Introduction to Project Management

6 Planning and Defining the Project Scope

DOI: 10.1201/9781003230649-9

A significant chunk of the planning processes in project management falls under Planning and Defining the Project Scope. This chapter covers these various scope planning processes including Developing the Project Scope Management Plan, Developing the Requirements Management Plan, Collecting Requirements, Defining the Project Scope, Creating the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), and Setting the Scope Baseline for the project. This chapter also highlights the huge benefits of WBS for a project. At the end of this chapter, a template for scope management and one for requirements management are included.

The word ‘Scope’ is synonymous with these commonly used terms: Extent, Boundary, ...