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Take Our Tough Quiz About Project Management
A: It’s a Statement That Clearly and Concisely Expresses What the Customer Needs Accomplished and How to Do It.
Q: What is a concept of operations, or ConOps?
A. This Details All Hardware, Software, Services, Data and Facilities Required for System Development, Deployment and Sustainment.
Q: What is a work breakdown structure, or WBS?
A: It’s a Tool Which Ensures That Project Scope, Requirements and Deliverables are Connected.
Q: What is a requirements traceability matrix, or RTM?
A: This Describes Your Project’s Staff Hierarchy.
Q: What is an organizational breakdown structure, or OBS?
A: It Represents the Intersection of the WBS and OBS, i.e., “Who” is Doing “What.”
Q: What is the responsibility assignment matrix, or RAM?
A: This is an Integrated, Networked Schedule Which Contains All Detailed Work Packages and Planning Packages Required for the Project.
Q: What is the integrated master schedule, or IMS?
A: This is a Time-Phased Budget Plan for Accomplishing Work, Used to Measure Contract Performance.
Q: What is a performance measurement baseline, or PMB?
A: These Capabilities and Characteristics are So Important, That Failure to Meet Them Can Cause the Reevaluation, Reassessment or Termination of the Project.