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project management
SECTION 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Defining phase | Clarify business case, high-level scope, and feasibility; approve charter. |
| Defining phase | feasibility, charter, define need, high-level requirements. |
| Planning phase | Break down work and create baselines for scope/schedule/cost; plan risks/quality. |
| Planning phase | WBS, scope baseline, schedule baseline, budget baseline |
| Executing phase | Do the work; manage the team and resources; produce outputs. |
| Executing phase | deliverables built, work performed. |
| Closing phase | Formal acceptance, vendor closeout, lessons learned, records archived. |
| Closing phase | sign-off, AAR, close procurements. |
| Deliverable | A measurable output produced by the project (product/result/document). |
| Deliverable | tangible output, measurable, accepted by customer. |
| Milestone (intermediate outcome) | Significant point/event in the project (not necessarily a deliverable). |
| Milestone (intermediate outcome) | phase gate, permit approved, contract signed. |
| Scope statement | Detailed description of project deliverables and boundaries (in/out). |
| Scope statement | what’s included/excluded. |
| Scope baseline (3 parts) | Project Scope Statement + WBS + WBS Dictionary. |
| Scope baseline (3 parts | baseline scope, measure performance, compare changes. |
| WBS (Work Breakdown Structure) | Hierarchical decomposition of deliverables into smaller work components. |
| WBS (Work Breakdown Structure) | breakdown”, deliverables, hierarchy, work packages. |
| WBS dictionary | Detailed description of each WBS element/work package (owner, acceptance, details). |
| WBS dictionary | definitions, work package details, acceptance criteria. |
| Scope creep | Unapproved scope changes added during the project without change control. |
| Scope creep | “just add this”, “small change”, no approval, uncontrolled. |