IPA IP 2021 Question 47
A question IPA Japan published in 令和3年度 ITパスポート試験 公開問題 問47, translated into English. ITPEC is based on the same exams.
In a system development project, which of the following is the project management activity that compares the list of screens and forms defined as deliverables with the number of screens and forms actually created, and confirms the differences that arose during development and their reasons?
Explanation
Project scope management — comparing the deliverables defined in the plan with those actually created, and examining the differences, is scope control.
Scope management defines the deliverables of the project and the work needed to produce them (the scope statement and the WBS), then monitors them while the project runs. Checking the number of screens and forms actually created against the list defined as deliverables, and finding out why they differ, is controlling the scope: it brings additions and omissions to light (scope creep, for example) so that they can go through change control.
Answer (b)
Why not others:
- •(a) Project resource management — acquires, assigns and develops the team and the physical resources; it does not compare deliverables with their definition
- •(c) Project procurement management — buys products and services from outside: vendor selection, contracts and contract administration
- •(d) Project quality management — sets quality criteria and checks that deliverables meet them (reviews, tests); it asks how good the deliverables are, not whether the defined ones were all created
Key rule: Whether exactly the defined deliverables, no more and no fewer, are being produced is a scope question; how good they are is a quality question.
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