Scope Management

Question 1

scope creep

Answer 1

unauthorized work added to scope, increasing time and cost to the scope

Question 2

gold plating

Answer 2

extra work that is not in the scope baseline

Question 3

product scope

Answer 3

features and functions
requirements for the product

Question 4

project scope

Answer 4

work needed to deliver the product or result

Question 5

What are the processes in scope management?

Answer 5

Plan scope management
Collect requirements
Define scope
Create WBS
Validate scope
Control scope

Question 6

What is the scope management plan?

Answer 6

document how you are going to write the scope statement
how you are going to baseline the scope
how you control the scope
how you will get the scope accepted (validated)
change requests

Question 7

What is the requirement management plan?

Answer 7

document that shows the requirements to be collected, analyzed, documented, and managed.

Question 8

What is the traceability structure?

Answer 8

reflects which requirements need to be captured on traceability matrix

Question 9

What are the inputs for collecting requirements?

Answer 9

Project charter
Project man. plan
Project docs.
Business docs. (assumption log, LL register, stakeholder register)
agreements
EEF
OPA

Question 10

What are the tools and techniques for collecting requirements?

Answer 10

expert judgment
data gathering
data analysis
decision making
data representation
interpersonal and team skils

Question 11

What are the techniques for data gathering when collecting requirements?

Answer 11

Brainstorming
interviews
focus groups
questionaires and surveys
benchmarking

Question 12

What is benchmarking?

Answer 12

comparing industry standard, looking within or outside of organization to measure performance

Question 13

What are the techniques for data representations when collecting requirements?

Answer 13

ideas/mind mapping
affinity diagrams

Question 14

What is the delphi technique?

Answer 14

requirements are collected anonymously from SME’s
Pro: stakeholders cant influence each other

Question 15

What is nominal group technique?

Answer 15

how you rank and prioritize ideas in brainstorming

Question 16

What are prototypes?

Answer 16

working models of a product that stakeholders interact with
stakeholders can give feedback on the product and how they might change it better to meet the requirements

Question 17

What is the requirements traceability matrix?

Answer 17

table that links the requirements back to their origins
tracks where the requirement suggestion came from, which SH gave the requirement, why it was added to the project, current status of the require.

Question 18

What is the difference between where the scope of the project is stored between traditional and agile projects?

Answer 18

Traditional: project scope is in the project scope statement

Agile: scope of requirements is stored in the product backlog

Question 19

What is the main requirements documentation to define the scope?

Answer 19

requirements for the project
risk register

Question 20

What is product analysis?

Answer 20

analyze the product to ensure it matches the requirements of the stakeholder

Question 21

What should be included in the project scope statement and what is it?

Answer 21

describes the details of the project deliverables and the work that will be required to produce the deliverables
desciption of the scope
detailed list of the deliverables
acceptance criteria
exclusions “the project will not include…”
constraints
assumptions

Question 22

What is decomposition when creating the WBS?

Answer 22

takes deliverables from scope statement and divide it into smaller parks aka work packages
work packages are the lowest level on WBS

Question 23

What is scope baseline?

Answer 23

made up of 3 components: scope statement, WBS, WBS dictionary

Question 24

What is the difference between the WBS and the WBS dictionary?

Answer 24

the WBS provides a structure for the summary of cost, schedule and resource info.

WBS dictionary has more details about each work package like description, scheduling, and cost estimates,

Question 25

What does validate scope mean?

Answer 25

formally inspected and accepted by the customer or sponsor

done immediately after “control quality”

happens at the end of the project after the deliverables have been made.

Question 26

What is the process “control quality” within validating the scope?

Answer 26

the deliverable is inspected to see if it meets the quality requirements outlined in the project plan

Question 27

What are the 2 processes for validating the scope

Answer 27

accepted deliverables
change requests
work performance information

Question 28

What is the goal of “control scope”?

Answer 28

ensure the project stays on the scope as it is executed
comparing the actual work getting done to the project plan
done on a daily basis to ensure the project stays within the scope

Question 29

What is variance analysis?

Answer 29

difference between the planned work and actual work
want this number to be as low as possible

Question 30

What is trend analysis?

Answer 30

if a trend is emerging as a project progresses