Waterfall Approach Flashcards
What is the focus upfront for success in a waterfall project?
up front planning to define every step of the project.
What is the project charter in a waterfall project?
Document that formally authorizes a project or a phase of the project and documents requirements and stakeholder needs and expectations.
What is included in a project charter?
- Business Case
- Requirements
- Work breakdown structure
- Schedule
- Risk Assessment
What are other names for a Business Case Statement?
problem statement or project statement
What is expressed in a Business Case Statement?
problem to be solved or opportunity to be explored.
Who is the audience of a Business Case Statement?
Business people, not technical people
What are requirements?
measurable set of customer, client or end-user needs
What is a WBS in a waterfall project?
Work Breakdown Structure chart
When looking at a work breakdown chart, what is the relationship between the tasks?
The hierarchy shows what tasks feed into and support other tasks.
When is the earliest in a waterfall project that risk should be identified?
Initiation
When can risk be identified in a waterfall based project?
At any stage of the project.
What are the advantages of a waterfall project?
- Forces focus on planning and execution
- Benefits of the project, budgets, resource requirements, risks and scheduled are carefully defined.
- Assurance for management that the project is well planned.
- Contingencies and risks have been considered.
- Useful to coordinate scarce resources.
