Fundamentals Of Project Management

FUNDAMENTALS OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT LECTURE 6: PROJECT SCOPE MANAGEMENT(VALIDATE AND CONTROL SCOPE) COURSE INSTRUCTOR: OWAIS TAHIR

VALIDATE SCOPE • Process of formal acceptance of the deliverables and/or product, service or result that was to be produced as a result of the project. • Each deliverable and then the final product is validated for scope • Deliverables are verified in the control quality process by the QC team. • These are then forwarded to the scope validation • Difference between QC and scope validation is QC is concerned with correctness of deliverables • Scope validation is concerned with acceptance of deliverables

Inputs • Project Management Plan (scope management plan, scope baseline) • Requirements documentation • Requirements Traceability Matrix • Quality Reports • Lessons Learnt Database. From current project • Verified Deliverables (QC) • Work Performance Data (usually from QC)

Tools and Techniques • Inspection. (reviews, audits, walkthroughs etc) • Group Decision Making Techniques. For example voting.

Outputs • Accepted Deliverables • Change Requests • Work Performance Information. How many deliverables have been accepted, what were conditions of acceptance, what is acceptance rate and acceptance ratio and why. • Project Document updates for example lessons learnt database, requirements traceability matrix.

Control Scope • Basically to avoid scope creep • Scope Creep is “uncontrolled expansion to product or project scope without adjustments to time, cost and resources”. • Basically change control for scope

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Project Management Plan Requirements Documentation Requirements Traceability Matrix Work Performance Data OPA’s

Tools and Techniques • Variance Analysis. How much variance exists from the planned value and is it within the threshold limit. • Trend Analysis. With time, is the performance of the project improving or deteriorating.

Outputs • Work Performance Information • Change Requests • Project Management Plan updates (scope baselines, other baselines etc) • Project document updates (requirements documentation, traceability matrix, lessons learnt database.)

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