REQUIREMENTS GATHERING
DECISION-MAKING TECHNIQUES
SCOPE DEFINITION
WORK BREAKDOWN STRUCTURE
SCOPE CONTROL & ACCEPTANCE
100

This process involves defining and documenting stakeholders’ needs to meet project objectives.

What is Collect Requirements?

100

When more than 50% of a group supports a decision, this type of group agreement has been reached.

What is Majority?

100

This process involves developing a detailed description of the project and product.

What is Define Scope?

100

The process of subdividing project deliverables into small, manageable components.

What is Decomposition?

100

The process of formalizing acceptance of completed project deliverables.

What is Verify Scope?

200

This technique uses group brainstorming followed by voting to rank the most useful ideas.

What is the Nominal Group Technique?

200

This type of group decision is made when everyone agrees on a single course of action.

What is Unanimity?

200

This document describes deliverables, assumptions, constraints, and provides a shared understanding of the project.

What is the Project Scope Statement?

200

This document contains detailed descriptions of each component of the WBS.

What is the WBS Dictionary?

200

This process monitors status and manages changes to the scope baseline.

What is Control Scope?

300

A selected group of experts answers questionnaires in multiple rounds until consensus is reached.

What is the Delphi Technique?

300

This occurs when the largest block of voters chooses an option—even if it isn’t a majority.

What is Plurality?

300

This tool translates high-level product descriptions into detailed deliverables.

What is Product Analysis?

300

This component of the project management plan includes the scope statement, WBS, and WBS Dictionary.

What is the Scope Baseline?

300

These deliverables meet acceptance criteria and are formally signed off by the customer/sponsor.

What are Accepted Deliverables?

400

This tool consolidates individual brainstorming ideas into a single visual map to find commonalities and generate new insights.

What is Idea/Mind Mapping?

400

A single person makes the decision for the group in this type of decision-making.

What is Dictatorship?

400

This technique generates different ways to perform or approach the project work.

What is Alternatives Identification?

400

This unique identifier is used to label and track each WBS component. What is a Code of Account Identifier?

What is a Code of Account Identifier?

400

This technique compares planned vs. actual performance to assess variation from the baseline.

What is Variance Analysis?

500

This technique provides a direct way to observe individuals performing their tasks in their natural environments.

What are Observations?

500

Bring together prequalified stakeholders and subject matter experts to learn about their expectations and attitudes about a proposed product, service, or result.

What are Focus Groups?

500

Measurements that can include planned vs. actual technical performance or other scope performance measurements, documented and communicated to stakeholders.

What are Work Performance Measurements?

500

This table links requirements to their origin and traces them through the project life cycle.

What is the Requirements Traceability Matrix?

500

Activities such as measuring, verifying, and examining to ensure work meets requirements.

What is Inspection?