Project Planning and Scope

Project Planning and Scope

Learning Objectives

• Manage the planning process of a project 
• Understand the importance of good project scope management 
• Describe the process of planning scope management 
• Explain the importance of validating scope and how it relates to defining and controlling scope 
• Discuss methods for collecting and documenting requirements to meet stakeholder needs and expectations 
• Explain the scope definition process and describe the contents of a project scope statement
•  Discuss the process for creating a work breakdown structure using the analogy, top-down, bottom-up, and mind-mapping approaches

Project scope is the part of project planning that involves determining and documenting a list of specific project goals, deliverables, features, functions, tasks, deadlines, and ultimately costs. ... Below is an overview of some of the key processes to follow in order to define scope correctly.

Read also: Project Scope Management: What It is and Why It's Important

Planning helps project managers: 

• Clarify and focus a project's development and prospects. 
• Provide a benchmark against which actual performance can be measured and reviewed

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