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On a project to build a new corporate intranet, the project manager makes a request that you, her mentor, to help her collect requirements. She lays out a plan and asks you if you prefer to help her with interviewing stakeholders or creating prototypes. However, before deciding, you want to ensure that she is ready to start this step. Which of the following is the most appropriate?

A. Review the WBS to ensure that the tasks are necessary
B. Ask her if which task she needs more guidance with
C. Ensure that the schedule is realistic and can accommodate both tasks
D. Ask her if she has an approved project charter

Answer: D. Ask her if she has an approved project charter
The project charter, along with stakeholder register, is an input to the Collect Requirements process. Without the approved charter, the project does not exist and therefore, any requirements work would be premature. None of the other choices should even be considered unless the charter is signed, which gives the project the go-ahead.

While creating a WBS, Greg is working with his team to break down the work into manageable pieces. Once completed, Greg expects to determine costs and create a schedule using the lowest level WBS components, which are called:

A. WBS activities
B. Organizational process assets
C. Work packages
D. Decomposed tasks

Answer: C. Work packages
The lowest level WBS components are called work packages. These are used to plan, as well as monitor and control, time and costs. WBS activities and decomposed tasks are not generally recognized terms. Decomposition is a tool and technique used to break down work in a WBS but does not refer to a level of a WBS. Organizational process assets relates to things like policies and lessons learned documents and can serve as inputs to the Create WBS process.

An output of a scope process that links requirements to their origin is called:

A. WBS dictionary
B. Requirements traceability matrix
C. Scope baseline
D. Requirements documentation

Answer: B. Requirements traceability matrix
The requirements traceability matrix, an output of the Collect Requirements process, helps ensure that each requirement adds business value by linking it to the business and project objectives (PMBOK®).

While gathering requirements for a new community playground, you realize that the best thing for you to do is to create conceptual models and get approvals from the board after each step. What term best describes the models that you are creating?

A. Focus groups
B. Pilots
C. The Delphi technique
D. Prototypes

Answer: D. Prototypes
Prototypes is a tool & technique of the Collect Requirements process. Prototyping allows you to get a unfinished, working model approved before actually building the product. This is a valuable checkpoint can be tangible (e.g. miniature model) or intangible (e.g. CAD drawing) and can be crucial in obtaining early feedback during requirements.