Work Breakdown Structures

Project planning is the process of detailed planning that generates answers to common operational questions such as why are we doing this project or what is the project going to accomplish for the business?

The goal of this activity is for you to identify terms associated with project planning.

Instructions: Match each term to its correct definition.

Scope Creep Parking Lot Scope Creep Project Spotlight Chart Work Breakdown Structure $($WBS$)$ Technical Review $($or Peer Review$)$

Match each of the options above to the items below.

The tendency to permit changes that exceed a project's scope and may wreak havoc on the schedule, work quality, and budget

No answer

A monitoring dashboard that uses red, yellow, and green color coding to indicate the status of each project task

No answer

A list of additional ideas or bells and whistles proposed during a project

No answer

A plan that breaks down a project's goals into the many deliverables required to achieve it

No answer

A meeting in which an independent team of experts provides an in$-$depth analysis of project results to ensure that team members did the work accurately, completely, and to the right quality standard