Exam 5: Scope Management

Scope management is the function controlling a project in terms of its goals and objectives during the execution phase.

The description and scope section of a statement of work would contain statements regarding:

The project closeout step requires project managers to consider the types of records and reports they and their clients will require at the completion of a project.

As the 80th change order floated across his desk,the project manager wished that he had kept the first 79.What money he had saved in scrap paper might well be lost in charges that could never be recouped from the client."What I need is better:

Which of these statements about subdeliverables is BEST?

The statement of work should contain:

A young professor becomes obsessed with the latest release of Halo and completely loses sight of his research commitment to his colleagues,falling hopelessly behind schedule and consuming 80% of the department's computing budget.Addictive behavior notwithstanding,this sad tale would never have happened had:

Any measurable,tangible,verifiable outcome,result,or item that must be produced to complete a project or part of a project is a:

Organizational breakdown structure (OBS)allows companies to:

Conceptual development for a project concludes with:

How should the project closeout step be planned?

A work package may consist of more than one milestone.

If viewed from a flow standpoint,the stage of configuration management that has provision for variable routing to the next step,depending on outcome at this stage,is:

The second level in work breakdown structure contains the:

List any five important points to remember when defining work packages.

The section of the contractual documentation that identifies what are the excusable delays,allowable costs,and criteria for inspection is called the:

The new Magic Pan coming soon to your area usually serves 20,000 customers in the first year of operation.Construction plans include site selection,foundation,framing,finishing,egg-laying,and chicken acquisition.The scope statement step that determines relationships among these steps,e.g.does the chicken acquisition come before the egg laying,etc.,is the:

The highest level of work breakdown structure is the:

The scope baseline is a document that provides a summary description of each reporting relationship along with a schedule for meetings and reports.

The ambitious sprinkler system project was finally over and it was hard to believe that it took only two years.The project manager leaned back in his office chair and admired his emerald green lawn and flower garden that was filling in nicely.He was amused by the birds that had gathered to bathe and drink at a persistent puddle just outside his window,a harbinger of the first major repair of his own shoddy workmanship.His review of receipts for the job was less entertaining; between trips to the local home improvement store,consultations with plumbers,city inspectors,and some hired labor,he had sunk a small fortune into his lawn.The manager's: