Controlling Project Scope


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Target Audience
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Overview/Description
Projects can quickly get out of control if the appropriate actions aren't taken initially. Scope management plays a key role by helping to define and maintain the boundaries of the project throughout the project life cycle. This course will highlight the importance of project scope management to project performance. Through interactive learning strategies and real-life scenarios, the learner will explore these concepts and gain a better understanding of the project management processes of the Scope Management knowledge area. This course will cover the project inputs, tools and techniques, and outputs of the scope management processes that deal with creating work breakdown structures, accepting the completed project scope, and controlling changes to the scope of the project. This course is aligned with "A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge" (PMBOK® Guide) - Third Edition, published by the Project Management Institute (PMI®), Inc., 2004. Copyright and all rights reserved. Material from this publication has been reproduced with the permission of PMI®.

Target Audience
Project managers who are seeking to further their project management skills to more advanced levels

Expected Duration (hours)
2.0

Lesson Objectives

Creating a Work Breakdown Structure

  • recognize how the creation of a work breakdown structure (WBS) improves project planning.
  • match the inputs with the descriptions of how each is used to create a work breakdown structure (WBS).
  • verify whether a WBS was created correctly in a given scenario.
  • match the outputs from creating a work breakdown structure (WBS) with the corresponding descriptions.

    • Verifying the Project Scope

  • recognize the reason why it's important for stakeholders to formally accept the project scope.
  • match the inputs with descriptions of how each is used to verify the project scope.
  • recognize examples of using inspection for verifying project scope.
  • identify the project-specific outputs from verifying the project scope.

    • Controlling Changes to the Project Scope

  • recognize the benefit of controlling changes to the project scope.
  • match the inputs with the descriptions of how they are used to control changes to the project scope.
  • match the tools for controlling changes to the project scope with the descriptions of how each is used.
  • identify examples of using variance analysis and replanning to control changes to the project scope.
  • match the outputs from controlling changes to the project scope with their descriptions.

    • Course Number:
    PROJ0532