Assessment exam answers (Chapter 7)

Question 1

You are the project manager for a large installation project. Your key stakeholders are discussing what is needed to be accomplished to set up their new data center, and they have some specific ideas about what they want. What is the best document to keep all their requirements organized and identify deliverables that affect other deliverables in order to effectively manage changes during execution?

1. Requirements list
2. WBS
3. Requirements traceability matrix
4. Scope statement

The requirements traceability matrix is a grid that connects product requirements from their origins to the deliverables they will become.

Question 2

Which of the following is the best description of a WBS?

1. Hierarchical decomposition of 100% scope of work
2. Org chart for scope of work
3. What will and will not be included in the scope of work
4. An outline

That is the best definition of the WBS based on the answers provided...