Obj 1 Part 2 Flashcards
Project Charter
*issued by project sponsor
*authorizes project initiation
*details objectives, high level requirements and project purpose
*Collab activity
Sponsor
Role in a project is to pay for project and sign project chartera
Stakeholder
group/organization/individual who may or may not be affected by a decision, activity or outcome of a project
Internal StakeHolders
sponsor, PMO, team members, project manager, other managerE
External Stakeholders
End users, customer, suppliers, shareholders, competitors
RACI
Responsible - the person doing the work (solo role)
Accountable - who approves the work
Consulted - who provides input (multi)
Informed - who needs to be tracking the work (multi people)
Project management plan
defines how the project is executed, controlled, monitored and closed
Product Scope
specific features & functions of the product
Project Scope
work performed to deliver the product with specific features & functions
Requirement Gathering
-requirements come from stakeholders
-tracked in traceability matrix
-done with surveys & interviews
Scope Baseline
major deliverables listed
exclusions
WBS
WBS dictionary
Product Backlog
priority list of req. product functionality
central view of what needs to be done and in what order
WBS
Work Breakdown Structure
-provides framework of deliverables
-communication tool
-transparency & accountability
-used for tracking projects
Triple Contraint
Cost, Scope and Time
affect product quality
Cheap + Quick
minimum features
Agile MVP (minimum viable product)
Cheap + fully functional
time prolonged
Scope Creep
uncontrolled expansion to product/project scope without adjustments to time, cost, resources
Change Request Steps
- Create Change Request
- Log request
- Preliminary review
- Impact
- Document Recommendation
- Decisions Makers determined
- CCB
- Document Status
- Update plan
- Implement Change
- Validate change
- Communicate change deployment
Change Request
submitted by anyone involved in project
justification in writing
Log request
most likely a spreadsheet
logging requested changes
Preliminary Review
-talk with SME on if the changes is doable and necessary
-what is the significance?
impact
-What else will be affected?
-Regression plan?
-Benefits?
Document Recommendation
record findings, answering Q’s from impact
Decision Makers
who approving what?