OVERVIEW

Project Scope Management includes the processes required to ensure that the project includes all the work required and the work to complete the project successfully. It is primarily concerned with defining and controlling what is and is not included in the project.

Scope planning, scope definition, create work breakdown structure, scope verification, and scope control are the processes associated with project scope management and as such contain 21 output-related 3Ms metric profiles.

Project Scope Management PMBOK area of knowledge includes the following processes and deliverables:

1. Scope Planning

   1. Scope Management Plan

2. Scope Definition

   1. Project Scope Statement

   2. Project Objectives

   3. Product Scope Description

   4. Project Requirements

   5. Project Boundaries

   6. Project Deliverables

   7. Project Acceptance Criteria

   8. Project Constraints

   9. Project Assumptions

   10. Requested Changes

   11. Project Scope Management Plan (Updates)

3. Create Work Breakdown Structure

   1. Project Scope Statement (Updates)

   2. Work Breakdown Structure

   3. Work Breakdown Structure Dictionary

   4. Scope Baseline

   5. Project Scope Management Plan (Updates)

   6. Requested Changes

4. Scope Verification

   1. Accepted Deliverables

   2. Requested Changes

   3. Recommended Corrective Actions

5. Scope Control

   1. Project Scope Statement (Updates)

   2. Work Breakdown Structure (Updates)

   3. Work Breakdown Structure Dictionary (Updates)

   4. Scope Baseline (Updates)

   5. Requested Changes

   6. Recommended Corrective Action

   7. Organizational Process Assets (Updates)

   8. Project Management Plan (Updates)

These discrete process components integrate with each other and with other processes from other areas of knowledge within the PMBOK . In addition, these process components may impact other successor dependent program and/or project initiatives in a manner not visible to the project team. A valid source for the project team to consider is the relationship of ongoing project events to other...