Project Management Chapter 5 Q & A
CHAPTER 5 Project Scope Management
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
1. What is involved in project scope management, and why is good project scope management so important on information technology projects?
Scope refers to all the work involved in creating the products of the project and the processed used to create them. Project scope management includes scope planning, scope definition, WBS creation, scope verification, and scope control.
It’ important to Information Technology because it is good for preventing scope-related problems on information technology projects.
2. What is involved in collecting requirements for a project? Why is it often such a difficult thing to do?
There are many ways to collect necessities for a project, such as interviewing stakeholders, holding focus groups, using questionnaires and surveys, observation, and prototyping. It can be difficult to collect requirements because of different stakeholders often have different needs, they can change quickly, and many are difficult to implement with the present systems.
3. Discuss the process of defining project scope in more detail as a project progresses, going from information in a project charter to a project scope statement, WBS, and WBS dictionary.
The project charter is the document that officially authorizes a project. The project charter provides the project manager with the authority to apply organizational resources to project activities. A project manager is identified and assigned as early in the project as is achievable. The project manager should be assigned prior to the start of planning first while the project charter is being developed. Projects are usually chartered and authorized external to the project organization.
The project scope statement is the formal definition of the project and what needs to be accomplished. This process addresses and documents the characteristics and boundaries of the project and its associated products and services, as well as the
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
1. What is involved in project scope management, and why is good project scope management so important on information technology projects?
Scope refers to all the work involved in creating the products of the project and the processed used to create them. Project scope management includes scope planning, scope definition, WBS creation, scope verification, and scope control.
It’ important to Information Technology because it is good for preventing scope-related problems on information technology projects.
2. What is involved in collecting requirements for a project? Why is it often such a difficult thing to do?
There are many ways to collect necessities for a project, such as interviewing stakeholders, holding focus groups, using questionnaires and surveys, observation, and prototyping. It can be difficult to collect requirements because of different stakeholders often have different needs, they can change quickly, and many are difficult to implement with the present systems.
3. Discuss the process of defining project scope in more detail as a project progresses, going from information in a project charter to a project scope statement, WBS, and WBS dictionary.
The project charter is the document that officially authorizes a project. The project charter provides the project manager with the authority to apply organizational resources to project activities. A project manager is identified and assigned as early in the project as is achievable. The project manager should be assigned prior to the start of planning first while the project charter is being developed. Projects are usually chartered and authorized external to the project organization.
The project scope statement is the formal definition of the project and what needs to be accomplished. This process addresses and documents the characteristics and boundaries of the project and its associated products and services, as well as the