PM chapter 5

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

FALSE

13. The WBS is organized solely around project phases.

FALSE

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

FALSE

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

FALSE

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

FALSE

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

FALSE

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

FALSE

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

FALSE

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

FALSE

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

FALSE

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

FALSE

25. _____ 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

Joint Application Design (JAD)

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

Mind mapping

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

Project scope management

. 23. _____ 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

Prototyping

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

Prototyping

5. _____ 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."

Requirements

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

Scope

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

Scope control

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

Scope creep

21. _____ involves formal acceptance of the completed project scope by the stakeholders. a. Scope validation b. Scope planning c. Scope control d. Scope baseline

Scope validation

10. 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.

TRUE

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

TRUE

18. Many organizations provide different guidelines and templates for developing WBSs.

TRUE

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

TRUE

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

TRUE

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

TRUE

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

TRUE

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

TRUE

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

TRUE

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

TRUE

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

TRUE

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

Use case modeling

24. _____ 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

Use case modeling

21. _____ is the difference between planned and actual performance.

Variance

22. _____ refers to the difference between planned and actual performance. a. Decomposition b. Variance c. Scope validation d. Scope creep

Variance

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

WBS work breakdown structure

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

WBS work breakdown structure work breakdown structure (WBS) WBS (work breakdown structure)

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

WBS dictionary

19. 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.

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

14. 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

analogy

8. 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

benchmarking

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

bottom-up

17. 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

bottom-up

3. _____ 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

collecting requirements

11. 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

decomposition

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

decomposition

4. _____ 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

defining scope

1. The term ______ describes a product produced as part of a project. a. variance b. scope c. deliverable d. work package

deliverable

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

guidelines

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

inspection

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

lowest

18. 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

mind mapping

6. Creating the WBS is a subprocess associated with the _____ process in project scope management. a. planning b. monitoring and controlling c. closing d. executing

planning

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

project scope statement

7. 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

requirements management plan

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

requirements traceability matrix requirements traceability matrix (RTM) RTM

9. 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

requirements traceability matrix (RTM)

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

scope baseline

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

scope definition

13. The _____ should list and describe all of the deliverables required for the project. a. project charter b. scope statement c. WBS d. Gantt chart

scope statement

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

summary

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

task

20. 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.

the tendency for project scope to keep getting bigger and bigger

2. 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.

the work involved in creating the products and the processes used to create them

15. 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

top-down

16. 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

top-down

5. _____ 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

validating scope

10. 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

work breakdown structure

12. A(n) ____ is a task at the lowest level of the WBS. a. variance b. objective c. deliverable d. work package

work package