Scope Management Flashcards
Plan Scope Management Sub-Process Output
- Scope Management Plan
- Requirements Management Plan
What is a “Requirements Management Plan”
- Output from “Plan Scope Management” sub-process
- Guiding document for how requirements will be documented and managed:
- Includes a traceability matrix
Plan Scope Management Sub-Process Inputs
&
Purpose
- Charter (High level requirements)
- Project Management Plan; Affects how you write the scope mgmt plan
- Quality Management Plan
- Project Life Cycle description
- Development Approach
- EEF (Regulations, and Risk appetites)
- OPA (Templates)
Scope Management Plan Purpose
Guiding document for:
- Defining Scope
- Create WBS (~developing the scope)
- Validate Scope (~approval)
- Control scope (~change requests)
Definition of Project Scope
- The work that is needed to be accomplished in order to deliver a product, service, or result w/ specified features and functions
Definition of Product Scope
- The features and functions that characterize a product, service, or result
Collect Requirements Sub-Process Output
- Requirements Documentation
- Requirements Traceabiilty Matrix
Inputs for Collect Requirements Sub-Process
& Purpose
- Project Charter (High-level requirements)
- Project Management Plan Components:
- Scope Management Plan
- Requirements Management Plan (which and how to use tools for this process)
- Stakeholder Engagement Plan
- Project Docs:
- Assumption Log (which reqs not included)
- Lessons Learned Register (reqs ~ projects)
- Stakeholder Register
- Business Docs:
- Business Case
- Agreements; Buyer may set forth requirements
Collect Requirements Sub-Process Tools/Techniques
- Expert Judgement
- Data Gathering: brainstorming/interviewing/focus groups/questionnaires & surveys/Bench Marking
- Data Analysis: Analyzing documents, agreements, policies, proposals, or business plans
Describe “Requirements Documentation”
- 1 of 2 outputs from “Collect Reqs” sub-process
- Details project objectives:
1) Includes stakeholder/business reqs.
2) Acceptance Criteria
3) Quality Requirements
4) Organizational Impacts of the requirements
5) Legal/Ethical Compliance requirements
6) Requirements Assumptions & Constraints
Describe “Requirement Traceability Matrix”
Where does it come from?
- 1 of 2 outputs from “Collect Reqs.” sub-process
- Links requirements back to the scope
- Used to help manage scope
- Describes
- who provided the requirement
- why the requirement was added
- the current status of the requirements
Define Scope Sub-Process Output
- Scope Statement
- Updated Project Docs (Assumption Log, Reqs. Doc., Reqs. Traceability Matrix, Stakeholder Register)
Define Scope Sub-Process Inputs & Why
- Project Charter; contains reqs.
- PMP (Scope Management Plan); how to doc.
- Proj. Docs:
- Assumption Logs; scope statement includes assumptions
- Reqs. Doc.; Details the requirements
- Risk Register; risk affects scope
- EFA; risk appetite and organizational culture
- OPA; previous lessons learned, templates
What is Product Analysis?
- Tool & Technique for “Define Scope” sub-process
- detailed understanding of project’s product, service, or result
- allows focus on correct interpretation of requirements
- Examples: Product breakdown, system analysis, system requirements
What is Product Analysis?
- Tool & Technique for “Define Scope” sub-process
- detailed understanding of project’s product, service, or result
- allows focus on correct interpretation of requirements
- Examples: Product breakdown, system analysis, system requirements