Project Scope Management Terms Flashcards
8/80 Rule
A planning heuristic for creating the WBS. This rule states that the work package in a WBS must take no more than 80 hours of labor to create and no fewer than 8 hours of labor to create
Active Observation
The observer interacts with the worker to ask questions and understand each step of the work being completed. In some instances, the observer could serve as an assistant doing the work
Affinity Diagrams
When stakeholders create a large number of ideas, you can use these diagrams to cluster similar ideas together for further analysis
Alternatives Generation
A scope definition process of finding other solutions for the project customer while considering the customer’s satisfaction, the cost of the solution, and how the customer may use the product in operations
Autocratic
A decision method where only one individual makes the decision for the group
Brainstorming
This approach encourages particpants to generate as many ideas as possible about the project requirements. No idea is judges or dismissed during this session
Change Control System (CCS)
Documented in the scope management plan, this system defines how changes to the project scope are managed and controlled
Change Management plan
This subsidiary plan defines how changes will be allowed and managed within the project
A numbering system for each item in the WBS
Code of Accounts
Configuration management plan
This subsidiary plan defines how changes to the features and functions of the project deliverables will be monitored and controlled within the project
Context Diagram
This diagram shows the relationship between elements of an environment.
Focus Groups
A moderator led requirements collection method to elicit requirements from stakeholders
Functional Analysis
This is the study of the functions within a system, project, or, what’s more likely in the project scope statement, the product the project will be creating. Functional analysis studies the goals of the product, how the product will be used, and the expectations the customer has of the product once it leaves the project and moves into operations. Functional analysis may also consider the cost of the product in operations, which is known as life-cycle costing.
Funding Limit
Most projects have a determined budget in relation to the project scope. There may be a qualified on this budget, such as plus or minus 10 percent ased on the type of cost estimate created
Interviews
Requirements collection method used to elicit requirements from stakeholders in a one-on-one conversation
Majority
A group decision method where more than 50 percent of the group must be in agreement
Mind Mapping
This approach maps the ideas to show the relationship among the requirements and the differences between requirements. Can be reviewed to identify new solutions or to rank the identified requirements
Nominal group technique
Participants are encouraged to generate as many ideas as possible, but the suggested ideas are ranked by a voting process
Passive Observation
Observer records information about the work being completed without interrupting the process