PMBOK 6TH ED - PLAN AND DEFINE PROJECT SCOPE

Project exclusions

Set stakeholder expectations about what a project won't deliver

Acceptance criteria

Standards stakeholders and the team agree to use to determine if deliverables meet requirements

What is the definition of scope project?

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

Which statement defines project scope?

The total work required to complete the deliverables a project is intended to produce

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

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

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

- Carrying out a system analysis - Using multi-criteria decision analysis - Identifying alternative methods for attaining project requirements - Asking a project sponsor to assess requirements documentation - Using facilitation skills to get people from cross-functional teams to reach a consensus

What information is included in the requirement management plan?

- Configuration management processes - Describes all activities related to planning, tracking, and reporting the development of project requirements - Contains the process that will be used for prioritizing requirements

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

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

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

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

What does the Scope management plan identify?

- How the scope statement will be developed - Contains the process for creating the WBS based on the scope statement, and how it will be approved and maintained - Formal acceptance of project deliverables will be contained

What purposes does the project scope statement serve?

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

What are the characteristics of a requirements traceability matrix?

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

What characteristics should the requirements documentation have?

- It should explain assumptions and constraints for each requirement - It should indicate how each requirement helps meet a broader objective - It should list requirements by stakeholder and priority - It should identify the business need of project objective a requirement satisfies - It should list each final project requirements and its attributes

What are appropriate requirements?

- Requirements that can be measured, tested, and traced because it identifies the exact standards

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 use 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 managing a project to create a new web site for a language school that specializes in teaching English as a second language. What are 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 curriculum - The home page of the site must have a response time not exceeding 5 seconds

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

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

You're leading a project to design and manufacture a new range of soft toys for children ages 3-6. 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

Deliverables

Makes it clear what stakeholders can expect to receive throughout a project

Product scope description

Identifies all the features and functions that deliverables must have. This guides decisions about how to break down the work involved and provides a basis for quality testing.