Project Scope Management

Project scope management includes the processes required to ensure that the project includes all the work required and only the work required to complete the project successfully. Managing the project scope is primarily concerned with defining and controlling what is and is not included in the project scope.

Project scope management is a process that helps in determining and documenting the list of all the project goals, tasks, deliverables, deadlines, and budgets as a part of the planning process. With the scope and project management defined right in the beginning, it becomes much easier for project teams to manage and make the required changes.

There are six processes in the scope management knowledge area for the planning stage and two for the monitoring and controlling stage. Therefore, the scope management knowledge area will only get involved after the initiating stage and starts at the planning stage. During the executing stage, there is no needed process, but the scope will be validated and controlled during the monitoring and controlling stage.

The six processes of scope management are: Plan scope management, Collect requirements, Define scope, Create WBS, Validate scope, and Control scope. These processes involve creating a scope management plan, determining and managing stakeholder needs and requirements, developing a detailed description of the project and product, subdividing project deliverables and work, formalizing acceptance of completed project deliverables, and monitoring and managing changes to the project and product scope Baseline.

We will discuss each of these processes in detail in our next videos.

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