Scope Management

Scope management has five phases such as

• Scope management planing
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• Scope definition


• WBS (Work break down structure)


• Scope Verification


• Scope Control

Scope management Planing

Scope management planing means defining how project team will define and develop the scope of the project. And also project scope verification and control process must be define with the project and product deliverables.

Scope management plan is the outcome of this process.

Scope definition

In this stage project's scope is clearly defined with all the project and product deliverables. Project scope must achieve the MOV (Measurable Organisation Value).
In scope and Out scope are clearly defined.

Project deliverables are define using the tools such as DDT (Deliverable definition table) and DSC (Deliverable structure chart).

Product deliverables focus on identifying the features and functionalities of the product. Context data flow diagrams (DFD) and user cases are used for this.

WBS

In this stage deliverable are divided into small modules according to a hierarchical manner.

Project scope verification

Project scope is verified and accepted by it's stakeholders and project team as a completed and accurate one. In this stage scope verification checklist is used as a tool. This checklist has,

• MOV - Is project's MOV clearly defined and accepted.


• Deliverables- Are all the deliverables are tangible or verifiable?


• Quality standards - There is a control process to ensure that work met its define standards.


• Milestones - Are milestones defined for each deliverable ?


• Review and acceptance - Are both sides clear on their expectations?

Scope change control

Changes of the scope is inevitable with new information and changing user needs. Changes of the scope can increase the time and budget of the project. Therefore well define change control process is required to track these changes.

scope grope- This happens when project team can't define project scope.
scope creep - This means adding new features to the system. (Increase featurism).
scope leap - Completely change the objective and the focus of the project

Scope change control must have a change request form and change request log. Change request form has details like requesters name, request date, request title, description, justification, etc.
Scope request log

Request Number	Request Title	Date of Request	Requested By	Priority (L, M, H)	Authority to approve the Request	Expected Response date	Scope change Approved ? (Y/N)