Project Management

Chapter 10 : Management of Project Scope

Project Initiation

Defining Project Deliverables

Scope Planning

Scope of a Project
Drafting the Project Overview Statement
Parts of POS

Approval of POS

Participants in the Approval Process

Project Definition Statement

Scope Verification

Scope Change Control

Chapter Summary

The scope of a project determines the boundaries of the project. The scope specifies what features/ a characteristic of the project product is included and what is not included. Once a project has been chosen, the project manager and the client jointly prepare scope of the project and its deliverables. This process is carried out in four phases: request, clarification, response, and agreement.

The project manager then prepares a Project Overview Statement (POS) based on the list of deliverables. The main parts of the POS are: statement of the problem/opportunity, project goal, project objectives, success criterion and risks, assumptions, obstacles of the project. The POS is sent to the firm's top management for approval.

The project manager prepares a Project Definition Statement (PDS) with his team members that can be used as a reference in executing the project. The PDS is used as a reference point by the project team for executing the project. Project scope change control is a technique for facilitating the inclusion of necessary changes in the project scope.

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