5.1 Initiation | 5.2 Scope Planning | 5.3 Scope Definition | 5.4 Scope Verification | 5.5 Scope Change Control |
Integration | Scope | Time | Cost | Quality | Resource | Communications | Risk | Procurement |
Project Scope Management includes the processes required to ensure that the pro-ject
includes all the work required, and only the work required, to complete the
project successfully [1]. It is primarily concerned with defining and controlling what
is or is not included in the project.
Figure 5-1 provides an overview of the major project scope management
processes:
These processes interact with each other and with the processes in the other
knowledge areas as well. Each process may involve effort from one or more individuals
or groups of individuals based on the needs of the project. Each process
generally occurs at least once in every project phase.
Although the processes are presented here as discrete components with well-defined
interfaces, in practice they may overlap and interact in ways not detailed here.
Process interactions are discussed in detail in
Chapter 3, Project Management Processes.
Product scope—the features and
functions that characterize a product or service.
Project scope—the work that must be
done to deliver a product with the specified features and functions.
The processes, tools and techniques used to manage project scope are the focus
of this chapter. The processes, tools, and techniques used to manage product scope
vary by application area and are usually defined as part of the project life cycle (the
project life cycle is discussed in
Section 2.1).
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