Chapter 4: Project scope management. After reading this chapter, you will be able to: Understand the importance of good project scope management, describe the process of planning scope management, discuss methods for collecting and documenting requirements to meet stakeholder needs and expectations,. | Chapter 4: Project Scope Management adopted from PMI’s PMBOK 2000 and Textbook : Information Technology Project Management (author : Dr. Kathy Schwalbe) Contents Importance of scope management Project Scope Management Processes (Initiation, Scope planning, Scope definition, Scope verification, Scope change control) Initiation (init phase) key tools: selecting project based on financial methods (NPV, ROI and Payback analysis) Scope Planning (planning phase) Scope definition (planning phase) Scope verification (control phase) Scope change control (control phase) methods to improve Screening a project What is Project Scope Management? Scope refers to all the work involved in creating the products of the project and the processes used to create them Project scope management includes the processes involved in defining and controlling what is or is not included in the project The project team and stakeholders must have the same understanding of what products will be produces as a result of a project and what processes will be used in producing them Chapter 4 Project Scope Management Processes Initiation: beginning a project or continuing to the next phase Scope planning: developing documents to provide the basis for future project decisions Scope definition: subdividing the major project deliverables into smaller, more manageable components Scope verification: formalizing acceptance of the project scope Scope change control: controlling changes to project scope Chapter 4 Project Initiation: Strategic Planning and Project Selection 1st initiation phase process Initiation is the process of formally authorizing a project or that an existing project should continue on the next phase. The first step in initiating projects is to look at the big picture or strategic plan of an organization Strategic planning involves determining long-term business objectives IT projects should support strategic and financial business objectives Chapter 4 Inputs to Project . | Chapter 4: Project Scope Management adopted from PMI’s PMBOK 2000 and Textbook : Information Technology Project Management (author : Dr. Kathy Schwalbe) Contents Importance of scope management Project Scope Management Processes (Initiation, Scope planning, Scope definition, Scope verification, Scope change control) Initiation (init phase) key tools: selecting project based on financial methods (NPV, ROI and Payback analysis) Scope Planning (planning phase) Scope definition (planning phase) Scope verification (control phase) Scope change control (control phase) methods to improve Screening a project What is Project Scope Management? Scope refers to all the work involved in creating the products of the project and the processes used to create them Project scope management includes the processes involved in defining and controlling what is or is not included in the project The project team and stakeholders must have the same understanding of what products will be produces as a .
