Project management: define the scope to avoid slippage

During this training on the scope of a project, the participant will see the essential points to accurately define the scope of a project. 

How to establish the scope of a project 

• What are the steps to manage the scope to promote a common understanding
• What is the goal of the project, is it known by all
• What are the expected deliverables and the expected quality level
• What are the activities and tasks of the project to allocate them and identify the necessary resources. How the identification of the tasks allows to keep the course throughout the execution and to better manage the changes
• What are the project constraints: technical, budgetary, schedule, human, organizational...
• What are the acceptance criteria for the deliverables and what is "out of scope"?

Requirements

• Documenting needs and stakeholders
• Differentiate between project charter and scope statement
• Identify stakeholders and their level of involvement to better manage their expectations
• Consider related projects for a complete view of the requirements

Defining the scope

• Validating the scope
• Approved version: when and how to modify it
• Reference tool to evaluate intermediate and final deliverables.

Taking action

• The Project Breakdown Structure (PBS) or Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
• How to break down the project scope according to its fundamental components to specify the value creation expected from the project team.
• What are the different project breakdowns (according to the life cycle, according to the deliverables, etc.).