Exam 4: Defining Scope, Quality, Responsibility, and Activity Sequence

Each box for an activity in a network diagram is assigned

Some projects have a set of activities that are repeated several times.

The ____ shows all the individuals associated with each work item in the work breakdown structure, as well as all the work items associated with each individual.

The customer may randomly select certain work elements to review in order to determine whether they are being done in conformance with quality standards and requirements.

A responsibility assignment matrix defines who will be pay for the work.

Having other project team members participate in developing the project scope statement and work breakdown structure increases the likelihood of building all the following except

The lowest-level item of any one branch is called a ____.

If two people are assigned primary responsibility of an activity,

Deliverables are

The ____ all of the lowest-level work packages in the work breakdown structure constitutes completion of the project work scope.

The ____ section of the project scope document is where the contractor or project team can state and clarify exactly what is included in the work scope and provide an opportunity to reconsider items that are not stated but that the customer may have forgotten to include in her requirements or RFP.

It is easier to define the details for ____, but as the project progresses or moves from phase to phase, the project team or contractor can progressively elaborate the details as more information is known or becomes clear.

Different project teams might create somewhat different work breakdown structures for the same project.

The deliverables in the project scope document will be used as the basis for creating a more detailed WBS in the next step of the planning process.

Certain activities in a network diagram have to be done in serial sequence.

The ____ breaks a project down into manageable pieces, or items, to help ensure that all of the work elements needed to complete the project work scope are identified.

Having the contractor or project team review the statement of work with the sponsor or customer provides an opportunity to make sure everything that the customer expects is included.

A project objective such as "complete the project" is too ambiguous because the customer and the contractor may have ____ of what is meant by "complete."

The focus must be on relying on after-the-fact inspections or testing and then do the necessary work to correct quality problems.

Quality standards that will be used should also be stated and referenced in other appropriate project documents, such as technical specifications and acceptance criteria, and communicated to members of the project team