Scope - answer--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 i...
Information Technology Project Management
Scope - answer--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.
Project Planning Framework - answer-
Project Management Process - answer-Scope Planning
Scope Definition
Create Work Breakdown Structure
Scope Verification
Scope Change Control
Scope Planning - answer-The development of a scope management plan that defines the project's
scope and how it will be verified and controlled throughout the project. Scope Management Plan
Scope Definition - answer-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. Detailed Project Scope
Create Work Breakdown Structure - answer-The decomposition or dividing of the major project
deliverables into smaller and more manageable components; an important tool that ties the
project's scope to resources and activities. The WBS represents a logical decomposition of the
work to be performed and focuses on how the product, service, or result is naturally subdivided.
It is an outline of what work is to be performed.
WBS
Scope Verification - answer-Confirmation and formal acceptance that the project's scope is
accurate, complete, and supports the project's MOV. Scope Verification Checklist
Scope Change Control - answer-Ensuring that controls are in place to manage proposed scope
changes once the project's scope is set; helps the project achieve its MOV. These procedures
must be communicated to all project stakeholders. Scope Change Control Process (Scope
Change Request Form/Scope Change Request Log)
Project Scope Initiation & Planning - answer-A beginning process that formally authorizes the
project manager and team to develop the scope management plan
This entails:
Conceptualizing the Scope Boundary
, Developing the Scope Statement
Scope Boundary - answer-The first step to establishing what is, and what is not, part of the
project work to be completed by the project team (fence designed to keep some things in
(supports MOV) and other things out (does not support MOV))
Scope Management Plan - answer-the processes and techniques for defining and managing scope
Scope Statement - answer-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.
Project Scope Definition - answer-Where deliverables can be divided into project- oriented
deliverables and product- oriented deliverables.
Project-Oriented Scope - answer-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.
Definition Tools: DDT & DSC
Deliverable Definition Table (DDT) - answer-define all of the project- oriented deliverables to
be provided by the project team.
Deliverable Structure Chart (DSC) - answer-can be developed as an interim step to define
detailed work packages that will be used to estimate the project schedule and budget (used to
create WBS)
Product-Oriented Scope - answer-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.
Definition Tools: DFD & UCD
(Context) Dataflow Diagram (DFD) - answer-modeling tool for refining the scope boundary and
defining what the system must do
Use Case Diagram - answer-a powerful tool for identifying the main functions or features of the
system and the different users or external systems that interact with the system; used in OO
world as a part of Unified Modeling Language (UML)
Scope Verification - answer-Ensures:
That the project's scope is well-defined, accurate and complete
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