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bottom-up
Project managers often use the ____ approach for projects that represent entirely new systems or approaches to doing a job, or to help create buy-in and synergy with a project team.
scope statement
The ____ should list and describe all of the deliverables required for the project
Scope verification
____ involves formal acceptance of the completed project scope by the stakeholders
mind mapping
After discovering WBS items and structure using the ____ technique, you could then translate the information into chart or tabular form
project scope statement
An up-to-date ____ is an important document for developing and confirming a common understanding of the project scope
work breakdown structure
A(n) ____ is a deliverable-oriented grouping of the work involved in a project that defines the total scope of the project
scope definition
Good ____ is very important to project success because it helps improve the accuracy of time, cost, and resource estimates, it defines a baseline for performance measurement and project control, and it aids in communicating clear work responsibilities
2
In the WBS, the main groupings for the work are listed in Level ____.
1
In the WBS, the name of the entire project is the top box, called Level ____.
analogy approach
In the ____, you use a similar project's WBS as a starting point
specifications
Many people confuse tasks on a WBS with ____.
scope
Of the following constraints, it is most difficult to describe, agree upon, and meet the ____ goal of many projects
top-down
The ____ approach involves refining the work into greater and greater levels of detail
top-down
The ____ approach is best suited to project managers who have vast technical insight and a big-picture perspective
executing
The ____ tasks vary the most from project to project
scope control
The goal of ____ is to influence the factors that cause scope changes, assure changes are processed according to procedures developed as part of integrated change control, and manage changes when they occur.
verifying scope
The main outputs of ____ are accepted deliverables and change requests
deliverable
The term ____ describes a product produced as part of a project
five
There are ____ main processes involved in project scope management.
Controlling scope
____ involves controlling changes to project scope throughout the life of the project, which is a challenge on many information technology projects
Collecting requirements
____ involves defining and documenting the features and functions of the products produced during the project as well as the processes used for creating them
Verifying scope
____ 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 during this process
Defining scope
____ 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.
Use case modeling
____ is a process for identifying and modeling business events, who initiated them, and how the system should respond to them
JAD
____ 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.