Project Scoping

Question 1

What is project scoping?

Answer 1

Planning and documentation of how the Engineer is going to undertake the required tasks.

Question 2

What is project management?

Answer 2

Understanding the big picture. Maintain project control.

Question 3

What is budget?

Answer 3

Monitor burn rate, effects.

Review finance

Question 4

What is schedule?

Answer 4

ID critical path
Coordinates trades
Rep big picture.

Question 5

What is communication?

Answer 5

Forced efforts, proactive links, PM initiated.

Question 6

What is a product scope?

Answer 6

Features and functions that characterise a product.

Question 7

What is a project scope?

Answer 7

The work performed to deliver a predict, service or result with specified features and functions.

Question 8

What the difference between getting a product scope with a contract and with your company?

Answer 8

Contract will be already defined, with company you will have to define yourself.

Question 9

Why understand the project scope?

Answer 9

Foundations for managing the project change and risk management.
Goal setting and timeline to work towards.
Key points for reporting on progress to parties.

Question 10

What is a project brief?

Answer 10

A document that provides a summary of the idea or task. Similar to project scope.
aka project proposal, project summary, project breakdown, scope of work document.

Question 11

Who is the project brief shared to and why?

Answer 11

People who are working on the project.

So they can understand how the end product is to be achieved.

Question 12

What are the elements of a project scope?

Answer 12

• Objectives
• Goals
• Tasks
• Sub-phases
• Resources
• Budget
• Schedule
• Constraints
• Assumptions

Question 13

What is the project justification?

Answer 13

In product scope, a statement regarding the needs the project addresses.

Question 14

Are goals specific to product scope of project scope?

Answer 14

Both

Question 15

What are tasks and sub-phases?

Answer 15

Components of the project broken down into manageable bits.
Tasks are specific activities need to complete end product.
Sub-phases are tasks within tasks. In parallel.

Question 16

What are gateways?

Answer 16

Hold points, approval must be received prior to progressing to next task.

Question 17

What are resources?

Answer 17

Personnel, tools and materials to be employed on each task.

Question 18

What is the budget defined by?

Answer 18

The project scope. Can cover both.

Question 19

What is the product scope budget?

Answer 19

Target cost for the project. Too high = not justifiable

Question 20

What is the project scope budget?

Answer 20

Available fees for undertaking tasks to deliver a product.

Question 21

What are project constraints?

Answer 21

Rules or limits within which a project scope must be delivered. They must be defined clearly.

Question 22

Examples of project constraints?

Answer 22

Terms and conditions
Deadlines
Milestones
Budget
Min requirements
etc

Question 23

What are project assumptions?

Answer 23

Decisions made in preparation of a project scope that determine the way a project will be developed and or managed.
How you address uncertain information etc.

Question 24

Examples of assumptions include?

Answer 24

Budget
Resource requirements
Task breakdown and sequence
etc

Question 25

Who prepares the product scope?

Answer 25

Typically the client.

Question 26

Who determines the project scope?

Answer 26

Client or the engineer, typically both.

Question 27

What is scope creep?

Answer 27

Uncontrolled changed or continuous growth in a projects scope.

Question 28

Is scope creep positive or negative? Why?

Answer 28

Negative. It is considered harmful to the project as there are often negative consequences.

Question 29

When does scope creep occur?

Answer 29

When the project scope is not properly define, documented of controlled.

Question 30

When is it not classified as scope creep?

Answer 30

When the budget, resources and schedule also change. This is a project variation.