Project Scope Management - Overview

For scope management you want to make sure that the project includes all the work required, and only the work required to complete the project. Here we focus on defining and controlling what is included in the scope and what is not included in the scope of the project.

We will learn about the six processes within this group.

1. Plan Scope Management
• creation of a scope management plan that identifies how the project scope will be defined, validated and controlled. 
2. Collect Requirements
• when you gather requirements you have to make determinations, document and manage stakeholder needs and requirements to meet the project objectives
3. Define Scope
• detailed description of the project and product
• Product scope = features and functions that characterize a product, service or result which when done is measured against the project management plan
• Project scope = the work performed to deliver a product, service or result with specified features and functions, which when done is measured against the product requirements
4. Create Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) 
• breaking down the project work into manageable chunks 
5. Validate Scope
• formally accept the completed project deliverables
6. Control Scope
• monitoring the status of the project and any changes to the scope baseline
• any changes to the baseline have to go through formal change control procedures

Source: PMBOK 5th ed.