Product-based Planning

Question 1

What are two benefits of identifying the products?

Answer 1

1. If you can describe the products, the supplier can build them.
2. If you know what you want, you can determine the quality criteria for the product.

Question 2

What are the four steps of product-based planning?

Answer 2

1. Project product description (SU) - Defines the project and it’s main components
2. Product breakdown structure - Break the project down into smaller components
3. Product descriptions - Define each individual product
4. Product flow diagram - Define the order in which products are to be completed and the relationship between them

Question 3

What is a grouping product?

Answer 3

A grouping product is a heading/category under which other plan products logically exist.

Question 4

What is an external product?

Answer 4

An external product is a product that is created outside the scope of the plan but is required. An external product already exists for the purposes of the project plan, or is created by an external supplier/source.