced in the detailed scope statement.

Answer 9

True

Question 10

The project scope statement should reference supporting documents, such as product specifications that will affect what products are produced or purchased, or corporate policies, which might affect how products or services are produced.

Answer 10

True

Question 11

The project scope statement, stakeholder requirements documentation, and organizational process assets are the primary inputs for creating a WBS.

Answer 11

True

Question 12

The scope baseline in a WBS consists of the requirements documentation and enterprise environmental factors.

Answer 12

False;

includes approved project scope

Question 13

The WBS is organized solely around project phases

Answer 13

False;

around project products, project phases, or the project management process groups

Question 14

A work package represents one component of the product that the project aims to deliver.

Answer 14

False;

a task at the lowest level of the WBS; represents the level of work that the project manager monitors and controls

Question 15

A work package must always represent less than 80 hours of work.

Answer 15

False;

represent work completed in one month or more

Question 16

The tasks in a WBS must be developed as a sequential list of steps.

Answer 16

False;

he tasks do not have to be developed as a sequential list of steps

Question 17

The executing tasks of the WBS remain constant from project to project.

Answer 17

False;

vary the most from project to project

Question 18

Many organizations provide different guidelines and templates for developing WBSs.

Answer 18

True

Question 19

Mind mapping allows people to write and even draw pictures of ideas in a nonlinear format.

Answer 19

True

Question 20

The format of the WBS dictionary is essentially the same for all projects.

Answer 20

False;

each WBS item, dictionary varies on project needs

Question 21

A unit of work should appear at only one place in the WBS.

Answer 21

True

Question 22

Scope creep if not managed well can lead to the failure of information technology projects.

Answer 22

True

Question 23

The term ______ describes a product produced as part of a project.

Answer 23

deliverable

Question 24

Scope refers to:

Answer 24

the work involved in creating the products and the processes used to create them.

Question 25

_____ involves defining and documenting the features and functions of the products produced during the project as well as the processes used for creating them.

Answer 25

Collecting requirements

Question 26

_____ involves reviewing the project charter, requirements documents, and organizational process assets to create a scope statement, adding more information as requirements are developed and change requests are approved.

Answer 26

Defining scope

Question 27

_____ involves formalizing acceptance of the project deliverables and during this phase the key project stakeholders, such as the customer and sponsor for the project, inspect and then formally accept the deliverables.

Answer 27

Validating scope

Question 28

Creating the WBS is a subprocess associated with the _____ process in project scope management.

Answer 28

planning

Question 29

The ______ documents how project needs will be analyzed, documented, and managed.

Answer 29

requirements management plan

Question 30

Generating ideas by comparing specific project practices or product characteristics to those of other projects or products inside or outside the performing organization is known as _____.

Answer 30

benchmarking

Question 31

A(n) _____ is a table that lists requirements, their various attributes, and the status of the requirements to ensure that all are addressed.

Answer 31

requirements traceability matrix

Question 32

A(n) _____ is a deliverable-oriented grouping of the work involved in a project that defines the total scope of the project.

Answer 32

work breakdown structure

Question 33

The main technique used in creating a WBS is _____, which involves subdividing project deliverables into smaller pieces.

Answer 33

decomposition

Question 34

A(n) ____ is a task at the lowest level of the WBS.

Answer 34

work package

Question 35

The _____ should list and describe all of the deliverables required for the project.

Answer 35

scope statement

Question 36

In the _____ approach for constructing a WBS, you use a similar project’s WBS as a starting point.

Answer 36

analogy

Question 37

The _____ approach for constructing a WBS involves refining the work into greater and greater levels of detail.

Answer 37

top-down

Question 38

The _____ approach for constructing a WBS starts with the largest items of the project and breaks them into subordinate items.

Answer 38

top-down

Question 39

In the _____ approach, team members first identify as many specific tasks related to the project as possible and then aggregate the specific tasks and organize them into summary activities, or higher levels in the WBS.

Answer 39

bottom-up

Question 40

The _____ technique for creating a WBS uses branches radiating from a core idea to structure thoughts and ideas instead of writing down tasks in a list or immediately trying to create a structure for tasks.

Answer 40

mind mapping

Question 41

Which of the following is recommended for the creation of a good WBS?

Answer 41

A unit of work should appear at only one place in the WBS.

Question 42

Scope creep refers to:

Answer 42

the tendency for project scope to keep getting bigger and bigger.

Question 43

_____ involves formal acceptance of the completed project scope by the stakeholders.

Answer 43

Scope validation

Question 44

_____ refers to the difference between planned and actual performance.

Answer 44

Variance

Question 45

_____ refers to the process of developing a working replica of the system or some aspect of the system.

Answer 45

Prototyping

Question 46

_____ is a process for identifying and modeling business events, who initiated them, and how the system should respond to them.

Answer 46

Use case modeling

Question 47

_____ uses highly organized and intensive workshops to bring together project stakeholders—the sponsor, users, business analysts, programmers, and so on—to jointly define and design information systems.

Answer 47

JAD(Joint Application Design)