Scope Flashcards
Objective: Review Process area SCOPE.
Gold Plating is
Very bad!
The process by which you break down work to lower levels is called?
Decompostion
What are the inputs to 5.1 - Collect Requirments?
Poject Charter, Stakeholder Integration
Decomposition is?
A tool & technique - NOT an input/output
Variance analysis is?
A tool and technique that measures wehre you are (ahead/behind/on track) within scope. i.e. where you should have been vs. where you actually are
What are the 3 hardest tasks for a PM?
Controlling stakeholders (hardest), controlling unneceesary change, making sure that the project is alighed with business goals/purposes.
What is the 100% rule?
100% of the work of a project (or program) needs to be represented in the creation of WBS.
What are the four breakdown structures?
Oganizational breakdown structure (OBS), risk breakdwon structure (RBS), resource breakdown structure (RBS), bill of materials (BOM)
What is a work package?
The lowest level of WBS - the place/level where you are most comfortable. Output of 5.3 - create WBS
What is a control account?
Output of 5.3 create WBS. Point placed in the WBS above a work package and planning package to help with estimating when all the detials are not availble at the work package level.
What is the planning package?
Output of 5.3 create WBS. A piece of WBS between control account and the work package that is used to plan scoped work that lacks sufficient work level details.
What is the process of scope management?
Collect requirements define scope create WBS verify scope control scope
What is the definition of scope management?
Doing all the work, and only the work, included in the project.
determining if the work is included in the project or not.
In which process is the scope management plan created?
The scope management plan is created in the integration management process, as part of the Develop Project Management Plan.
What ar ethe key outputs of the collect requirements process?
requirements docs
requirements management plan
requirements traceability matrix
What is a key output of the Define Scope process?
Project Scope Statement
What are the key outputs of the create WBS process?
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
WBS dictionary
Scope Baseline
What are the key outputs of the Verify Scope process?
Accepted deliverables
change requests
project doc updates
What are the key outputs of the control scope process?
work performance measurments
change requests
updates to the project management plan and project docs
Name several requirements gathering techniques.
intevieiwng focus groups faiclitated workshops brainstorming affinity diagrams questionnaires prototypes
What is included in a requirements traceability matrix?
requirement ID number
source of requirement
who is assigned to manage the requirement
status of the requirement
What is a project scope statement? What are the key items included?
A written description of the project deliverables and the work required to create those deliverables.
It includes: product scope project scope deliverables product acceptance criteria what is NOT part of the project constraints and assumptions
Product analysis is part of which scope management process?
product analysis occurs during the Define Scope process.
When is the work breakdown structure (WBS) created, and what is it used for?
Created during the project planning by the team and used to define or decompose the project into smaller, more manageable pieces.
Used to help determine project staffing, estimating, scheduling, and risk management.
What does a work breakdown structure show?
Hierarchy Interrelationships Work Packages Control Account Numbering system
What is decomposition?
Subdiving the major deliverables into smaller, more manageable componants
What is a WBS dictionary?
A description of the work to be done for each work package.
How are work packages differant from activities?
Activities are generated from each work package.
Work packages are shown in a WBS
Activities are show in an activity list and network diagram.
What is the verify scope process? When is it done?
The process of formalizing acceptance of the project scope by the stakeholders/customer.
It is done during the project monitoring and controlling and at the END of each phase of the project life cycle.
What is the differance between product scope and project scope?
Product scope is the requirements that related to the poduct of a project.
Project scope is the project work needed to accomplish the product scope.
What makes up the scope baseline?
Projct scope statement
WBS
WBS dictionary
