Deck 5: Project Scope Management

Question 1

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

Answer 1

False

Question 2

A work package represents the level of work that the project manager monitors and controls.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

A work package should always represent less than 80 hours of work.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

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.

Question 5

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

Question 6

Project scope statements should include,at a minimum,a product scope description and detailed information on all project deliverables.

Question 7

It is easy to create a good WBS.

Question 8

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

Question 9

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

Question 10

The scope of a project should be clear and specific from the start.

Question 11

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

Question 12

A WBS is often depicted as a task-oriented pie chart.

Question 13

The tasks in a WBS do not have to be developed as a sequential list of steps.

Question 14

The project scope statement provides the basis for planning and managing project schedules,costs,resources,and changes.

Question 15

A project team always organizes the WBS around project products.

Question 16

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

Question 17

You can only enter duration estimates for work packages.

Question 18

If you want some time-based flow for the work,you can create a WBS using the project management process groups of initiating,planning,executing,monitoring and controlling,and closing as Level 2 in the WBS.

Question 19

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

Question 20

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

Question 21

The term ____ describes a product produced as part of a project.

A)end-product
B)scope
C)deliverable
D)outcome

Question 22

Many organizations provide guidelines and templates for developing WBSs.

Question 23

Lack of user input leads to problems with managing scope creep and controlling change.

Question 24

____ 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)Planning scope
B)Defining scope
C)Controlling scope
D)Verifying scope

Question 25

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

Question 26

In the WBS,the name of the entire project is the top box,called Level ____.

A)0
B)1
C)2
D)3

Question 27

There are ____ main processes involved in project scope management.

A)three
B)four
C)five
D)six

Question 28

The main outputs of ____ are accepted deliverables and change requests.

A)planning scope
B)controlling scope
C)defining scope
D)verifying scope

Question 29

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.

A)scope planning
B)scope management
C)scope definition
D)scope verification

Question 30

The format of the WBS dictionary should be the same from project to project.

Question 31

____ 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)Verifying scope

Question 32

Of the following constraints,it is most difficult to describe,agree upon,and meet the ____ goal of many projects.

A)scope
B)time
C)cost
D)technical

Question 33

An up-to-date ____ is an important document for developing and confirming a common understanding of the project scope.

A)scope management plan
B)project scope statement
C)WBS
D)decomposition

Question 34

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

Question 35

____ 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.

A)Planning scope
B)Defining scope
C)Controlling scope
D)Verifying scope

Question 36

Many people confuse tasks on a WBS with ____.

A)goals
B)objectives
C)responsibilities
D)specifications

Question 37

____ involves controlling changes to project scope throughout the life of the project,which is a challenge on many information technology projects.

A)Planning scope
B)Defining scope
C)Controlling scope
D)Verifying scope

Question 38

In the WBS,the main groupings for the work are listed in Level ____.

A)0
B)1
C)2
D)3

Question 39

The ____ tasks vary the most from project to project.

A)closing
B)monitoring and controlling
C)planning
D)executing

Question 40

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

Question 41

The ____ approach is best suited to project managers who have vast technical insight and a big-picture perspective.

A)analogy
B)bottom-up
C)top-down
D)mind mapping

Question 42

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

Question 43

The project scope statement should reference ____________________,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.

Question 44

____ involves formal acceptance of the completed project scope by the stakeholders.

A)Scope verification
B)Scope planning
C)Scope control
D)Scope definition

Question 45

Some project management experts believe that work should not be done on a project if it is not included in the _________________________

Question 46

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.

A)analogy
B)bottom-up
C)top-down
D)mind mapping

Question 47

The ____ should list and describe all of the deliverables required for the project.

A)project charter
B)scope statement
C)WBS
D)Gantt chart

Question 48

Key inputs for preparing the project scope statement include the ____________________,requirements documentation,and organizational process assets such as policies and procedures related to scope statements as well as project files and lessons learned from previous,similar projects.

Question 49

____ 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

Question 50

____ 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

Question 51

A(n)____________________ project scope statement is an important document for developing and confirming a common understanding of the project scope.

Question 52

In the ____,you use a similar project's WBS as a starting point.

A)top-down approach
B)bottom-up approach
C)mind-mapping approach
D)analogy approach

Question 53

The main outputs of ____________________ are the project scope statement and updates to project documents.

Question 54

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

Question 55

The ____ approach involves refining the work into greater and greater levels of detail.

A)analogy
B)bottom-up
C)top-down
D)mind mapping

Question 56

A(n)____________________ is a task at the lowest level of the WBS.

Question 57

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.

A)scope verification
B)scope control
C)scope planning
D)scope definition

Question 58

After discovering WBS items and structure using the ____ technique,you could then translate the information into chart or tabular form.

A)analogy
B)bottom-up
C)top-down
D)mind mapping

Question 59

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

Question 60

Factors such as user involvement,clear business objectives,a minimized or clearly defined scope,and firm basic requirements,are elements of _________________________.

Question 61

What are some of the suggestions for improving the requirements process?

Question 62

____________________ can be used for developing WBSs using the top-down or bottom-up approach.

Question 63

In the ____________________ approach,team members first identify as many specific tasks related to the project as possible.

Question 64

____________________ is the difference between planned and actual performance.

Question 65

What is a work breakdown structure? What are the inputs and tools used for creating one?

Question 66

Describe the process of scope verification.

Question 67

List and briefly describe the five main processes involved in project scope management.

Question 68

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

Question 69

____________________ involves controlling changes to the project scope.

Question 70

The main tool for performing scope verification is ____________________.

Question 71

____________________ is a technique that uses branches radiating out from a core idea to structure thoughts and ideas.

Question 72

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

Question 73

The approved project scope statement and its associated WBS and WBS dictionary form the ____________________.

Question 74

List and briefly describe five approaches for creating work breakdown structures.

Question 75

If ____________________ for developing a WBS exist,it is very important to follow them.