Chapter 2 PROJECT SCOPE. Project scope is the description of what the project will produce. Starting at the beginning with project initiation, the project team builds the project information step by step. According to the PMBOK®.Guide, the processes related to Scope Management are The steps are as follows: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Great Idea Project Charter Scope Description Scope Management Plan Work Breakdown Structure 26 Project Scope Once all of these steps have been completed, the team will have a solid description of the scope. This can then be used to determine the project budget, project resource requirements, and the timelines. In this chapter, we. | Chapter 2 PROJECT SCOPE Project scope is the description of what the project will produce. Starting at the beginning with project initiation the project team builds the project information step by step. According to the PMBOK .Guide the processes related to Scope Management are 1. Great Idea 2. Project Charter 3. Scope Description 4. Scope Management Plan 5. Work Breakdown Structure 26 Project Scope Once all of these steps have been completed the team will have a solid description of the scope. This can then be used to determine the project budget project resource requirements and the timelines. In this chapter we will work through steps 1 to 4 with the Work Breakdown Structure discussion following in Chapter 4. 1. GREAT IDEA Initially someone has a great idea. The idea is either a wonderful new opportunity or a solution for a problem. The company should have a process for assessing this idea to determine how far it is worth taking it. This is done in the initiation phase of the project. Someone often sales or marketing might have identified a customer requirement in meeting with a long-term client. Or marketing could have identified a new product that could fill a gap in the corporate portfolio preventing loss of some major customers to competitors and opening the possibility for attracting new customers. Or perhaps customers have identified that corporately your company is not responding well to customer requests so sales has convinced management to implement a change in corporate culture to become more customer needs focused. Or perhaps an RFQ has been received and sales have responded with a detailed bid which has just been accepted. Any of these creates the need for a project to produce the desired results. In every case the company must assess the proposed project and make a decision on whether to proceed or not. This decision if positive is often to proceed as far as the next gate which would occur at the end of the planning and definition phase. At that .
