Scope Management
The project scope statement is a document that defines what the project is, the project deliverables, and the work that the project team (and likely contractors) will have to do in order to create the identified project deliverables. The major purpose of the document is to communicate with the project team, the project customers, and the project stakeholders a common understanding of the project’s purpose, goals, and objectives. The project scope statement also serves as a launching board for additional planning by the project team and the project manager.
The project scope can be a large document or a simple one or two-page manifesto. So how big does this thing have to be? Here’s a heuristic you can rely on: larger projects typically require more detail than smaller projects. In other words, the bigger the project the longer it’s going to take to create the project scope statement, and the more information you’ll need to include in the document.
The project scope statement is a cornerstone of the project. It serves as a guide for all future project decisions, and the project manager and the project team must protect the scope from unapproved changes as the project moves through execution. The project scope statement is the written version of what’s commonly called “the project scope” or just “scope.”
There are five videos for this module of the PMP Exam Prep:
Collecting Project Requirements
