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Although scope is just one part of a project's competing constraints, it has a direct bearing on your project's cost and schedule outcomes. In this course, you will explore and practice straightforward, specific tools and techniques required to effectively manage scope at each phase of the project life cycle. You will also discover common pitfalls and best practices that can significantly hinder or foster the probability of project success.
Although scope is just one part of a project's competing constraints, it has a direct bearing on your project's cost and schedule outcomes. So effectively managing project scope is critical, requiring constant vigilance and discipline throughout the entire project life cycle. This especially includes the avoidance of scope creep, a major challenge to deliver successful projects.
In this course, you will explore and practice straightforward, specific tools and techniques required to effectively manage scope at each phase of the project life cycle. You will also discover common pitfalls and best practices that can significantly hinder or foster the probability of project success.
At the end of this program, you will be able to:
Recognize the relationships among project management deliverables, scope management, stakeholders, and project success
Explain the spectrum of interactive processes and documentation impacting scope during the project life cycle
Generate an inventory of common pitfalls and best practices during scope management phases
Create and develop realistic deliverables reflecting critical phases of scope management, based on a real-world case study
What is project scope?
Project scope management
Progressive elaboration and project life cycle
Stakeholder management and communication
Progressive elaboration and SDLC example
Elaboration process before project initiation
Elaboration process after project initiation
Developing the WBS, requirements document, & PSOW
Why project control?
Project control process & the PM role
Control scope
Validate scope
Project closure overview
Close project or phase & scope management
Evaluation and lessons learned