Project Management Project Scope and WBS 5

Question 1

During scope planning, a project manager holds a structured meeting with key stakeholders to rapidly collect requirements. This technique is called:

Accepted Answer

Facilitated workshop (JAD session)

Answer

Facilitated workshops (such as JAD sessions) bring stakeholders together to quickly align on and document requirements.

Question 2

A project manager is creating the WBS and is unsure how far to decompose a deliverable. The best stopping point is when:

Accepted Answer

The work can be realistically estimated, assigned, and managed

Answer

Decomposition should stop when each component can be accurately estimated, clearly assigned, and effectively monitored.

Question 3

Which of the following scenarios best represents gold plating by a team member?

Accepted Answer

Adding an unrequested animation to a software interface after the feature was approved

Answer

Adding unrequested features, even well-intentioned ones, constitutes gold plating and violates scope discipline.

Question 4

The Plan Scope Management process produces which two key outputs?

Accepted Answer

Scope management plan and requirements management plan

Answer

Plan Scope Management produces the scope management plan (how scope will be defined and controlled) and the requirements management plan (how requirements will be tracked).

Question 5

A project manager notices that Validate Scope is repeatedly skipped during phase gate reviews. The most significant risk this creates is:

Accepted Answer

Delivering a product that does not meet stakeholder expectations or acceptance criteria

Answer

Skipping Validate Scope means deliverables are not formally accepted, increasing the risk of rework or rejection at project close.

Project Management Practice Test

Project Management Practice Test

Project Management Project Scope and WBS 5