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

It is easier to define the specific activities for near-term work; but as more information is known or becomes clear, the project team can progressively elaborate the specific activities.

Although major or key deliverables may be stated in the project charter or request for proposal, they need to be in the project scope document.

The lowest-level work item of any one branch is called

is a structured approach for organizing all the project work and deliverables into logical groupings and subdividing them into more manageable components to help ensure that all the work and deliverables to complete the project are identified and included in the baseline project plan.

For each deliverable, the quantitative measures or references to that will be used should be stated, as the criteria will be the basis for the customer agreeing that a deliverable is acceptable.

A emphasizes who is responsible for each work item and shows each individual's role in supporting the overall project.

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

An activity in a network diagram cannot start until

Describe the quality standards that must be included or referenced in the quality plan.

The defines the major tasks or work elements that will need to be performed to accomplish the work that needs to be done and produce all the project deliverables.

The quality plan may also state that suppliers must provide documentation certifying that the materials they supply meet certain required specifications.

A shows their appropriate sequence and defines the dependent relationships indicating how the activities need to be performed to accomplish the overall project work scope and produce the deliverables.

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."

A change in responsibility, that is, a different person or organization takes over responsibility for continuing the work, it should define

Acceptance criteria for all project deliverables must be than what is stated in the project charter or request for proposal.

The work breakdown structure subdivides the project into smaller pieces called work items.

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

The key to quality control is to wait until all the work is completed before checking or inspecting for quality.

The project manager should involve every project member in developing the WBS to have special expertise, knowledge, or experience that will help develop a more comprehensive and complete WBS.

The project team or contractor must avoid , which is informally making changes to the project scope without appropriate approval.