Managing Software Requirements: A Use Case Approach, Second Edition

Chapter 18. Establishing Project Scope

Key Points

• Project scope is a combination of product functionality, project resources, and available time.

• Brooks' law states that adding labor to a late software project makes it even later.

• If the effort required to implement the system features is equal to the resources available during the scheduled time, the project has an achievable scope.

• Overscoped projects are typical. In many projects, it will be necessary to reduce the scope by as much as a factor of two.

• The first step in establishing project scope is to establish a high-level requirements baseline.

The Problem of Project Scope

As with any professional activity, meeting commitments in application development involves making realistic assessments of project ...