5. Project scope management

Question 1

List the scope management processes and their corresponding process groups!

Answer 1

1. Plan scope management (planning)
2. Collect requirements (planning)
3. Define scope (planning)
4. Create WBS (planning)
5. Validate scope (monitoring & controlling)
6. Control scope (monitoring & controlling)

Question 2

What is the done in requirements collection techniques called nomimal group technique, multi-criteria decision analysis, affinity diagrams, benchmarking and context diagrams?

Answer 2

• Nominal group technique: Meeting participants rank the most useful ideas generated during the brainstorming session
• Multi-criteria decision analysis: Stakeholders quantify requirements using da decision matrix based on several criteria
• Affinity diagrams: Group and visualize requirements by similartities
• Benchmarking: Look at what the competition is doing
• Context diagrams: Shows product scope

Question 3

What is the difference between tasks and activities?

Answer 3

Tasks are smaller pieces of work that make up activites. PMI expects management on the activity level only!

Question 4

What are control accounts?

Answer 4

Control accounts aggregrate data concering costs, schedule and scope at a higher level than low level work packages. Each workpackge is assigned to only one control account

Question 5

List seven facts about the WBS to remember for the exam!

Answer 5

The WBS…

• is a graphical representation of the hierarchy of project work
• lists all deliverables (if it is not in the WBS it is not part of the project)
• is the foundation for planning
• should exist for every project
• can be reused for other projects
• does NOT show dependencies
• is very important

Question 6

What is the difference between WBS and decomposition?

Answer 6

WBS is the means to do decomposition, i.e. the tool.

Question 7

In what way differ control quality and validate scope?

Answer 7

In control quality the quality department checks to see if the requirements for the deliverable are met, in validate scope the customer checks and accepts the deliverable.

Validate scope can be done during closing a phase/the project and as part of monitor and control.

Question 8

Which three artifacts are part of the scope baseline?

Answer 8

• Project scope statement
• WBS
• WBS dictionary