Managing Project Scope
…Improve Your Project’s Probability of Success

The Standish Group continually reports scope creep as a major contribute to project failure internationally. While scope is always dealt with as a component of a larger workshop, it is seldom focused on exclusively in a one day workshop. This program is designed to demonstrate how effectively managing scope requires constant vigilance and discipline throughout the entire project life cycle. This course follows the project cycle focusing specifically on the tools and techniques required to effectively manage scope. At each phase you will learn the pitfalls and best practices that when applied can be a significant factor in success. And while scope is only one part of the iron triangle, it can have a direct bearing on cost and time outcomes for a project.

Join us for this exciting program and learn how a few basic scope management principles implemented in a straightforward and logical process can significantly improve your probability for project success.

Course Level

Foundational

Duration

1 Day

Who should attend?

Any and every one who manages or is part of single and/or multiple projects within your organization. Members of the Project Management Office (PMO), Project and Resource Managers, Team Leaders and Executives will benefit from the program.

Performance Focus

• The goal of the course is to equip you with the necessary knowledge, skills and techniques so that managing scope becomes an ongoing process throughout the life of the project. The idea is to also make scope management a team game.

What You Will Learn

• The full spectrum of processes that constantly interact during a project life cycle that impact scope
• The nature and the characteristics or requirements definition
• How to create and obtain sign-off of a scope document
• How to decompose a scope into a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
• How to activate Integrated Change Control very early in the project life cycle
• How to manage scope during the execution project phase
• How to verify scope and document lessons learned
• A framework for self assessment in the area of scope management key behaviors

Content

Basic Outline of the Course:

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