Question 1

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

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Question 2

During which approach do team members first identify as many specific tasks related to the project as possible and then aggregate the specific tasks and organize them into summary activities, or higher levels in the WBS?

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In the bottom-up approach, team members first identify as many specific tasks related to the project as possible. They then aggregate the specific tasks and organize them into summary activities, or higher levels in the WBS. Project managers often use the bottom-up 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.

Question 3

Mind mapping can be used for developing WBSs using which approach?

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You could conduct mind mapping for an entire project by listing the project in the center of a diagram and adding branches or develop a mind-mapping diagram for each deliverable and merge them to create one large diagram for the entire project.

Question 4

Which process 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?

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Joint Application Design (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.

Question 5

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

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Question 6

When using project management software, estimates of work time should be entered only at the work package level; the rest of the WBS items are just groupings or _____ tasks.

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Question 7

Which term refers to the difference between planned and actual performance?

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Variance is the difference between planned and actual performance.

Question 8

Which process involves developing a working replica of the system or some aspect of the system?

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Prototyping involves developing a working replica of the system or some aspect of the system.

Question 9

_____ includes the processes involved in defining and controlling what work is or is not included in a project.

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Question 10

A(n) _____ is a deliverable-oriented grouping of the work involved in a project that defines its total scope.

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Question 11

Subdividing the project deliverables into smaller pieces is known as _____.

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Question 12

_____ refer to "conditions or capabilities that must be met by the project or present in the product, service, or result to satisfy an agreement or other formally imposed specification."

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Question 13

Which process involves identifying and modeling business events, who initiated them, and how the system should respond to them?

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Use case modeling is a process for identifying and modeling business events, who initiated them, and how the system should respond to them. It is an effective tool for understanding requirements of information systems.

Question 14

What process involves formal acceptance of the completed project scope by the stakeholders?

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Scope validation involves formal acceptance of the completed project deliverables. This acceptance is often achieved by a customer inspection and then sign-off on key deliverables.

Question 15

Which is recommended for the creation of a good WBS?

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Some basic principles apply to creating any good WBS and its WBS dictionary. Firstly, a unit of work should appear at only one place in the WBS. The work content of a WBS item is the sum of the WBS items below it.

Question 16

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

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Question 17

What is scope creep?

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Scope creep refers to the tendency for project scope to keep getting bigger and bigger.

Question 18

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

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Question 19

The _____ includes the approved project scope statement and its associated WBS and WBS dictionary.

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Question 20

A(n) _____ is a table that lists requirements, their various attributes, and the status of the requirements to ensure that all are addressed.

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Quiz 5: Project Scope Management