Deck 5: Project Scope Management

Question 1

The tasks in a WBS must be developed as a sequential list of steps.

Answer 1

False
Explanation: A concern when creating a WBS is how to organize it to provide the basis for the project schedule. You should focus on what work needs to be done and how it will be done, not when it will be done. In other words, the tasks do not have to be developed as a sequential list of steps.

Question 2

Many information technology projects also require detailed functional and design specifications for developing software, which also should be referenced in the detailed scope statement.

Answer 2

True
Explanation: Many IT projects require detailed functional and design specifications for developing software, which also should be referenced in the detailed scope statement.

Question 3

Deliverables are only product-related, such as a piece of hardware or software.

Answer 3

False
Explanation: Deliverables can be product-related, such as a piece of hardware or software, or process-related, such as a planning document or meeting minutes.

Question 4

Many organizations provide different guidelines and templates for developing WBSs.

Question 5

The WBS is organized solely around project phases.

Question 6

Project scope management includes the processes involved in defining and controlling what is or is not included in a project.

Question 7

The project scope statement should reference supporting documents, such as product specifications that will affect what products are produced or purchased, or corporate policies, which might affect how products or services are produced.

Question 8

A work package must always represent less than 80 hours of work.

Question 9

The project's size, complexity, importance, and other factors do not affect how much effort is spent on collecting requirements for scope planning.

Question 10

Information from the project charter provides a basis for further defining the project scope.

Question 11

Scope refers to all the work involved in creating the products of the project and the processes used to create them.

Question 12

The project scope statement, stakeholder requirements documentation, and organizational process assets are the primary inputs for creating a WBS.

Question 13

Given the project management software that is available, it is relatively easy to create a good WBS.

Question 14

The scope of a project is clear and specific from the start.

Question 15

Project scope statements must include the project boundaries, constraints, and assumptions.

Question 16

A work package represents one component of the product that the project aims to deliver.

Question 17

Mind mapping allows people to write and even draw pictures of ideas in a nonlinear format.

Question 18

The scope management plan can be informal and broad or formal and detailed, based on the needs of the project.

Question 19

The executing tasks of the WBS remain constant from project to project.

Question 20

The scope baseline in a WBS consists of the requirements documentation and enterprise environmental factors.

Question 21

_____ involves reviewing the project charter, requirements documents, and organizational process assets to create a scope statement, adding more information as requirements are developed and change requests are approved.

A)Creating scope
B)Defining scope  
C)Controlling scope
D)Validating scope

Question 22

A unit of work should appear at only one place in the WBS.

Question 23

The _____ should list and describe all of the deliverables required for the project.

A)project charter
B)scope statement  
C)WBS
D)Gantt chart

Question 24

Generating ideas by comparing specific project practices or product characteristics to those of other projects or products inside or outside the performing organization is known as _____.

A)variance
B)benchmarking  
C)prototyping
D)decomposition

Question 25

_____ involves formalizing acceptance of the project deliverables and during this phase the key project stakeholders, such as the customer and sponsor for the project, inspect and then formally accept the deliverables.

A)Creating scope
B)Defining scope  
C)Controlling scope
D)Validating scope

Question 26

Scope creep if not managed well can lead to the failure of information technology projects.

Question 27

The _____ approach for constructing a WBS starts with the largest items of the project and breaks them into subordinate items.

A)analogy
B)bottom-up  
C)top-down
D)mind mapping

Question 28

A(n) ____ is a task at the lowest level of the WBS.

A)variance
B)objective  
C)deliverable
D)work package

Question 29

A(n) _____ is a deliverable-oriented grouping of the work involved in a project that defines the total scope of the project.

A)project charter
B)business case  
C)project scope statement
D)work breakdown structure

Question 30

The ______ documents how project needs will be analyzed, documented, and managed.

A)requirements traceability matrix
B)requirements management plan  
C)WBS
D)project scope statement

Question 31

Scope refers to:

A)each level of work that is outlined in a work breakdown structure. 
B)the end product created as part of a project that is delivered to the client. 
C)tasks that are decomposed into smaller tasks in a work breakdown structure. 
D)the work involved in creating the products and the processes used to create them.

Question 32

The format of the WBS dictionary is essentially the same for all projects.

Question 33

The main technique used in creating a WBS is _____, which involves subdividing project deliverables into smaller pieces.

A)conglomeration
B)accumulation  
C)decomposition
D)catalyzation

Question 34

The _____ approach for constructing a WBS involves refining the work into greater and greater levels of detail.

A)analogy
B)bottom-up  
C)top-down
D)mind mapping

Question 35

In the _____approach for constructing a WBS, you use a similar project's WBS as a starting point.

A)top-down
B)bottom-up  
C)mind-mapping
D)analogy

Question 36

The _____ technique for creating a WBS uses branches radiating from a core idea to structure thoughts and ideas instead of writing down tasks in a list or immediately trying to create a structure for tasks.

A)analogy
B)bottom-up  
C)top-down
D)mind mapping

Question 37

_____ involves defining and documenting the features and functions of the products produced during the project as well as the processes used for creating them.

A)Collecting requirements
B)Defining scope  
C)Controlling scope
D)Validating scope

Question 38

The term ______ describes a product produced as part of a project.

A)variance
B)scope  
C)deliverable
D)work package

Question 39

Creating the WBS is a subprocess associated with the _____ process in project scope management.

A)planning
B)monitoring and controlling  
C)closing
D)executing

Question 40

A(n) _____ is a table that lists requirements, their various attributes, and the status of the requirements to ensure that all are addressed.

A)requirements traceability matrix
B)Gantt chart  
C)state transition table
D)entity-attribute-value model

Question 41

_____ refers to the process of developing a working replica of the system or some aspect of the system.

A)Prototyping
B)Variance  
C)Decomposition
D)Use case modeling

Question 42

The main outputs of scope definition are the _____ and project document updates.

Question 43

Scope creep refers to:

A)the tendency for project scope to keep getting bigger and bigger. 
B)subdividing project deliverables into smaller pieces. 
C)the approved project scope statement and its associated WBS. 
D)a task at the lowest level of the WBS.

Question 44

Which of the following is recommended for the creation of a good WBS?

A)Any WBS item should be the responsibility of all the people working on it. 
B)A unit of work should appear at only one place in the WBS. 
C)Each WBS item should be created assuming that the requirements are inflexible. 
D)The work content of a WBS item is independent of the WBS items below it.

Question 45

_____ includes the processes involved in defining and controlling what work is or is not included in a project.

Question 46

_____ is a process for identifying and modeling business events, who initiated them, and how the system should respond to them.

A)Prototyping
B)JAD  
C)RAD
D)Use case modeling

Question 47

_____ refers to the difference between planned and actual performance.

A)Decomposition
B)Variance  
C)Scope validation
D)Scope creep

Question 48

Mind mapping can be used for developing WBSs using

A)the analogy approach only
B)the bottom-up or analogy approach  
C)the top-down or bottom-up approach
D)any approach

Question 49

The _____ includes the approved project scope statement and its associated WBS and WBS dictionary.

Question 50

The main outputs of _____are the project scope statement and updates to project documents.

Question 51

_____ refers to all the work involved in creating the products of the project and the processes used to create them.

Question 52

_____ involves formal acceptance of the completed project scope by the stakeholders.

A)Scope validation
B)Scope planning  
C)Scope control
D)Scope baseline

Question 53

In the _____ approach, team members first identify as many specific tasks related to the project as possible and then aggregate the specific tasks and organize them into summary activities, or higher levels in the WBS.

A)analogy
B)bottom-up  
C)top-down
D)mind mapping

Question 54

_____ uses highly organized and intensive workshops to bring together project stakeholders-the sponsor, users, business analysts, programmers, and so on-to jointly define and design information systems.

A)Prototyping
B)JAD  
C)RAD
D)Use case modeling

Question 55

A(n) _____ is a deliverable-oriented grouping of the work involved in a project that defines its total scope.

Question 56

Subdividing the project deliverables into smaller pieces is known as _____.

Question 57

Tasks in a WBS that are decomposed into smaller tasks are called _____ tasks.

Question 58

Creating the _____ involves subdividing the major project deliverables into smaller, more manageable components.

Question 59

A(n) _____ is a table that lists requirements, their various attributes, and the status of the requirements to ensure that all are addressed.

Question 60

_____ refer to "conditions or capabilities that must be met by the project or present in the product, service, or result to satisfy an agreement or other formally imposed specification."

Question 61

List and briefly describe the six main processes involved in project scope management.

Question 62

A work package is a task at the _____ level of the WBS.

Question 63

_____ is a process for identifying and modeling business events, who initiated them, and how the system should respond to them.

Question 64

List and briefly describe five approaches for creating work breakdown structures.

Question 65

PMI uses the term "_____" to describe each level of work in the WBS.

Question 66

A(n) _____ is a document that describes detailed information about each WBS item.

Question 67

_____ involves controlling changes to the project scope while keeping project goals and business strategy in mind.

Question 68

_____ is the difference between planned and actual performance.

Question 69

What is a work breakdown structure? What are the inputs and tools used for creating one?

Question 70

_____ involves developing a working replica of the system or some aspect of the system.

Question 71

In the _____ approach to creating a WBS, team members first identify as many specific tasks related to the project as possible.

Question 72

The main tool for performing scope validation is _____ and group decision making techniques.

Question 73

_____ is the tendency for project scope to keep getting bigger and bigger.

Question 74

Describe the process of scope verification.

Question 75

What are some of the suggestions for improving the requirements process?

Question 76

_____ is a technique that uses branches radiating out from a core idea to structure thoughts and ideas when creating a WBS.

Question 77

Some organizations prescribe the form and content for WBSs for particular projects. These are known as _____.