Editor's Note
In Part 1, Walter Wawruck reviewed:
The Meaning and Purpose of Project Scope Management
Introduction and Purpose of this Paper
The Definition of Project Scope
The Comprehensive Description of a Project
Work Done by the Project Management Institute
Scope Management - Important But Neglected
In Part 2, he reviewed
Project Scope Management in the Project Management Literature
Disparity in Treatment of Scope - Compared to Cost and
Schedule
Possible Reasons for Neglecting Project Scope Management
The WBS is a Scope Breakdown Structure
Application and Use of the WBS
In this Part 3, he provides A Framework for Controlling
Scope
Control Means Maintaining Baselines as the Scope Evolves
This Part 3 outlines a framework of principles and
procedures for controlling the scope of a project. The control process is described
in the context of a generalized model of the life cycle stages of a project. The
stages are marked by the issuance of a series of progressively more detailed designs.
Each stage is a further step in the evolution of the configuration of the deliverable
end result. The progression is from a set of user or client requirements to a
functioning product, system, or facility. The stages, in other words, trace the
evolution of the project scope.
The process for controlling the evolution of scope centers on two sets of mechanisms.
- The first set ensures that the configuration of the end product, at each stage
of its evolution, does not deviate from the client's requirements. An agreed upon
requirements statement and a series of design reviews and freezes are the key
tools in this case.
- The second set of mechanisms provides for amending the configuration in a
disciplined fashion. Inevitably, changes arise, either because the requirements
change, or because the design does not work. Procedures are described for reviewing
and approving changes, and for incorporating them in the baselines.
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