Scope Flashcards
Requirements traceability matrix
Links the product requirements from their origin to their completed deliverables.
What might you include for each requirement in your requirements traceability matrix?
Unique identifies text description, the rationale for inclusion, source and owner, priority, and current status.
Brainstorming
Used to identify a list of ideas in a short period. Usually done in a group, like a workshop with a facilitator, to keep people on track and ensure actions are taken.
Voting
A way to make decisions on your project, especially when there are three or more people involved.
Unanimity
A decision reached where everyone agrees.
Majority
Decision reached where more than 50% of people agree.
Plurality
A decision reached where the largest block agrees (even if it’s not more than 50%)
Fist of Five (Agile)
The project manager asks the team to show their level of support for a decision by holding up a closed fist, one finger, two fingers, etc. Five fingers are full support.
Nominal group technique
Form of anonymous voting and prioritization to reduce one person like an executive swaying the opinions of others.
Prototyping
Method of obtaining early feedback on requirements by providing a model of the expected product before actually building it. (Wireframe, computer generated models, storyboards, process maps)
MoSCoW
Must have, should have, could have, will not have.
Benefit to cost
Prioritizing items with the highest benefit and the lowest cost. Divide benefit by cost, prioritize highest first. (cost or effort)
Cost of delay and CD3
Uses the value of the item versus the time it will take to deliver. Want the highest cost of delay item to be done first.
Decomposition
The technique used for dividing and subdividing something into smaller, more manageable parts.
Work breakdown structure (WBS)
Way of breaking down work into smaller pieces.
Organizational breakdown structure
It shows where people fit in the organization, including their roles, responsibilities, and potential influence.
Product breakdown structure (Agile)
Breaks the project down into features
Project scope baseline
Approved version of the project scope, which can only be changed through formal change control and used to compare to future versions.
Project scope statement
Includes the description of the project scope, major deliverables, assumptions, and constraints.
What is included in the project scope statement?
Project scope description, deliverables, acceptance criteria, and project exclusions.
Project scope description
Written description of the scope
Deliverables
Any unique and verifiable product, result, or capability.
Acceptance criteria
Set of conditions to be met before deliverables are accepted. (Given, when, then, as a, I want, so I can)
Project exclusions
What is excluded-helps reduce scope creep.
Work breakdown structure dictionary
Supports the WBS with more detailed information on deliverables, activities, and scheduling for each item.
Validate scope
When we take the completed deliverables to the project sponsor or customer for final acceptance.
Control scope
Process of managing changes to the product (the scope baseline)
Control quality
Recording and monitoring the testing results to ensure the product meets its requirements.
