CSPM Project Integration & Scope Management Flashcards

A project manager discovers that two sub-teams have each built separate modules that overlap in functionality. Which integration management process failed?

Answer: Develop Project Management Plan

Develop Project Management Plan should have coordinated work assignments across teams to prevent duplication.

During scope definition, the team identifies a deliverable that benefits stakeholders but was not in the original project charter. What should the PM do first?

Answer: Submit a change request through the change control process

Any additions to scope after baseline must go through formal change control, even if beneficial.

Which document formally closes a project phase and authorizes the start of the next?

Answer: Project charter

A new or updated project charter (or a formal phase authorization) is used to authorize continuation into the next phase.

A WBS should be decomposed to the level of:

Answer: Work packages that can be reliably estimated and assigned

The WBS is decomposed to work packages—the lowest level where cost, schedule, and responsibility can be accurately planned.

What is the PRIMARY purpose of the scope management plan?

Answer: To document how scope will be defined, validated, and controlled

The scope management plan describes the processes for defining, documenting, verifying, managing, and controlling project scope.

Which technique is MOST useful when collecting requirements from a large, geographically dispersed stakeholder group?

Answer: Questionnaires and surveys

Questionnaires and surveys efficiently gather requirements from many stakeholders across different locations simultaneously.

When validating scope, acceptance is obtained from:

Answer: The customer or authorized stakeholders

Validate Scope involves obtaining formal acceptance of completed deliverables from the customer or project sponsor.