Project Scope Management

Question 1

What is the purpose of the scope management plan?

Answer 1

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

Question 2

What are the 6 processes involved in the project scope management process?

Answer 2

Plan Scope Management
Collect Requirements
Define Scope 
Create WBS
Validate Scope
Control Scope

Question 3

What is a predictive lifecycle?

Answer 3

The project deliverables are defined at the beginning of a project and any changes to scope are progressively managed by using the integrated change control process.

Question 4

What is a adaptive lifecycle?

Answer 4

The deliverables are developed over multiple iterations where a detailed scope is defined and approved for each iteration when it begins.

Projects with adaptive lifecycles are intended to respond to high levels of change and require ongoing stakeholder engagement.

Question 5

What are the inputs to the plan scope management process?

Answer 5

Project Charter
Project management plan; quality management plan/project life cycle description/development approach
Operational Process Assets
Enterprise Environment Factors

Question 6

What are the Tools and Techniques of the plan scope management process?

Answer 6

Expert judgement
Data analysis; alternative analysis
Meetings

Question 7

What are the outputs of the plan scope management plan?

Answer 7

Scope management plan

Requirements management plan

Question 8

What is the purpose of the collect requirements process?

Answer 8

To determine, document and manage stakeholder needs and requirements to meet objectives.

Question 9

What are the inputs for the collect requirements process?

Answer 9

Project charter
Project management plan; scope management plan/requirements management plan/stakeholder engagement plan
Project documents; assumptions log/lessons learned register/stakeholder register
Business case
Agreements
Enterprise Environmental Factors
Organisational Process Assets

Question 10

What are the outputs of the collect requirements process?

Answer 10

Requirements documentation

Requirements traceability matrix

Question 11

What are the tools and techniques of the collect requirements process?

Answer 11

Expert judgement

Data gathering; brainstorming/interviews/focus groups/questionnaires and surveys/benchmarking

Data analysis; document analysis

Decision making; voting/multicriteria decision analysis

Data representations; affinity diagrams/mind mapping

Interpersonal and team skills; nominal group techniques/observation/facilitation

Context diagram

Prototypes