Developing the Project Management Plan
Its the first process in Planning the Process group
What is "Developing Project Management Plan"
An agreement between the project management team and the project customer that states precisely what the work of the project will produce.
What is the "Project Scope Statement"
A decomposition of the project scope; Subdivides the project work.
What is the "WBS" or "Work Breakdown Structure"
A numbering system given to each deliverable; Gives everything in the WBS a unique identifier.
What is "Code of Accounts"
An environment when collecting requirements upfront; A Linear approach
What is a "Predictive" environment
Communicates the "start" of the project
What is "The Kickoff meeting"
Sets the vision for what the project is going to create; How we move from our current state to that desired future state.
What is the "Project Scope"
Its the smallest item in the WBS
What is a "work package"
There is no "___________" way to construct a WBS
"right"
The WBS can resemble an organizational chart with different levels but could also be composed in outline form as well. The choice is yours.
Contains information about the stakeholder, including their contact information.
What is the "Stakeholder Register"
Ensures Key deliverables are identified and a common understanding is established among stakeholders
What else does the "Kickoff meeting" do?
The first process in the "Project Scope Management" knowledge area.
What is "Plan Scope Management"
This is used to summarize cost, schedule, and scope for all the work package levels assigned to it.
What is "Control Account"
The lowest level of any WBS
What is "work package level"
A Set of values and principles.
Embraces Change/Responds to customer needs/improves performance
What is Agile
The Develop Project Management Plan process brings all the subsidiary plans together, along with outputs of the Planning group processes, into one document
What is the "Project Management Plan"
This is a step by step methodology whereby each stage of the project is completed in order.
What is a "Predictive" or "Waterfall" approach
An iterative scheduling technique that uses progressive elaboration to plan the project as it unfolds. This is typically used when there is not enough information to create a complete schedule up front
What is "Rolling Wave Planning"
Contains a list, in priority order, of all the user stories (deliverables and requirements) that the product owner defined at the beginning of the project.
What is the "Backlog"
Might describe specifications, quantities, colors or more.
For software, might describe a behavior, such as a calculation or process that should occur once data is entered.
What is a "Functional Requirement"
Refers to the factors outside the control of the project team that have (or might have) significant influence on the success of the project
What is "Environmental Factors"
Project scope developed through iterations
What is "Adaptive"
For a long time Mozart was composing but now he is [breaking down].
What is "Decomposing". The WBS is decomposed from the project scope, it is "broken down"
An element of the scope baseline, is where work component descriptions listed on the WBS are documented; Takes each work package/deliverable and defines it.
What is the "WBS Dictionary"
Refers to elements that are related to the product but don't describe the product directly.
In the case of software, this could be a security requirement.
What is a "nonfunctional requirement"