Project Scope Management Vocabulary

Vocabulary flashcards covering core project scope management terms, processes, and techniques based on Information Technology Project Management, Ninth Edition.

Scope

All the work involved in creating the products of the project and the processes used to create them.

Deliverable

A product produced as part of a project, such as hardware or software, planning documents, or meeting minutes.

Project Scope Management

The processes involved in defining and controlling what is or is not included in a project to ensure the team and stakeholders share the same understanding of deliverables and processes.

Planning Scope Management

The process of determining how the project's scope and requirements will be managed.

Collecting Requirements

The process of defining and documenting the features and functions of the products produced during the project as well as the processes used for creating them.

Defining Scope

The process of reviewing the project charter, requirements documents, and organizational process assets to create a scope statement.

Creating the WBS

The process of subdividing the major project deliverables into smaller, more manageable components.

Validating Scope

The process of formalizing acceptance of the project deliverables.

Controlling Scope

The process of controlling changes to project scope throughout the life of the project.

Scope Management Plan

A subsidiary part of the project management plan that details how to prepare a detailed scope statement, create, maintain, and approve the WBS, obtain formal acceptance of deliverables, and control scope change requests.

Requirement

As defined in The PMBOK® Guide, Sixth Edition, a condition or capability that is necessary to be present in a product, service, or result to satisfy a business need.

Requirements Management Plan

A document that details how project requirements will be analyzed, documented, and managed throughout the project.

Benchmarking

Generating ideas for collecting requirements by comparing specific project practices or product characteristics.

Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM)

A table that lists requirements, various attributes of each requirement, and the status of the requirements to ensure that all requirements are addressed.

Project Scope Statement

A document that includes a product scope description, product user acceptance criteria, detailed information on all project deliverables, and scope-related boundaries, constraints, and assumptions.

Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)

A deliverable-oriented grouping of the work involved in a project that defines the total scope of the project.

Decomposition

The main tool or technique for creating a WBS by subdividing project deliverables into smaller pieces.

Work Package

A task at the lowest level of the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS).

Scope Baseline

An output of creating the WBS that includes the approved project scope statement and its associated WBS and WBS dictionary.

WBS Dictionary

A document that describes detailed information about each WBS item.

Scope Creep

The tendency for project scope to keep getting bigger and bigger.

Variance

The difference between planned and actual performance.

Definition of Done (DoD)

A set of criteria that a product increment must meet for the team to consider it complete and ready for customers.