Project Scope Management Flashcards
How do you establish scope through a requirements gathering process?
Gather
Analysis
Justifying requirements
Baseline needs
What are the different stages of change control?
- Request
- Initial evaluation
- Detailed evaluation
- Recommendation
- Update plans
- Implement
Explain the four steps of the requirements gathering process?
- Gather - in concept phases from stakeholders.
- Analyse - look for gaps, overlaps and conflicts.
- Justify - Must have, Should have, Could have, Won’t have
- Baseline - document and agreed with stakeholders.
What is the product breakdown structure and why use one?
A hierarchy of products/deliverables or outputs.
Used to break the project into smaller components.
Benefits include the fact that it defines the scope, it focuses the team, it ensures there is a quality criteria.
What is a work breakdown structure and why would you use one?
It is the activities required to build the products. Uses verbs in its descriptions.
It helps define scope, forces team to think about production process, defines work content.
What is a work package?
It is a generic term given to the info passed to a team member in order that they may complete a piece of work.
What is a configuration?
The functional and physical characteristics of a product as its defined by its specification.
What is change control?
The process through which all requests to change the baseline scope of a project, programme or portfolio are captured, evaluated and then approved, rejected or deferred.
What is funded change?
Customer requests and pays for the change.
What is unfounded change?
Introduced by contractor themselves and they pay.
What is a permanent change?
The change will remain in the finished product.
What is a temporary change?
Introduced for reasons of expediency. They may be converted to permanent changes or removed later.
What is a design freeze ?
A point which the design is deemed frozen and only vital changes will be considered.
Who should define the change control process?
The PM in the PMP.
What are the steps on a change control process?
Request
Initial and detailed evaluation
Recommendation
Update plans
Implement
