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Scope Flashcards

1
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What variables must change requests be evaluated against?

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time, cost, resources, risk, quality and customer satisfaction

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2
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What does the WBS do for you?

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  • clarify requirements
  • help plan scope mgmt
  • control scope
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3
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Each of the PM knowledge areas has a management plan !

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Scope actually has two:

  • scope mgmt
  • requirements mgmt
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4
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What are the 3 parts of a Scope Management Plan?

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planning, executing and controlling

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5
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What is in a Requirements Management Plan?

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how you will analyze, prioritize, manage and track changes to them

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6
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Describe what a requirements traceability matrix is? When do you need one?

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links requirements with deliverables or objectives; large detailed projects

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7
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What can lessons learned do for scope management ?

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Identify overlooked scope

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8
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What can user-story phrases be used for?

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to elicit requirements

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9
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What is the Nominal Group Technique?

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group ranks ideas generated from brainstorming

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10
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What is Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis?

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weighted decision matrices used to prioritize requirements or risks

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11
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Describe affinity diagrams and how they are useful?

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requirements grouped by similarities; groupings can reveal additional scope or risk

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12
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Explain context-level flow diagrams and how they are useful? Sketch one.

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used to define and model scope; labeled to/from arrows revolving project name

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13
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What is the plurality technique?

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group decision-making

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14
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How can Delphi technique yield unanimous agreement?

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repetitive rounds of expert judgment

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15
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Explain the balanced-scorecard concept?

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balancing stakeholder requirements throughout project lifecycle

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16
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How would you resolve competing requirements?

A

Use those that best comply with:

  • business case
  • project charter
  • scope statement
  • project constraints
17
Q

What process is the requirements traceability matrix an output of?

A

Collect Requirements

18
Q

Describe inputs to Define Scope?

A

process uses Scope Mgmt Plan, requirements documentation from Collect Requirements, charter, and risks, assumptions, constraints

19
Q

Why is Define Scope important?

A
  • ensure project has clear boundaries
  • it is iterative !
  • unrealistic schedules are PM’s fault
  • tools used in planning to determine schedule and budget are used in other process groups too
20
Q

What is the principal output of Define Scope?

A

scope statement

21
Q

What may be included in the scope statement?

A
  • product scope
  • project scope
  • deliverables
  • acceptance criteria
  • exclusions
  • assumptions and constraints
22
Q

What is a WBS? Why is it required?

A

fill in here

23
Q

What is a good way to organize affinity diagrams?

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By requirement categories:
• business
• stakeholder
• solution
• transition
• quality
• technical
24
Q

Upon what 4 things should a resolution of competing requirements comply?

A
  • business case
  • charter
  • scope statement
  • project constraints
25
Q

For what process is the requirements traceability matrix crucial?

A

Perform Integrated Change Control

26
Q

What 4 considerations tell you you’ve defined a work package?

A
  • can we realistically and confidently estimated
  • can be completed quickly
  • can be completed without interruption (w/o more information)
  • may be outsourced
27
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Explain how work package work volume duration is related to project size?

A

Work packages:
• small = 4-40 hrs
• medium = 8-80 hrs
• large = ~ 300 hours

28
Q

What does the WBS dictionary prevent that work packages themselves do not?

A

scope creep

29
Q

Explain the Validate Scope process?

A

Frequent planned meetings with customer/sponsor to gain formal acceptance of deliverables during monitoring and controlling

30
Q

What is product analysis?

A

Investigating product during planning

31
Q

When does Control Scope start?

A

at scope baseline

32
Q

What is variance analysis?

A

EVM

Tool for Control Scope; used to measure differences between what was defined in the scope baseline and that createdl

33
Q

What three documents make up the scope baseline?

A
  • scope statement
  • WBS
  • WBS dictionary
34
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What is Control Scope?

A

• monitoring the product scope and managing changes to scope baseline

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