4 - Scope Management

Front 1

What is the definition of product scope?

Back 1

The requirements related to the product of the project

Front 2

What is the definition of project scope?

Back 2

The work the project will do to deliver the product of the project

Front 3

What is the process of scope management?

Back 3

Plan Scope Management
Collect Requirements
Define Scope
Create WBS
Validate Scope
Control Scope

Front 4

What is the definition of scope management?

Back 4

Defining what work is required and then making sure all of that work, and only that work, is included in the project

Front 5

What are the key outputs of the Plan Scope Management process?

Back 5

Scope management plan
Requirements management plan

Front 6

What are the key outputs of the Collect Requirements process?

Back 6

Requirements documentation
Requirements traceability matrix

Front 7

What is the key output of the Define Scope process?

Back 7

Project scope statement

Front 8

What are the key outputs of the Create WBS process?

Back 8

Work breakdown structure (WBS)
WBS dictionary
Scope baseline (the WBS and WBS dictionary are components of the scope baseline)

Front 9

What are the key outputs of the Validate Scope process?

Back 9

Work performance information
Accepted deliverables
Change requests
Updates to project documents

Front 10

What are the key outputs of the Control Scope process?

Back 10

Work performance information
Change requests
Updates to the project management plan and project documents

Front 11

Name several requirements-gathering techniques

Back 11

Reviewing historical records
Interviewing
Focus groups
Facilitated workshops
Brainstorming
Nominal group technique
Multi-criteria decision analysis
Mind maps
Affinity diagrams
Questionnaires and surveys
Observation
Prototypes
Benchmarking
Context diagrams
Group decision making

Front 12

What is the value of a requirements traceability matrix?
What requirement attributes might be recorded in this document?

Back 12

Helps link requirements to objectives
and/or other requirements to make sure
the project meets strategic goals
Requirement identification number
Source of the requirement
Who is assigned to manage the requirement
Status of the requirement

Front 13

What is a project scope statement?
What are the key items included in a project scope statement?

Back 13

A description of the project deliverables and the work required to create those deliverables
Product scope
Project scope
Deliverables (for the product and the project)
Acceptance criteria
What is not part of the project
Assumptions and constraints

Front 14

Product analysis is part of which scope management process?

Back 14

Define Scope

Front 15

When is a work breakdown structure (WBS) created, and what is it used for?

Back 15

Created during 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

Front 16

What is decomposition?

Back 16

Subdividing the major deliverables into smaller, more manageable components

Front 17

What is a WBS dictionary?

Back 17

A description of the work to be done for each work package

Front 18

How are work packages different from activities?

Back 18

Activities are generated from each work package
Work packages are shown in a WBS
Activities are shown in an activity list and network diagram

Front 19

What is the Validate Scope process?
When is it done?

Back 19

The process of gaining formal acceptance
of the deliverables by the customer or sponsor

During project monitoring and controlling and at the end of each phase of the project life cycle

Front 20

What makes up the scope baseline?

Back 20

Project scope statement

WBS

WBS dictionary