Part 126: Project Scope Statement
(OUTPUT Project Scope Management: Define Scope)
- The Project Scope Statement is a description of the project scope, deliverables, assumptions, and constraints
- The Project Scope includes the Product Scope
- Describes the project’s deliverables and the work required to create the deliverables
- May contain explicit scope exclusions to manage expectations (i.e. what this project will NOT include)
- The Project Scope allows us to determine whether additional work falls within the scope or whether we need to generate a Change Request
- Allows the team to perform more detailed planning
- Project Scope Includes
- Product Scope Description
- What is the product or service?
- As work continues, this description gets more detailed through Progressive Elaboration
- Acceptance Criteria
- Conditions that deliverables must meet in order to be accepted
- Deliverable
- A unique and verifiable product, result or capability to perform a service
- Required in order to complete the project or project phase
- Could include reports and documentation
- Deliverables may be described with few or many details
- Project Exclusion
- What are we excluding from the project?
- This allows us to manage expectations and avoid conflict if future work arises
- Constraints
- Limiting factors that affect execution of the project (costs, schedule, regulations)
- Assumptions
- Factors that we consider to be true when planning the project
- An assumption must be documented
- Product Scope Description