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Scope Management

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Introduction
This knowledge area requires you to understand six
processes, as described in the book PMP®
plan scope management, collect requirements, define
scope, create WBS, Validate scope, and control scope.
This chapter covers the scope topics that most people
have trouble with. However, if you understand basic
project management and work breakdown structures,
this area shouldn’t be difficult.

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What is the process of scope management?

Plan scope management
Collect requirements
Define scope
Create WBS
Validate scope
Control scope

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What is the definition of scope management?

Defining what work is required and then

making sure all of that work-and only that
work-is completed

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What are the key outputs of the plan scope

management process?

- Scope management plan

- Requirements management plan

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What are the key outputs of the collect

requirements process?
- Requirements documentation
-Requirements traceability matrix

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What is the key output of the

define scope process?
Project scope statement

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What are the key outputs of the create WBS process?

Work breakdown structure (WBS)

WBS dictionary
Scope baseline (the WBS, WBS dictionary, and the
project scope statement are components of the scope
baseline)

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What are the key outputs of the validate scope

process?
Work performance information
Accepted deliverables
Change requests
Updates to the lessons learned register, requirements traceability
matrix, and requirements documents

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What are the key outputs of the control scope process?

- Work performance information

- change requests
- Updates to the project management plan and project
documents

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What is the definition of product scope?

What is the definition of project scope?

- Product scope: the requirements related to the product,

service, or result of the project
- Project scope: the work the project team will do to deliver the
product of the project

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Name several requirements - gathering

techniques
 Brainstorming
 Interviews
 Focus groups
 Questionnaires and surveys
 Benchmarking  Context diagrams
 Voting  Prototypes
 Multicriteria decision analysis
 Affinity diagrams

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Name some common requirements categories used for

affinity diagrams.

Business requirements
Stakeholder requirements
Solution requirements
Transition requirements
Project requirements
Quality requirements
Technical requirements

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What is the value of a requirements traceability matrix?

What must be included in requirements documentation?

-Helps link requirements to objectives and other

requirements to ensure the strategic goals are
accomplished

-Requirements documentation must include acceptance

criteria

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What are the key items included in a project scope

statement?

Product scope
Project scope
Deliverables of the project
Acceptance criteria
What is not part of the project
Assumptions and constrains

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Product analysis is part of which scope

management process?

Define scope

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When is a work breakdown structure (WBS) created, and

what is it used for?

Created during project planning by the team and used to

define or decompose the project into smaller, more
manageable pieces

Graphically provides a structured vision for a project and

helps ensure that nothing is missed and no deliverables are
forgotten

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What is another term for decomposition?

Deconstruction

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What is a control account?

A control account is a tool collect and analyze work

performance data regarding costs, schedule, and scope

Each work package in the WBS is assigned to only one

control account

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What is a WBS dictionary?

A description of work to be done for

each work package

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How are work packages different from activities?

Work packages are deliverables (things), rather than actions

(activities)

Work package are shown in a WBS

Activities are shown in an activity list and network diagram

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What makes up the scope baseline?

Project scope statement

WBS
WBS dictionary

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What is the validate scope process?

When is it done?

-The process of gaining formal acceptance of the

deliverables by the customer or sponsor
- during project monitoring and controlling and at the end of
each phase of the project life cycle

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 The End
Thank You

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