Project Scope Management process

1. PROJECT SCOPE
MANAGEMENT

2. SCOPE MANAGEMENT
“process of creating a scope management plan that
documents how the scope will be defined, validate,
and controlled.”
Project Management Institute. (2004). A guide to the project management body of knowledge (PMBOK
guide). Newtown Square, Pa: Project Management Institute.

3. COLLECT REQUIREMENT
“process of determining, documenting, and managing
stakeholders’ needs and requirements to meet project
objectives.”
Project Management Institute. (2004). A guide to the project management body of knowledge (PMBOK
guide). Newtown Square, Pa: Project Management Institute.

4. SCOPE COLLECTION TOOLS
•Interviews
•Focus Groups
•Group Activities
• Brainstorming
• Group Technique
• Idea/Mind Mapping
• Affinity Diagram
• Multicriteria decision analysis
•Group Decision-Making
• Unanimity
• Plurality
• Dictatorship

5. SCOPE COLLECTION TOOLS CONT.
• Questionnaires
• Surveys
• Observation
• Prototypes
• Benchmarking
• Context Diagrams
• Document Analysis

6. DEFINE SCOPE
• Description of the project and product
• Project boundaries defined
• Requirements
• Project deliverables

7. CREATE WORK BREAKDOWN
STRUCTURE
• Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) is the process of putting the project
into phases, deliverables, and work structure.
• WBS includes
• Labor
• Expenses
• Work related meetings and costs
• Procurement
• Quality
• Human Resources

8. VALIDATE SCOPE
“formalizing acceptance of the completed project
deliverables.”
Project Management Institute. (2004). A guide to the project management body of knowledge (PMBOK
guide). Newtown Square, Pa: Project Management Institute.

9. CONTROL SCOPE
• monitoring the status of the project and product scope
• managing changes to scope