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What is the primary purpose of Scope Planning?
What is the primary purpose of Scope Planning?
What is included in the Project Scope Statement?
What is included in the Project Scope Statement?
What is the outcome of the Needs-Requirements Life Cycle?
What is the outcome of the Needs-Requirements Life Cycle?
What is the main objective of the project planning phase?
What is the main objective of the project planning phase?
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What is the purpose of the Work Breakdown Structure?
What is the purpose of the Work Breakdown Structure?
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What is the outcome of the Project Schedule Development?
What is the outcome of the Project Schedule Development?
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What is the purpose of the Project Scope Statement?
What is the purpose of the Project Scope Statement?
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What is included in the Scope Planning phase?
What is included in the Scope Planning phase?
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What is the primary goal of the Project Planning phase?
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Study Notes
Project Management Fundamentals
- Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) provides a framework for organizing and managing project scope, ensuring all work is defined, and planning and controlling costs and schedule information.
- WBS can be organized by deliverable or project phase.
Sequencing Activities
- Determine the sequence of activities by identifying what comes first, second, and third, and looking for relationships between activities.
- Identify which activities can be done in parallel and which must wait for others to complete.
- Begin to identify milestones.
Network Diagram
- A network diagram consists of one start and one end point.
- It is a collection of related tasks, with each task having at least one predecessor (except the beginning) and one successor (except the end).
- Each task is connected to its predecessors and successors.
Resource Assignment
- Assign specific resources if known, or generic resource roles (e.g., "programmer 1", "technical writer 1").
- Check for resource over-allocation or under-allocation.
Estimating Duration
- Factor in productive hours per day, available workdays, and resources on each activity.
- Take into account part-time resources and calculate delays and lag times.
- Use bottom-up estimating, breaking down work into detailed activities and estimating each one.
Estimation Techniques
- Expert opinion: Use an individual with experience in the task or industry.
- Published estimating data: Use data from articles, books, journals, or periodicals.
- Previous history: Use actual hours tracked from similar projects.
- Analogy: Use similar projects from the past to estimate effort.
- Ratio: Compare projects with similar characteristics to estimate effort.
Project Planning
- Recognize influences that affect the project environment.
- Understand project politics and apply the needs-requirements life cycle.
- Recognize and articulate customer needs and identify project requirements.
Project Scope Planning
- Define project scope by identifying deliverables and what the project will produce.
- Prepare the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and develop project schedule, resource, budget, procurement, quality, and communication plans.
- Define scope statement, including product scope, project scope, deliverables, acceptance criteria, and what is not part of the project.
Scope Statement
- A scope statement should include product scope, project scope, deliverables, acceptance criteria, what is not part of the project, and constraints or assumptions.
- Example of a scope statement: "This project includes the design, programming, and testing of a new software application for tracking the company's finances..."
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Description
Learn about the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) in project management, including its framework for organizing and managing approved project scope, ensuring all work is defined, and planning and control.
