CHAPTER 4

Managing the Project Scope

This chapter covers the following topics:

•   Creating a project scope

•   Defining a work breakdown structure

•   Obtaining management approval

•   Establishing communication channels

Remember when you were a kid and you bought your first model car? You opened the box, sorted all the pieces, put the decals aside for safekeeping, and gathered all your tools. Of course, you read the directions completely and carefully assembled each piece of the model with just the right amount of glue, patiently waited for it to dry before proceeding, and then finally applied the decals with a pair of tweezers.

Doesn’t sound quite right? Were you more like the kid who ripped the box open, tossed the directions aside, and ...

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