Managing the Project Scope

Which characteristics should you confirm when verifying the work breakdown structure, or WBS, for a project?

-All the work package descriptions are clear and complete -No unnecessary work is included

What tools and techniques can help you define a project's scope?

-Applying multicriteria decision analysis to examine solutions -Using facilitation skills to get people from cross-functional teams to reach a consensus -Asking a consultant about a product's specifications -Using alternatives analysis to discover different ways to meet project requirements -Applying a product breakdown method to analyze deliverables

What activities should you perform when carrying out variance analysis?

-Decide what action to take -Identify the variance -Assess the impact on the project -Determine the cause of the variance

Which principles should you apply when decomposing project deliverables?

-Ensure results are verifiable -Ensure work durations will not exceed 8/80 rule -Organize top levels by the size and nature of the project

What are some of the tools and techniques used to collect project requirements?

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

What roles does the work breakdown structure, or WBS, dictionary play in the scope baseline?

-It describes the items that make up the WBS, including details about their scope, methods, costs, schedule, and quality -It includes cross-references to the requirements database and facilitates integrated project management

What are the purposes of a work breakdown structure, otherwise known as the WBS?

-It helps you estimate project costs -It helps you monitor and control the progress of a project -It enables you to define project team members' responsibilities -It facilitates project scheduling

What does the control scope process aim to do?

-Prevent and correct scope creep -Monitor scope changes

What decomposition activities are carried out when creating a work breakdown structure?

-Structuring and organizing the WBS -Identifying and analyzing the main deliverables -Decomposing the upper WBS levels into lower level detailed components -Verifying that the degree of decomposition of the deliverables is appropriate -Developing and assigning identification codes to the WBS components

What are the main activities that need to be performed when validating a project's scope?

-The customer or sponsor formally accepts the deliverables -The customer, or sponsor, and the project manager inspect deliverables to confirm that they meet requirements

You're managing a project to create a new web site for a language school that specializes in teaching English as a second language. What are the examples of appropriate requirements for the project?

-The site must meet the web accessibility recommendations of the Equality and Human Rights Commission -The site must allow users to search for course curriculums -The home page of the site must have a response time not exceeding five seconds

1.Sets expectations of stakeholders about what they'll receive throughout a project 2.Provides agreed measures for confirming successful project completion 3.Sets clear stakeholder expectations as to what won't be included in a project's deliverable 4.Provides the basis for a work breakdown structure, quality testing, and scope verification

1.Deliverables 2.Acceptance criteria 3.Project exclusions 4.Product scope description

Put the layers of a WBS in order from first to fifth row.

1.Project 2.Processes, phases, and subprojects 3.Main deliverables 4.Tasks 5.Reportable activities

1.Control quality 2.Validate scope

1.Reporting performance is measured for the comparison function against the required standard of three concurrent comparisons -The software company's quality control team carries out the process 2.The club manager and the software company's project manager carry out the process -The system is confirmed to contain player management and reporting functions as per the project plan

What indicates that a work breakdown structure, otherwise known as a WBS, has been finalized?

Control accounts have been added at strategic control points

What is the best description of project scope?

The boundary around the work required to complete the deliverables the project is intended to produce