1. Purpose of scope

Focus the efforts needed to rally all the resources necessary for the project

Project scope management ensures that only the works necessary to complete the project are undertaken

Describes all the work necessary for successful delivery of the product

2. What scope entails

Project scope statement identifies the deliverables for the project

Defines the work necessary to create the various deliverables of a project

Product scope statement is an indication of the characteristics and attributes to be found in the deliverables that the project is creating

Product scope is then evaluated against stakeholders’ requirements

Project scope is evaluated against the bunch of plans that make up the overall project plan

3. Establishing the scope

Iterations are involved with the project scope being defined broadly at first and through progressive elaboration, for refinements to take place eventually

Following the completion of project scope planning, a project scope statement and the project scope management plan are created

Project scope statement describes what the project is all about

Project scope management plan allows the project manager to work hand in hand with the five project management processes

Project manager can rely on expert judgement to create the scope management plan, can rely on existing templates, forms, standards and other organizational assets for guidance in developing the scope management plan

Scope management plan provides guidance to the project team on how the necessary scope of work is to be managed, and how changes or variations

Provides guidance on how likely scope changes are to be expected when the project starts, and how much the scope is allowed to change, as the project moves towards completion, the likelihood of changes is lessened

Provides guidance on the costs aspects relating to changes and the limits within which changes are disallowed or allowed with exceptional reasons

4. Provide guidance on four areas of work

Informs all parties of the various deadlines when important milestones and decisions have to be made, provides initial guidance on

Nature and type of work that the project includes

Provides guidance on creating the follow‐up work breakdown structure, sets out in greater details the numerous components, actions and activities that the project includes highlights the process required for checking and formally accepting the various project deliverables by the client

How change requests are to be submitted and assessed

5. Scope Definition