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e alternatives identication is performed through techniques used to generate
subject, the best ones being selected and analyzed.
OUTPUTS
e project scope statement describes
required to create those deliverables. In short, it must include, but not be limited to, the
Product scope description,
Project requirements,
Scope exclusions,
Project deliverables,
Deliverables acceptance criteria, and
Constraints and assumptions.
Project documents that may be updated include but are not limited to
Requirements documentation, and
Requirements traceability matrix.

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The process of developing a detailed description of the project and product.
Planning
5.2 - Dene Scope
SCOPE
Tools and
techniques
OutputsInputs
•Stakeholderregister
•Requirementsdocumentation
•Requirementstraceabilitymatrix
Expert
judgment
Product analysis
Alternatives
identication
Facilitated
workshops
Project document
updates
Product scope
statement
Project
documents
4.2 - Develop Project
Management
Plan
5.3 - Create WBS
6.2 - Sequence
Activities
6.4 - Estimate Activity
Durations
6.5 - Develop
Schedule
11.3 - Perform
Qualitative Risk
Analysis
11.1 - Plan Risk
Management
4.1 - Develop Project
Charter
Projectcharter
5.1 - Collect
Requirements
Requirementsdocumentation
Enterprise/Organization
•Organizationalprocessassets
Process group
INITIATING
PLANNING
EXECUTING
MONITORING AND
CONTROLLING
CLOSING

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PROJECT
Rev.:
Data:
Sheet ___ of ___
PROJECT SCOPE STATEMENT
1 PROJECT OBJECTIVES
2 PRODUCT SCOPE
3 PROJECT REQUIREMENTS
Describe the condition or capability that must be met or exist in the project deliverables to comply
4 SCOPE EXCLUSIONS
5 PROJECT DELIVERABLES
Describe the project deliverables, including ancillary results, such as documents, reports, etc.
6 ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA
Describe the process and the acceptance criteria of nished products.
7 PROJECT SPECIFICATION
8 LINKS WITH OTHER PROJECTS
9 CONSTRAINTS
Describe project constraints especially related to cost, schedule, scope, and quality.
Include, if any, dates identied in item 11 - Schedule milestone.
10 ASSUMPTIONS
Indicate assumptions made by the Planning team to date.
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5.4.3 CREATE WBS PMBOK® GUIDE, PROCESS 5.3
by the project team in order to achieve the project objectives and create the required deliverables.
complexity. Without WBS, the project tends to have a larger amount of change requests, the
even render the project unfeasible.
5.4.3.1 CREATE WBS: INPUTS, TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES, AND OUTPUTS
INPUTS
process.
account in this process.
e organizational process assets such as the policy of the company’s project
forms, performance measurement criteria, change implementation procedures,
historical information, lessons learned and others should be considered in this process.
TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES
Decomposition is the subdivision of project deliverables into smaller more manageable
Structuring and organizing the WBS
(top-
Developing and assignment identication codes to theWBS components
sucient
for each one of the deliverables into products, services, or veriable results. Each
organizational unit.

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OUTPUTS
e WBS is the major output of this process (see example in the end of the chapter).
contents must include component identication code, component title, component
description, activities to generate the product, product acceptance criteria, and others
(see example in the end of the chapter).
Scope baseline is a component of the project management plan and includes
Product scope statement,
WBS, and
WBS dictionary.
Project document that may be updated include but are not limited to
Requirements documentation
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