Project Scope Management Notes PMBOK6 -Part 1

The process of creating a scope management plan that documents how the project scope will be defined ,validated, and controlled

     Provides guidance and direction on how scope will  be managed throughout project.

The process of determining, documenting and managing stakeholder needs and requirements to meet project objectives.

  Provides the basis for defining and managing the project scope including product scope

The process of developing a detailed description of the project and product.

             It describes the product; service or result boundaries by defining which of the requirement collected will be included and excluded from project scope

The process of subdividing projects deliverables and project work into smaller, more manageable components.

Provides a structured vision of what has to be delivered

The process of formalizing acceptance of the completed project deliverables.

            Increases chance of final product, service, or result acceptance by validating each deliverables

It brings objectivity to the acceptance process

The process of

1.   monitoring the status of the project and product scope
2.   managing changes to scope baseline

                      It Allows scope baseline to be maintained throughout the project

                   The feature or Function that characterize a product, service, or result

• Completion of Product Scope is measured against “Product Requirement”

                 The Work to be performed to deliver the product, service, or result with the specified features and functions

• Completion of Project Scope is measured against “Project Management Plan”

• Project Charter
• Project Management Plan
• EEF
• OPA

• Expert Judgement
• Meeting 

1.  Scope Management Plan
2. Requirement Management Plan 

        It provides

• Project Context for planning
• High-level project description and characteristics from Project statement of Work

• Component of Project or Program Management plan
• It describes how scope will be defined ,developed, monitored, controlled and verified
• It’s a input to Develop Project Management Plan

• Is a component of Project Management Plan
• Describes how requirement will be analyzed ,documented and managed