CSE3403 - Chapter 5-8

__________ refer(s) to all the work involved in creating the products of the project and the processes used to create them.

• Deliverables

• Milestones

• Scope

• Product development

Which tool or technique for collecting requirements is often the most expensive and time consuming?

• Interviews

• Focus groups

• Surveys

• Observation

A __________ is a deliverable-oriented grouping of the work involved in a project that defines its total scope.

• scope statement

• WBS

• WBS dictionary

• work package

What approach to developing a WBS involves writing down or drawing ideas in a nonlinear format?

• Top-down

• Bottom-up

• Analogy

• Mind mapping

Assume that you have a project with major categories called planning, analysis, design, and testing. What level of the WBS would these items fall under?

• 0

• 1

• 2

• 3

Which of the following is not a best practice that can help in avoiding scope problems on IT projects?

• Keep the scope realistic.

• Use off-the-shelf hardware and software whenever possible.

• Follow good project management processes.

• Don't involve too many users in scope management.

What constitutes requirements for agile projects?

• The Scrum

• The backlog

• The sprints

• The requirements list

Scope __________ is often achieved by a customer inspection and then sign-off on key deliverables.

• acceptance

• validation

• completion

• close-out

Which of the following is NOT a suggestion for improving user input?

• Develop a good project selection process for IT projects.

• Have users on the project team.

• Co-locate users with developers.

• Only have meetings as needed, not on a regular basis.

Project management software helps you develop a __________, which serves as a basis for creating Gantt charts, assigning resources, and allocating costs.

• project plan

• schedule

• WBS

• deliverable