Project Scope Management

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Project integration processes

Scope Management

The term scope refer to:

• Product scope:– Features and functions of the product, service

or result

• Project scope:– The work that needs to be done to deliver the

result (product or service) with the specified features and functions

– This includes technical work, administrative work, training work, etc.

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Develop standardized scope management procedures

Organizing the efforts of managing scope

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What is Scope management

Scope management includes the

processes required to ensure that the

project includes all the work required, and

only the work required, to complete the

project successfully.

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• Managing the project scope is primarily

concerned with defining and controlling

what is and is not included in the project.

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WH

• Why: the process of defining the scope is the base of succeeding in defining it

• What: develop a clear workflow to in order to capture the scope successfully

• When: initiation and planning phase

• Results: SOPs (standard operating procedures)

• Who: project management and quality team 8

• You need to have well-defined procedures, templates and roles to successfully capture project scope

• Establishing standardized policies and procedures helps guiding the effort of managing scope and improves success potential

• It facilitates learning and experience sharing 9

Project Scope Management

• Collect requirements

• Define scope

• Create WBS

• Verify scope

• Control scope 10

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• The scope management is preceded by a planning effort by the project management team.

• The output is the scope management plan.

• The scope management plan provides guidance on how project scope will be defined, documented, verified, managed and controlled.

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Artifact: Scope management plan

• The scope management plan provides guidance on how project scope will be defined, documented, verified, managed and controlled.

• You can reuse the procedures for certain category of projects, and adapt them as necessary

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Artifact: Scope management plan - content

• Templates used in performing scope activities

• Roles and responsibilities

• Well-defined processes:– Requirement and scope definition– scope review– Scope verification and acceptance criteria– Scope change management

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Share

• The team needs to be involved in creating the procedures

• Educate the team on how and why to use the procedures

• Templates are accessible to project team members

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• References:– PMBOK® Guide, fourth edition.

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