CPP Project Scope & Requirements Management 2 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: A project team discovers that a stakeholder's verbal request was implemented without a formal change request. This is an example of:
- Gold plating
- Scope creep (Correct answer)
- Requirements traceability gap
- Progressive elaboration
Correct answer: Scope creep
Scope creep refers to uncontrolled changes or continuous growth in a project's scope without proper authorization or change control.
Question 2: Which document formally defines what is and what is NOT included in the project?
- Project charter
- Requirements management plan
- Project scope statement (Correct answer)
- Work breakdown structure
Correct answer: Project scope statement
The project scope statement explicitly documents project deliverables and the work required to create them, including exclusions.
Question 3: A Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM) primarily helps project teams:
- Estimate activity durations
- Track requirements from origin through delivery (Correct answer)
- Assign responsibilities to team members
- Identify project risks
Correct answer: Track requirements from origin through delivery
The RTM links requirements to their origin and traces them throughout the project life cycle, ensuring all requirements are addressed.
Question 4: When using a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), the 100% rule means:
- All WBS elements must be completed within budget
- The WBS captures 100% of the work defined in the scope statement (Correct answer)
- All team members must contribute 100% effort
- The project must achieve 100% quality on deliverables
Correct answer: The WBS captures 100% of the work defined in the scope statement
The 100% rule states that the WBS includes 100% of the work defined by project scope and captures all deliverables including project management.
Question 5: A project manager notices stakeholders keep requesting small additions during sprints. The BEST preventive action is:
- Accept all requests to maintain stakeholder satisfaction
- Implement a formal change control process and enforce it consistently (Correct answer)
- Escalate all requests to senior management
- Defer all additions to a future project phase
Correct answer: Implement a formal change control process and enforce it consistently
Implementing and enforcing a formal change control process ensures all scope additions are properly evaluated, approved, and resourced.
Question 6: In scope management, 'product scope' refers to:
- The work required to deliver the product
- Features and functions characterizing the product or service (Correct answer)
- The budget allocated for product development
- The timeline for product delivery milestones
Correct answer: Features and functions characterizing the product or service
Product scope describes the features and functions that characterize a product, service, or result, while project scope is the work to deliver it.
Question 7: Which technique is MOST effective for decomposing deliverables into smaller, more manageable components?
- Mind mapping
- Decomposition (Correct answer)
- Nominal group technique
- Affinity diagrams
Correct answer: Decomposition
Decomposition is the technique used in Create WBS to subdivide project deliverables and work into smaller, more manageable components.
CPP Project Scope & Requirements Management 2
A project team discovers that a stakeholder's verbal request was implemented without a formal change request.
This is an example of: