Project Scope Management Framework by Project Management Basics
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Plan Scope
Management
Collect Requirements
Define Scope
Create WBS
Validate Scope
Control Scope
Don’t re-invent Scope
Management. Check available
resources in the organization.
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Talk with PMs
Talk with leadership
Review Policies
Review Procedures
Collect Templates
Select software applications
Create a Project Charter
Develop a Scope Management
approach
Start with Project Charter
Review Business Case
Talk with Stakeholders
Gather Data:
• Brainstorming
• Interviews
• Focus Groups
• Questionaries
• Documentation analysis
• Competitors analysis
Analyze requirements with the
project team and stakeholders.
Use expert judgement of the best
available experts.
Find someone who did similar
projects (or parts of project).
Write down all requirements in a
consistent form.
Decompose the whole project
scope into tangible Deliverables
and Work Packages.
IMPORTANT: WBS is the most
critical part of the Scope
Management! Don’t skip it.
Demo your Deliverables or Work
Packages to clients, sponsors, or
stakeholders that can provide an
approval.
Collect feedback on the results you Track the work you missed to
created.
identify during planning.
Get acceptance from clients on
interim results.
Write down the high-level
description of the Project Scope in
form of Project Scope Statement.
Continuously check the amount of
work you planned versus the actual
amount of work required to deliver a
work package.
Properly Integrate changes to the
scope.
WBS is the best tool to Control
the Project Scope.
Main Outputs
1. Project Scope Management
Plan
1. Requirements documentation 1. Project Scope Statement
1. Specifications
2. User Stories
3. UI Designs
2. Requirements Traceability
Matrix
1. Work Breakdown Structure
2. Scope Baseline
1. Accepted Deliverables
2. Change Requests
1. Progress Reports
2. Change Requests
Recourses (click the links to learn more about each process)
1. Scope Management Plan
2. Project Planning Explained
1. How to collect Stakeholder
Requirements (Example)
3. Project Charter Explained
2. Requirements Traceability
Matrix
4. Project Charter Template
3. RTM Template
1. Project Scope Statement
Explained
1. How to create a WBS
2. How to create a high-quality
WBS
1. How to Validate Scope
1. How to Control Scope
2. Change Management