Course 9 - Planning and Defining Project Scope

Acceptance Criteria

Set agreed upon standards for judging the success of a project

Deliverables

Sets stakeholder expectations about what a project will deliver

Project Exclusions

Sets stakeholder expectations about what a project won't deliver

What is the definition of project scope?

The total work required for a project's deliverables to meet all of its objectives.

What tools and techniques can be used when defining a project's scope?

- Asking a project sponsor to assess requirements documentation. - Facilitating groups of stakeholders so that they agree on project scope. - Identifying alternative methods for attaining project requirements. - Carrying out a systems analysis. - Using multicriteria decision analysis.

What tools and techniques can you use to collect project requirements?

- Context diagram - Decision making - Expert judgement - Interpersonal and team skills - Prototypes - Data gathering, analysis, and representation

You are still working on the scope planning documents for the software development project. What types of project information will the requirements management plan contain?

- How activities related to planning, tracking, and reporting the project requirements will be performed. - Archived and current versions of the code will be kept on a secure document storage site - The customer will prioritize requirements in a planning meeting with members of the development team.

What purposes does the project scope statement serve?

- It guides the work of the project team. - It defines and progressively elaborates on the work of the project. - It sets the expectations of stakeholders. - It provides a baseline for evaluating whether requests for changes or additional work are within or outside the project's boundaries.

What are the characteristics of a requirements traceability matrix?

- It identifies each requirement using a unique identifier. - It enables you to track requirements throughout a project. - It relates requirements to the scope of the project and to actual product development. - It identifies the current status of each requirement.

What characteristics should the requirements documentation have?

- It should list requirements by stakeholder and priority - It should explain assumptions and constraints for each requirement - It should indicate how each requirement helps meet a broader objective

What are some of the inputs to the Collect Requirements process?

- Project management plan - Agreements - Business documents - Project documents - Enterprise environmental factors - Organizational process assets - Project charter

You're managing the development of a program to assist underprivileged children in your city. What types of information will you put in the project's scope management and requirements management plans?

- The process for expanding the program if the children identify a new activity they would like to do. - Who will be involved in writing and approving the scope statement. - How the team will decide which areas of support and development to include in the new program. - What the deliverables of the new program will be and how acceptance will be formalized.

You are planning a software development project. What types of information will your team members find in the scope management plan relative to this project?

- The scope statement will be developed during a meeting between the customer, the user representative, and the lead programmer. - The WBS will be created using project management software and updated daily as required. - Formal sign offs of product iterations will be obtained following monthly customer reviews.

You're leading a project to design and manufacture a new range of soft toys for children aged three to six years. What are the examples of appropriate requirements for the project?

- All toys must comply with the US Child Safety Protection Act rules for labels warning of small parts - All materials must meet ISO 8124 flammability standards

Product Scope

Guides the development of a work breakdown structure and provides a baseline for quality testing