TABLE OF CONTENTS Project scope management questions on the PMP certification exam cover diverse yet fundamental project management topics. Defining and managing the scope or the amount of work of the project is an important aspect of project management. There must be an understanding of how the project scope is broken down into smaller, more manageable, components and how these components are controlled. The scope management plan, the updated and refined scope statement, work breakdown structures (WBSs), scope verification and scope changes are the topics covered.
| Exam Tip | PMI places enormous emphasis on the tool or technique of decomposition, which is breaking down the major project deliverable into smaller, more manageable elements. These elements are further subdivided until the deliverables are specific enough to support the planning, executing, monitoring and controlling and closing process group activities. The resulting collection of elements that define the total scope of the project is called the work breakdown structure (WBS). |
The role of the project manager includes defining the work, making sure that only the work of the project is being completed and preventing additional work (scope creep) not defined in the project. PMI does not advocate "gold plating" or giving the customer more than what was asked for.
In the project context, the term "scope" may refer to:
Product scope, which consists of the features and functions of a product or service, with results measured against the product requirements
Project scope, which describes the work that must be done to deliver a product, with...
