Key Terms

Review Questions

1. Which of the following is NOT a key component of scope planning?

   1. Work breakdown structure (WBS)

   2. Scope statement

   3. Project charter

   4. Scope management plan

2. The scope statement provides which of the following?

   1. A basis for confirming a common understanding of the project and making future decisions regarding the project

   2. A detailed list of all resources required for project completion

   3. A schedule of all the key project activities

   4. A process for managing change control

3. Which of the following is a characteristic of a WBS?

   1. A cost center structure of the project

   2. An organization chart of the project team members

   3. Used primarily on large complex projects involving multiple departments

   4. A task oriented structure that defines and organizes the project

4. Which of the following are components of a scope statement?

   1. Assumptions

   2. Product description

   3. Constraints

   4. All of the above

5. A WBS is created using a technique called decomposition. What is decomposition?

   1. Matching resources with deliverables

   2. Breaking down the project deliverables into smaller, more manageable components

   3. Estimating the cost of each individual deliverable

   4. Creating a detailed To Do list for each work package

6. What is the lowest level of the WBS?

   1. Work package

   2. Level 10

   3. Milestone

   4. Product features

7. Which of the following is not a guideline for developing a WBS?

   1. Define the highest level of deliverables before you move down to lower levels.

   2. Make sure that each item in a lower level is a component of the level above.

   3. Sequence all your tasks .

   4. Involve project team members in the process.

8. Which of the following is a benefit of a WBS:

   1. A WBS is an excellent tool for team building.

   2. A WBS helps prevents critical work from being overlooked.

   3. The WBS can become a template for future projects.

   4. All of the above.

9. All projects work under constraints. Which of the following is not a constraint that is common to all projects?

   1. Time

   2. Scope

   3. Quality

   4. Equipment

10. Your team is working on creating a WBS for the ABC Software Release. Which of the following is an example of what might appear in level 2 of your WBS?

    1. User guide, training materials, training schedule

    2. Report layout, screen design, and screen mock-up

    3. Product requirements, detail design, development

    4. Project meetings, coding guidelines, test scenarios

11. Which testing element is typically performed by a single individual?

    1. Integration

    2. Delivery

    3. Unit

    4. UAT

12. You re the project manager for a medical research corporation. You ve been given a new project whose outcome will result in the formulation of a new cancer treatment involving precisely controlled mini-blasts of radiation using robots and computers. Which of these will most likely impact the scope of the project?

    1. Assembly of key team members

    2. Laws and government regulations

    3. News of a competitor working on the same thing

    4. Formulation of the requirements for the project

13. There are three project elements that remain in tension with one another. Your project client will stipulate which of the three is the most important to them. What are these three elements?

    1. Budget and costs

    2. Team members

    3. Quality of deliverables

    4. Anticipated time to produce deliverables

    5. Sponsors and stakeholders

14. Of the following list of constraints, which one is the most important to make sure you ve completely and accurately identified when preparing your scope statement documentation?

    1. A clearly defined project end date

    2. A clearly defined set of monetary resources or allocation

    3. A clearly defined set of product requirements

    4. Clearly defined testing methodologiess

    5. Clearly defined priorities

15. When communicating with the project sponsor about your project, which elements below will you have to take into account when considering the project? (Select all that apply.)

    1. The priority of your project as it relates to others

    2. The human resources available for the project

    3. The technology that will be used to create the deliverables

    4. The budget dollars that are available

    5. The equipment that will be required

16. Insert these project elements into the appropriate category to identify whether they are valid success criteria.

    Possible Success Criteria	Actual Success Criteria
    Save $1.25M in processing costs.
    All data entered into computer 100 percent of the time.
    Sales figures increase.
    Data entry efficiency increased.
    100 percent of drawings visible online.

17. Whose job is it to author the project charter?

    1. Customer

    2. Project manager

    3. Stakeholder representatives

    4. Project sponsor

    5. Options A, B, and C

18. You re developing a scope document for a customer request. A couple of the elements that the client wants might be tricky to accomplish, but after consulting with the project team, you think they can be done. These elements are not a part of the most important things the customer wants out of the product. What should you do?

    1. Include these elements in the scope document, trusting your project team to deliver.

    2. Include these elements in the scope document, denoting the problem elements as such in the document.

    3. Discuss the problem elements with the project sponsor. Obtain customer sign-off.

    4. Discuss the problem elements with the project sponsor and the customer. Obtain sponsor sign-off.

    5. Discuss the problem elements with the customer and the project sponsor. Obtain customer sign-off.

19. What are the functions of the Project Sponsor when it comes to the formulation of the Scope Document?

    1. Signs off on the project scope document.

    2. Has input into the project scope document.

    3. Does not interact with the project scope document.

    4. Authors the project scope document.

20. You re developing the scope document and project plan for a new project. What process group are you in?

    1. Initiation

    2. Planning

    3. Executing

    4. Controlling

    5. Closing