Lecture 5

Project Scope Initiation

A beginning process that formally authorizes the project manager and team to develop the scope management plan

Scope Definition

A detailed scope statement that defines what work will and will not be part of the project and will serve as a basis for all future project decisions

Scope Planning

The development of a scope management plan that defines the project's scope and how it will be verified and controlled throughout the project.

Milestones

Are significant events that mark the acceptance of a deliverable and give the project manager and team the approval to begin working on the next deliverable.

Scope Verification

Confirmation and formal acceptance that the project's scope is accurate, complete, and supports the project's MOV.

Project-Oriented Scope

Deliverables that support the project management and IT development processes defined in the Information Technology Project Methodology (ITPM). Examples Business case, project charter and project plan, etc.

Scope Change Control

Ensuring that controls are in place to manage proposed scope changes once the project's scope is set. These procedures must be communicated to all project stakeholders.

Product-Oriented Scope

High-level features and functionality of the application system First cut for requirements definition that will be defined in greater detail during the systems development life cycle (SDLC) Examples Add new customer, look up customer balance, print daily sales report by region, etc.

Scope Statement

Provides a way to define the scope boundary. A narrative of what deliverables or work-products the project team will and will not provide throughout the project. A first step that provides a high-level abstraction of the project's scope that will be defined in greater detail as the project progresses.

Scope Grope

Scope poorly defined

Triple Constraint

Scope, Schedule, Budget

Create WBS

The decomposition or dividing of the major project deliverables into smaller and more manageable components.

Scope

The deliverables or work products that must be completed in order to achieve the project's MOV. Provides a boundary so that what needs to get done - gets done. Otherwise, schedule and budget are increased for no reason Defines what is part of the project team's work and what is not. This also sets expectations for all of the project's stakeholders Provides a link between the project's MOV and the project plan.

Scope Leap

drastic change in project direction or the project's MOV

Benchmarking

generating ideas by comparing specific project practices or product characteristics to those of other projects or products inside or outside the performing organization, can also be used to collect requirements

Project Scope Management

includes the processes involved in defining and controlling what is or is not included in a project

Scope Creep

increasing featurism

Scope Management Plan

is a document that includes descriptions of how the team will prepare the project scope statement, create the WBS, verify completion of the project deliverables, and control requests for changes to the project scope.

Deliverable

is a product produced as part of a project, such as hardware or software, planning documents, or meeting minutes.