This project scope statement outlines the justification, deliverables, objectives, and constraints for a project. It provides the business need for the project and lists the summary-level components that mark its completion. Quantifiable criteria around cost, schedule, and quality that must be met for success are defined. Fundamental constraints and assumptions governing the project are also documented.

1. Project Scope Statement
Project Name:
Prepared by:
Date:
Project Justification: The business need that the project was undertaken to address. The project
justification provides the basis for evaluating future tradeoffs.
Product Description: A brief summary of the product, service, or result.
Project Deliverables: A list of the summary-level components (subdeliverables) for which full and
satisfactory delivery marks completion of the project.
Out-of-scope Items:
Project Objectives: The quantifiable criteria that must be met for the project to be considered
successful. Project objectives must include at least cost, schedule, and quality
measures.
Cost Objectives
Schedule Objectives
Acceptance Criteria
Constraints: The fundamental constraints acting on this project, and which impact scope, time,
cost, and quality considerations.
Assumptions: A list of assumptions governing the conduct of the project and the customer's
expectations of results, preferably sorted in decreasing order by priority or a
weighting factor.