Project Scope and Quality Flashcards
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A project manager is creating a Requirements Traceability Matrix. What is its PRIMARY purpose?
Answer: Linking requirements to their origin and tracing them through the project lifecycle
The Requirements Traceability Matrix links each requirement to its business objective and traces it from origin through testing and delivery.
During project execution, a team member implements a small, seemingly beneficial process improvement without going through the change control board. The project manager should:
Answer: Reverse the change and submit it through the formal change control process
All changes, regardless of size, must go through the integrated change control process to maintain baseline integrity and avoid unauthorized scope changes.
A scatter diagram is used in quality management to:
Answer: Determine whether two variables are related
A scatter diagram plots two variables to identify potential correlations or relationships between them.
Which WBS element represents the lowest level of deliverable at which cost and schedule can be reliably estimated?
Answer: Work package
A work package is the lowest level of the WBS where work can be estimated, assigned, scheduled, monitored, and controlled.
The concept of 'continuous improvement' in quality management is most closely associated with:
Answer: Kaizen
Kaizen is a Japanese philosophy of continuous, incremental improvement involving all employees to enhance quality and efficiency.
A stakeholder submits a change request to add new features after the scope baseline has been approved. The project manager should FIRST:
Answer: Evaluate the impact on schedule, cost, and risk before submitting to the CCB
Before escalating to the change control board, the project manager should assess the impact of the proposed change on all project constraints.
Which quality concept describes the total range between the upper and lower specification limits for a process?
Answer: Tolerance
Tolerance defines the acceptable range of variation specified by the customer or stakeholder for a quality metric.