Project Management Project Scope and WBS 4

Question 1

A WBS dictionary primarily serves to:

Accepted Answer

Provide detailed descriptions of each WBS component including acceptance criteria

Answer

The WBS dictionary supports each WBS component with details such as description, acceptance criteria, responsible party, and resource requirements.

Question 2

Scope creep most commonly results from:

Accepted Answer

Inadequate change control and stakeholder management

Answer

Scope creep typically occurs when changes are allowed informally without going through change control and stakeholder agreements are unclear.

Question 3

On a large program, a project manager is uncertain about the details of work that is 6 months away. The best approach is:

Accepted Answer

Use rolling wave planning to plan near-term work in detail and far-term work at a high level

Answer

Rolling wave planning allows progressive elaboration, detailing near-term work while keeping far-term work at a higher level until more information is available.

Question 4

Which of the following is NOT typically included in a project scope statement?

Accepted Answer

Resource assignments by name

Answer

Resource assignments by name belong in the resource management plan, not the scope statement.

Question 5

A customer requests a feature during execution that was explicitly listed as an exclusion in the scope statement. The PM should:

Accepted Answer

Evaluate the request and process it through integrated change control

Answer

Even excluded items can be added via formal change control; the PM should evaluate and process the request properly rather than refusing outright.

Project Management Practice Test

Project Management Practice Test

Project Management Project Scope and WBS 4