Scope Flashcards
The six processes of the scope management knowledge area come from what two process groups?
- Planning
2. Monitoring and Controlling
What are the six processes of the scope management knowledge area?
- Plan scope management
- Collect the requirements
- Define the scope
- Create the WBS (work breakdown structure)
- Validate the scope
- Control the scope
100% Rule
the WBS should represent the total work at the lowest levels and should roll up to the higher levels so that nothing is left out, and no extra work is planned to be performed.
Altwies, Diane. Achieve CAPM Exam Success, 3rd Edition (p. 118). J. Ross Publishing. Kindle Edition.
Chart of accounts:
the financial numbering system used to monitor project costs by category. It is usually related to an organization’s general ledger.
Altwies, Diane. Achieve CAPM Exam Success, 3rd Edition (pp. 118-119). J. Ross Publishing. Kindle Edition.
Code of accounts:
the numbering system for providing unique identifiers for all items in the work breakdown structure (WBS). It is hierarchical and can go to multiple levels, each lower level containing a more detailed description of a project deliverable. The WBS contains clusters of elements that are child items related to a single parent element; for example, parent item 1.1 contains child items 1.1.1, 1.1.2, and 1.1.3.
Altwies, Diane. Achieve CAPM Exam Success, 3rd Edition (p. 119). J. Ross Publishing. Kindle Edition.
Control account:
the management control point at which integration of scope, budget, actual cost, and schedule are integrated and compared to earned value for performance measurement.
Altwies, Diane. Achieve CAPM Exam Success, 3rd Edition (p. 119). J. Ross Publishing. Kindle Edition.
Decomposition:
a technique used for dividing and subdividing the project scope and project deliverables into smaller, more manageable parts.
Altwies, Diane. Achieve CAPM Exam Success, 3rd Edition (p. 119). J. Ross Publishing. Kindle Edition.
Planning package:
a work breakdown structure component below the control account with known work content but without detailed schedule activities.
Altwies, Diane. Achieve CAPM Exam Success, 3rd Edition (p. 119). J. Ross Publishing. Kindle Edition.
Requirements documentation:
a description of how individual requirements meet the business need for the project.
Altwies, Diane. Achieve CAPM Exam Success, 3rd Edition (p. 119). J. Ross Publishing. Kindle Edition.
Requirements elicitation:
the activity of drawing out information from stakeholders and other sources for the purpose of understanding the needs of the business to address a problem or opportunity, and the stakeholder’s preferences and conditions for the solution that will address those needs.
Altwies, Diane. Achieve CAPM Exam Success, 3rd Edition (p. 119). J. Ross Publishing. Kindle Edition.
Requirements traceability matrix:
a grid that links product requirements from their origin to the deliverables that satisfy them.
Altwies, Diane. Achieve CAPM Exam Success, 3rd Edition (p. 119). J. Ross Publishing. Kindle Edition.
Rolling wave planning:
an iterative planning technique in which the work to be accomplished in the near term is planned in detail, while the work in the future is planned at a higher level.
Altwies, Diane. Achieve CAPM Exam Success, 3rd Edition (pp. 119-120). J. Ross Publishing. Kindle Edition.
Scope baseline:
the approved version of a scope statement, work breakdown structure, and its associated WBS dictionary that can be changed using formal change control procedures and is used as a basis for comparison to actual results.
Altwies, Diane. Achieve CAPM Exam Success, 3rd Edition (p. 120). J. Ross Publishing. Kindle Edition.
Scope creep:
the uncontrolled expansion to product or project scope without adjustments to time, cost, and resources.
Altwies, Diane. Achieve CAPM Exam Success, 3rd Edition (p. 120). J. Ross Publishing. Kindle Edition.
WBS dictionary:
a document that provides detailed deliverable, activity, and scheduling information about each component in the work breakdown structure.
Altwies, Diane. Achieve CAPM Exam Success, 3rd Edition (p. 120). J. Ross Publishing. Kindle Edition.
