Scope 3 Flashcards
Once you have completed deliverables during execution, you perform quality control to check for correctness. Once it is determined that the deliverables are correct, what are the deliverables then called, and which process will they proceed to next?
A. Deliverables, Close Project
B. Verified deliverables, Validate Scope
C. Accepted deliverables, Close Project
D. Validated deliverables, Quality Assurance
Answer: B
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While the PMBOK Guide says that Control Quality and Validate Scope can occur in parallel, the ITTO’s make it clear that deliverables go from execution to CQ, then to validate scope, and finally to close project or phase.
You established the deliverables of the project and divided the work into segments so that you can graphically show how all of it fits into various categories. What are you creating?
A. A WBS
B. A schedule
C. A Project Scope Statement
D. A contract
Answer: A
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A Work Breakdown Structure divides all of the work up and shows how it fits into the various categories.
Which of the following statements is true regarding alternatives generation?
A. It is an example of data analysis.
B. It is a form of expert judgment used to help create the project scope statement.
C. It examines organizational process assets that are used to help create the project scope statement.
D. It is used to elaborate the product scope description.
Answer: A
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Alternatives generation is an example of data analysis for the Define Scope process. It is used to generate different approaches to execute and perform the work of the project (i.e. thinking outside the box).
You are a senior project manager that has been asked to work with a new project manager that your company recently hired. During lunch you are discussing the merits of a WBS. The junior PM does not understand the utility of the WBS. You explain why your organization requires a WBS to be created for each project. Which of the following is true for a WBS?
A. Each descending level represents an increase in detail of work
B. Each ascending level represents an increase in detail of work
C. Level of detail does not change with position of work on the WBS
D. Each descending level represents a decrease in detail of work
Answer: A
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The WBS is organized with increasing detail of work shown at each descending level in the structure. All other statements do not hold true for WBS.
You are working with a new project management team member to create a WBS Dictionary. He has not created one in the past and is confused regarding what to include. Which of the following best describes the elements of a WBS Dictionary entry?
A. The definition of the work package including its Net Present Value (NPV).
B. Work Package ID and Name, Statement of Work, Required Resources, and Monte Carlo Analysis.
C. Work Package ID and Name, Statement of Work, Risk Register, Earned Value Calculation, Scheduled Complete Date, and Cost
D. Work package ID and Name, Statement of Work, Responsible Organization, Schedule Milestones, Quality Requirements, Code of Account Identifier, Required Resources, Cost Estimate.
Answer: D
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Choices A, B, and C all have things that are not in the WBS including Net Present Value, Monte Carlo Analysis, Earned Value Calculation, etc. Remember the WBS Dictionary is there to flesh out the details of each WBS item.
You are the project manager working on a consulting project. Your client is time sensitive and risk adverse and has a reputation of being hard to please. Previous projects with this client have often resulted in schedule delays due to scope creep. You want to prevent this risk for your project. When developing the project planning documents, who creates the scope baseline?
A. Project Sponsor
B. Project Team
C. Project Manager
D. Client, since they are funding the project
Answer: B
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The project team creates the scope baseline, which includes the Scope statement, WBS and WBS Dictionary. The scope baseline must be approved and signed off by the project manager and key stakeholders.
You are managing a large construction project for a new firm. The firm is a start-up and does not have robust OPAs on project management processes. You are in a conversation with a peer on Work Breakdown Structures. Your peer does not understand the utility of a WBS. What do you tell him a WBS shows?
A. Deliverables
B. Activities to be completed
C. Organizational structure and roles and responsibilities
D. Risks
Answer: A
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A WBS is a deliverables-focused hierarchy showing the work to be completed on a project. It does not show specific activities (the Activities List does this). It does not show roles and responsibilities (this is in the Resource Management Plan) or the organizational structure. Risks are documented on a Risk Register.
You are the project manager for a large advertising and marketing company. You are currently managing a project to create a new commercial for the Super Bowl. You have created a storyboard that has been verified by your team and are pleased with the results. Which of the following is an output of Validate Scope?
A. WBS template
B. Rework
C. Accepted deliverables
D. Risk acceptance
Answer: C
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Validate Scope results in accepted deliverables or change requests, and project document updates.
The features and functions of a product or service are considered ________, and the work that must be done to deliver a product/service as the output of the project is considered ________. Fill in the blanks with the correct pair of answers.
A. Project scope, Product scope
B. Requirements, Deliverables
C. Product scope, Project scope
D. Scope management plan, Project management plan
Answer: C
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Product scope describes the features and functions of the product or service, whereas project scope describes the work that must be done to deliver a product/service as the output of the project.
You are the project manager for a large utilities company. You are currently managing a project to significantly renovate an existing facility. Numerous options and ideas have been considered and you have finalized a Scope. Which of the following tools and techniques would you use to create a WBS?
A. Organizational Process Assets, Project scope statement, and Project Scope management plan
B. Decomposition
C. WBS templates
D. WBS dictionary, scope baselines, project scope management plan, and request changes
Answer: B
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Decomposition and Expert Judgment are tools used during the creation of the WBS to divide the total project scope into more manageable components.
You are talking with other project managers at a PMI local chapter dinner. The topic of work breakdown structures comes up and there is debate regarding the usefulness of this methodology. Why do projects have a work breakdown structure (WBS)?
A. The WBS shows activities of the project.
B. The WBS organizes and defines the project scope.
C. The WBS identifies areas of the project that require additional planning.
D. The WBS identifies the project.
Answer: B
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The correct answer is B - the WBS organizes and defines the project scope.
The project management plan helps to facilitate which of the following?
A. Camaraderie
B. Good will
C. Communication
D. Strict discipline
Answer: C
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Because the project management plan shows what should be done to execute the project, various team members can communicate about their progress on the project by referring to the project management plan.
You are creating a WBS for your project using phases of your project life cycle as the second level of decomposition. Which of the following code of account identifiers could be used to represent the fourth level in the WBS?
A. 1.2.4
B. 1.4
C. 1.1.1.1
D. All of the above
Answer: C
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A work package at the fourth level would have a four-digit classification. Each level of the WBS is a smaller segment of the level above. Every descending level depicts greater detail of the work breakdown, and the numbering scheme should reflect the appropriate level of the WBS.
You are a project manager at Kruger Smoothing IT Solutions. Your project follows an iteration-based agile methodology. The product owner has prepared a product roadmap and is discussing it with the team. The purpose of this common agile practice is to define the sequence of deliverables over time. What Agile Practice are you performing?
A. Retrospective
B. Backlog refinement
C. Product vision statement
D. Daily Standup
Answer: B
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All answers are “Common Agile Practices.” This passage best describes Backlog preparation; read more in the Agile Practice Guide on page 52. Test tip: just because an answer sounds cool and uses business buzzwords does not mean it is correct. Answer C sounds right but is not in any of the cited literature for this exam.
You are the project manager for a large lighting company. You are working on an innovative product that will produce 20% more lumens at 50% of the cost of a traditional LED bulb. You have completed the prototype and your team is confident that your product meets all requirements. Which of the following is not an input to Validate Scope?
A. Accepted deliverables
B. Project management plan
C. Verified deliverables
D. Requirements traceability matrix
Answer: A
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The inputs to the Validate Scope process are project management plan, requirements documentation, requirements traceability matrix, work performance data, and verified deliverables. Accepted deliverables are an output of the Validate Scope process.
You are a project manager at Kruger Smoothing IT Solutions. Your project follows an iteration-based agile methodology. The product owner has prepared a product roadmap and is discussing it with the team. The purpose of this common agile practice is to define the sequence of deliverables over time. What Agile Practice are you performing?
A. Retrospective
B. Backlog refinement
C. Backlog preparation
D. Daily Standup
Answer: C
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All answers are “Common Agile Practices” but this passage best describes Backlog Preparation. Read more in the Agile Practice Guide on page 52.
You are a project manager at a large international airport. You are managing the expansion of your airport and will be responsible for adding a new terminal. Numerous stakeholders have confronted you with various needs. Which of the following is not needed to define the project scope?
A. Project charter
B. Organizational process assets
C. Risk management plan
D. Requirements documentation
Answer: C
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You do not need the risk management plan for project scope definition, but the remaining options are helpful.
You are a project manager responsible for a technology based project. You have a tight schedule and your sponsor is risk adverse. You have a CPI of 0.8 and an SPI of 1.0. A planning tool which provides details of the work to be accomplished in the near term, but also provides some preliminary description of the work to be done in later phases, is called which of the following:
A. Progressive elaboration
B. Rolling wave planning
C. Strategic
D. Operational
Answer: B
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Rolling wave planning involves planning near term items or subprojects in great detail and work that is further off in time is planned more broadly. This agile approach allows for the results of the near-term activities to more heavily dictate the planning for the longer-term activities.
Having delivered a good portion of the project outputs, you are now working with the customer to ensure all the work has been completed correctly as per their needs. Which of the following activities are you performing?
A. Financial Closure
B. Lessons Learned
C. Scope validation
D. Stakeholder Management
Answer: C
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Scope validation ensures that all work has been properly completed per the stated requirements.
You are working with your project management team to create a WBS. What is a key element to consider when developing a WBS?
A. Can the quality of work be evaluated by testing?
B. Are work assignments listed for each package?
C. How will element completion be determined?
D. Does the WBS capture all of the sub-items required to be done for each level-one entry?
Answer: D
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Answer D is correct because it illustrates the 100% rule, meaning that for each main (level-one) entry, all sub-items rolling into that entry are captured and accounted for in the WBS.
You have recently received authorization for an increase in the project budget. Which of the following documents would not be updated as a result of this?
A. Cost performance baseline
B. Cost Forecasts
C. Scope Management Plan
D. Cost Management Plan
Answer: C
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Following a budget increase, the cost performance baseline and cost management plan should be updated as needed to reflect the changes. Cost forecasts such as Variance at Completion will also need to be revised to account for the new budget. The scope management plan should not necessarily be impacted by a budget increase.
Which answer best explains why the WBS is important to a project?
A. It provides a hierarchical diagram of the project
B. It provides the framework for the schedule and budget
C. It provides templates that can be re-used on other projects
D. It helps foster team commitment to the project
Answer: B
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The WBS is used to help establish activities, costs, and resources for the project. The WBS is used for planning and controlling the project. Budgets, staffing, and schedules are derived largely from the WBS.
Which of the following provides a basis for defining activities, as well as estimating resources, time, and cost?
A. Activity list
B. Individual tasks
C. Scope statement
D. Work packages
Answer: D
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Work packages are the control points on the WBS that are used for breaking down the work into the schedule of activities. Work packages are a defined set of deliverables used to estimate cost, time, and resources.
Which of the following sequences is in the proper order?
A. Define scope, estimate activity duration, estimate resources, determine budget
B. Collect requirements, plan Resource Management, estimate activity duration, sequence activities
C. Collect requirements, define scope, determine budget, sequence activities
D. Collect requirements, define scope, create WBS, define activities, sequence activities
Answer: D
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The correct order is D; collect requirements, define scope, create WBS, define activities, sequence activities.
You are managing a project to develop a new mobile application. During a meeting with your customer, you review the latest features to determine if they meet the requirements and obtain acceptance. Which of the following processes are you performing?
A. Close Project or Phase
B. Validate Scope
C. Control Quality
D. Monitor and Control Scope
Answer: B
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Validate Scope is the process by which the sponsor or other designated person actually inspects and signs off on the deliverables. This may often be done in conjunction with control quality.
You are the project manager working on a high visibility global project. Your client is very cost and schedule conscience so you must ensure your project is on time and on budget. You have been asked to provide a total duration estimate for the project. Which of the following will assist you in providing the most detailed estimate?
A. WBS
B. Rough order of magnitude
C. Scope statement
D. Estimate at Completion
Answer: A
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Project Scope is decomposed via the WBS into more manageable components to estimate and monitor the project. The WBS will break the project into more manageable parts that can then be used to formulate more reliable estimates.
The document that defines and organizes the work of the project is _____?
A. Statement of Work
B. Schedule
C. WBS
D. Network diagram
Answer: C
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The WBS defines each deliverable and breaks those down further to include the work required to complete the project objectives.
You are managing a project to develop a new medical device, and are meeting with the customer so she can inspect the device and confirm that it meets all requirements. What are you doing?
A. Control quality
B. Validate quality
C. Validate scope
D. Close project or phase
Answer: C
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The purpose of the Validate Scope process is to inspect each deliverable and gain formal acceptance from the customer. Control Quality is concerned with ensuring the correctness of the deliverable. Close Project or Phase is concerned with closing out the project as a whole. There is no such thing as validate quality.
All of the following are characteristics of the lowest level activities in the work breakdown structure except which one?
A. They are called work package items.
B. Are performed by only one person
C. They cannot be logically subdivided further.
D. They can be confidently estimated.
Answer: B
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Typical characteristics of work package items are that they can be easily estimated, and they cannot be logically subdivided further (without breaking them down into discrete activities).
You have just been assigned as the project manager of a large telecommunications project. You are reviewing the requirements and project plans that have been created to date. What should you do in order to ensure that all work on the project is completed?
A. Create a WBS
B. Create a contingency plan
C. Create a risk management plan
D. Create a quality management plan
Answer: A
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A WBS is a deliverable-oriented grouping of project components that organizes the scope of the project work. It can be used as a tool to manage the project to ensure that all project deliverables are completed.
Which of the following tools and techniques would you use to create a work breakdown structure?
A. Expert Judgment
B. Decomposition
C. Alternatives Analysis
D. Both A and B
Answer: D
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Decomposition involves breaking down the work and deliverables to more manageable components, Expert judgment is also used in the Create WBS process to analyze information and determine the best way to decompose the project deliverables.
You are a brand-new project manager working on your first project. This project is part of a larger program to build a shopping mall in your hometown. You are responsible for a small building which will be in the parking lot of the mall. You have created a project management plan, and your team is busy wrapping up all the necessary activities to complete construction. You have received formal approval to move in from the local regulators. The deadline for completion is rapidly approaching, and you can not delay the move-in. What should you do next?
A. Plan the ribbon-cutting opening ceremonies.
B. Meet with the customer to have them validate the scope.
C. Accelerate the opening to take advantage of an opportunity for additional sales.
D. Review the risk register for any upcoming risks that need to be addressed.
Answer: B
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You have received notification that the building was approved, so you have a verified deliverable, which is an input to the Validate Scope process. The next step is to meet with the customer to have them accept the final deliverable (validate the scope). Choice A, planning of the ribbon-cutting ceremony in incorrect as this should already be in the project schedule. Accelerating the opening would be inappropriate because you do not want to skip obtaining scope validation. Reviewing the risk register is done throughout the project.
The scope baseline consists of:
A. The Scope Management Plan, Project Scope Statement, and WBS
B. The Scope Management Plan, Stakeholder register, and WBS
C. The Scope Management Plan, WBS, and WBS Dictionary
D. The Project Scope Statement, WBS, and WBS Dictionary
Answer: D
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The scope baseline is made up of the Project Scope Statement, WBS and WBS Dictionary.
You are managing a project to develop a new software platform for one of your top customers. In past projects, there were often additional, unrequested features added to the scope in order to "wow" the customer, but the stakeholders have made it very clear that this should not be done in this case, as the budget and schedule are very tight. You are also dealing with more limited resources than usual. As you develop your project management plan, you should pay particular attention to which of the following in order to prevent this sort of gold plating from re-occurring?
A. Project Charter
B. WBS
C. Scope management plan
D. Cost Management Plan
Answer: C
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The scope management plan would outline controls for ensuring that gold plating (extra functionality, not part of agreed upon project scope) is prevented while ensuring that all approved requirements are included in the deliverable.
You are the project manager on an agile team that is developing a new incident reporting system. One of the stakeholders is the Help Desk department. There will be numerous work packages during the design and testing phases of the project where the Help Desk will need to spend time working closely with the team. Since the costs and durations of those Help Desk interactions are expected to be brief, it doesn’t make sense to track them individually but rather as a collective whole. What type of account would best suit this purpose?
A. Cost accounts
B. Code of accounts
C. Control accounts
D. Chart of accounts
Answer: C
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All work packages associated with Help Desk involvement would be rolled-up into a control account. A code of accounts is used to uniquely identify WBS elements. A chart of accounts is used to track non-project summaries, such as general ledger codes that the Finance or Accounting department might want to track for certain kinds of activities (e.g., money spent during requirements vs. design phases) on the project. Cost accounts is a term that is sometimes used in the real world to have the same meaning as a chart of accounts, though it is not an official term in PMI’s universe.
When creating the work breakdown structure a team member has work they want to add, but is missing detailed scheduling activities. Another member of your team says this is a bad idea, because it could lead to a misrepresentation of work and may negatively impact the project. As the PM, what should you tell them?
A. Agree it should not be placed on the WBS until it is 100% complete
B. Inform them that this is known as a work package
C. Inform them that this is known as a planning package
D. Vehemently disagree and document it on the issue log
Answer: C
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A planning package is a work breakdown structure component below the control account with known work content, but without detailed schedule activities. A work package is the work defined at the lowest level of the WBS for which cost and duration are estimated and managed.
Which of the following project scope management processes involves subdividing the major project deliverables into smaller components?
A. Define Activities
B. Define Scope
C. Create Work Breakdown Structure
D. Develop Project Management Plan
Answer: C
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The WBS is used to break down the project’s deliverables into smaller components, which serves several purposes. First and foremost, it ensures that all work items are accounted for. It is a useful tool to use throughout project planning because it will help facilitate work assignments, cost estimating and tracking, identification of risks, etc. The lowest level of the WBS includes “work package” items. These packages will then be broken down further into discrete activities, but that is a separate process belonging to the Schedule Management knowledge group (Define Activities).
You are a project manager at Kruger Smoothing IT Solutions. Your project follows an iteration-based agile methodology. You are facilitating a meeting with the team and product owner to prepare and define stories for the upcoming iteration. The purpose of this meeting is to refine enough stories so the team understands what the stories are and how large the stories are in relation to each other. What Agile Practice are you performing?
A. Retrospective
B. Backlog Refinement
C. Agile Paprotional Backlog Assessment APBA
D. Daily Standup
Answer: B
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Answers A, B, and C are all “Common Agile Practices.” This passage best describes Backlog Refinement. Read more in the Agile Practice Guide on page 52. Test tip: just because an answer sounds cool and uses business buzz words does not mean it is correct. Answer C sound right but is not in any of the cited literature for this exam.
Which of the following cannot be tracked using the WBS?
A. Time
B. Cost
C. Quality
D. Work hours required
Answer: C
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Time, cost and amount of work (scope) can be tracked using the WBS. You cannot track quality using the WBS.
Which of the following statements is not true regarding the WBS?
A. It is created by the project team.
B. It should not change.
C. It ensures that all work on the project is covered.
D. It organizes and defines the total scope of work.
Answer: B
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While it is not ideal, a WBS may be need to change if you have a change in requirements and/or a change in scope after you have completed your scope baseline.
You are a project manager at a strong matrix organization. You have well-defined project processes and a supportive PMO. You have just completed a Work Breakdown Structure with your project team and are proud of the document. You have included all the necessary deliverables and assigned a proper numbering system. For which of the following is the code of accounts used?
A. To ensure accurate cost estimates
B. To identify the level of the project at which the particular work fits in
C. To ensure the WBS is complete
D. To identify risks
Answer: B
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WBS numbers are structured in descending level of detail and help identify the level at which the work fits in with the overall project. This assists with cost and time tracking especially.
You are the project manager on a large system integration project. This is your first system integration project and you work in a Functional organization. What is created as a result of the scope statement being decomposed?
A. Bill of materials
B. Work breakdown structure (WBS)
C. Activity list
D. Organizational breakdown structure
Answer: B
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The decomposition of the project scope creates the WBS.
You are the project manager for a biotechnology firm. You are working on multiple projects concurrently. It is getting confusing and you are becoming frustrated. Different sponsors and stakeholders are saying different things regarding the timing of deliverables. Which statement about project deliverables is correct?
A. They are determined after the work is completely defined.
B. They are described during project planning and improved over time.
C. They are broadly defined at the project onset with the input of project stakeholders.
D. They are determined by the project sponsor.
Answer: C
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Project Deliverables are unique and verifiable products, results, or capabilities to perform a service that must be produced to complete a process, phase or project. They are defined, broadly, during the initiation process group, and will be refined as needed throughout the scope management processes.
In your interviews with some key stakeholders you conclude that the scope statement was poorly constructed. You know all of the following are true except which of the following?
A. It will be difficult to assess future project decisions from this scope statement.
B. It will be difficult to decompose the deliverables from this scope statement.
C. It will be difficult to identify all stakeholders
D. It will be difficult to create an accurate WBS from this scope statement.
Answer: C
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Stakeholder identification occurs during the initiation process group, and a failure in the subsequent development of the scope should not affect the identification of stakeholders. All of the other answer choices are correct regarding what can happen if you have a poorly defined scope statement.
Define Scope comes between which of the following processes in project scope management?
A. Collect Requirements and Control Scope
B. Validate Scope and Control Scope
C. Collect Requirements and Create WBS
D. Collect requirements and Define Activities
Answer: C
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Define Scope is done after Collect Requirements and before Create WBS.
Your project has been officially authorized by the CEO; however you are struggling to clearly define the needed details that will allow for sign-off criteria of key scope items. To address this gap, your project team leaders are helping give you input into the creation of a project scope statement. Which of the following is not performed when creating a project scope statement?
A. Validation of the Scope
B. Product Analysis
C. Alternatives Analysis
D. Facilitation
Answer: A
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Validation of the scope is not a process related to planning the project scope. Instead, as project team members complete each deliverable, scope validation is performed to make sure that the team has completed all of the project work, and thus, it is one of the last things to be done on a project.
You are managing a project which has a large group of stakeholders, a large project team, and a complex set of deliverables. There have been numerous changes made, and you want to make sure you are properly tracking all changes and communicating them as effectively as possible, while also making sure only approved changes are implemented. Which of the following will be most useful for you to utilize in this regard?
A. Change Log
B. Change Control Board
C. Project Management Information System
D. Communication management plan
Answer: C
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A PMIS assists the project manager in nearly all phases of the project, but will be especially useful in managing and communicating changes, especially with a large project team.
A PMIS assists the project manager in nearly all phases of the project, but will be especially useful in managing and communicating changes, especially with a large project team.
Project Management Information System
You are sub-dividing the deliverables of the project to make the project easier to manage and estimate. What are you doing?
A. Developing the project scope
B. Creating the WBS
C. Defining activities
D. Building an affinity diagram
Answer: B
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The purpose of creating the WBS is to make the project easier to manage and estimate. The WBS is a deliverables-oriented breakdown of the project work.
What two items are created when decomposing the work of the project?
A. Activity lists and activity duration estimates
B. Work packages and activity lists
C. Work packages and sequenced activities
D. Estimated activity resources and sequenced activities
Answer: B
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Work packages and activity lists are created as a result of the decomposition tool and technique in the Create WBS and Define Activities processes, respectively. The other answers involve other pieces of the scheduling processes.
You have just been informed by your customer that a major requirement is missing from the project deliverables. Which of the following documents is used as the baseline for evaluating whether requests for changes or additional work fall within the project’s boundaries, and serves as a guide for the team throughout the Executing processes?
A. Project Charter
B. Project Scope Statement
C. Project Requirements Documentation
D. WBS Dictionary
Answer: B
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The project scope statement defines the total scope of the project (what is in-scope and what is out of scope). According to the PMBOK Guide, it is used as a baseline for evaluating change requests and for guiding the project team’s work through the Executing processes.
What is the best description of the purpose of the work breakdown structure (WBS)?
A. The WBS allows the project manager to delegate responsibility of all of the project activities.
B. The WBS is a narrative description of the work required for the project.
C. The WBS organizes and defines the total scope of the project.
D. The WBS is a statement of what will be made, how many units will be made, and when they will be made.
Answer: C
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WBS is a deliverable-oriented hierarchical decomposition of the work to be executed by the project team to accomplish the project objectives and create the required deliverables.
When should the product features be defined and finalized in a Predictive project?
A. Before anything else happens in the project
B. Before the project management plan is put under version control
C. As soon as possible in project planning
D. As the executing process group unfolds
Answer: C
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The more clarity you have about the details of the project’s product, the better you will be at writing the overall plan. While it is true that planning is an iterative process and some enhancement is expected as planning proceeds, the product features should be defined as clearly as possible early on so that the project can be planned and baselined as accurately as possible.
You are the project manager for a commercial construction company. Your project involves building a shopping mall. The project must be completed by December 15th or your company will have to pay a weekly penalty of $5,000. This is an example of which of the following?
A. Project Requirement
B. Schedule constraint
C. Assumption
D. Cost Constraint
Answer: B
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The project must be completed by December 15th, so this is an example of a schedule constraint. Be careful not to confuse requirements with constraints. A deadline is always a constraint. A requirement” is a feature that the deliverable must include or a performance measurement it must meet.”
You are working on a new and innovative project. You have identified your key stakeholders and are discussing product requirements with them. You want to identify requirements early since the cost of change will be high later in the project. What are some of the tools and techniques that you might use?
A. Interviews, decomposition, rolling wave planning, expert judgment
B. Performance reports, performance measurement, alternative generation, expert judgment
C. Product analysis, alternative generation, and expert judgment
D. Interviews, focus groups, prototypes, observations
Answer: D
Process - Task 8 - Manage Scope
The tools and techniques of the Collect Requirements process include these tools and techniques. The goal is to gather as much information as possible, and each of these tools serves this purpose.
The WBS is best described as which of the following?
A. An organization-oriented hierarchy of the project
B. A deliverables-oriented hierarchy of the project
C. A cost-oriented hierarchy of the project
D. Only required on large complex projects where separately identifiable work packages are difficult to construct
Answer: B
Process - Task 8 - Manage Scope
A WBS is a deliverable-oriented hierarchical decomposition of the work to be executed by the project team to accomplish the project objectives and create the required deliverables, with each descending level of the WBS representing an increasingly detailed definition of the project work.
You are the project manager for a large real estate/construction company. You are currently managing a project to expand an existing facility. You are discussing how many floors to add to the building and what ADA requirements must be adhered to. Tools and techniques of the Define Scope Process include which of the following?
A. Product Analysis, Data Analysis, Expert Judgment, Facilitation
B. Organizational Process Assets, Project Scope Statement and Requirements Documentation
C. Project Management Plan, Requirements Documentation, Requirements traceability Matrix, Verified Deliverables
D. Variance analysis
Answer: A
Process - Task 8 - Manage Scope
The tools and techniques of Define Scope include all of these, and decision making (multicriteria decision analysis)
