Project Management: Achieving Competitive Advantage, Fifth Edition

Summary

1. 5.1 Understand the importance of scope management for project success. This chapter examined the role of project scope management as an important planning technique. Project scope management is the detailed development of the project plan to specify the work content and outcomes of the project, the activities that must be performed, the resources consumed, and the quality standards to be maintained. The six steps in creating a project scope management procedure are conceptual development, the scope statement, work authorization, scope reporting, control systems, and project closeout.

   Conceptual development is the process of choosing the best method for achieving the project’s goals. The project’s conceptual development allows the project ...