Chapter Name: Define scope
Description:Details how to convert requirements into a scope statement, outlining boundaries and deliverables.
Purpuse:To help students produce precise scope definitions that guide all project planning and execution.
Rational:Minimizes ambiguity and risk by providing clear, agreed-upon scope details.
Chapters Topics
Project scope concepts and flow of data
Develop Schedule: This advanced module guides learners through synthesizing all schedule components into a coherent, baseline project schedule. The course explores input integration, critical path and critical chain methods, schedule compression, and resource optimization techniques. Students will gain hands-on experience with tools such as scheduling software and simulations. Emphasis is placed on producing outputs such as the schedule baseline, milestone charts, and project calendars. This module empowers learners to manage schedule complexities and create defensible, data-driven project timelines.
Importance and benefits of defining the project scope
Control Schedule: This module focuses on the continuous monitoring and adjustment of project schedules. Students will analyze how schedule performance is tracked using techniques like earned value management, trend analysis, and schedule compression. Inputs such as the project schedule and performance data are explored, along with outputs including schedule forecasts and change requests. The course prepares learners to interpret variances, communicate impacts, and maintain alignment between planned and actual progress.
Input documents that are used to define the project scope (Scope Management Plan, Project Charter, Requirements Documentation, Organisational Process Assets)
Plan Cost Management: This module provides students with in-depth knowledge of planning project cost management processes. It explores the significance of cost planning and introduces input documents and analytical tools used to produce the Cost Management Plan. Topics include units of measure, control thresholds, and reporting formats. Learners will develop strategic cost frameworks that align with organizational funding structures and decision-making protocols.
Tools and techniques used to define the project scope (Expert judgement, Product analysis, Alternatives generation, Facilitated workshops)
Estimate Costs: This module delves into methods for estimating project costs at different levels of granularity. Students will examine cost drivers and apply various estimation techniques including parametric, three-point, and vendor bid analysis. The course emphasizes producing detailed documentation such as the Basis of Estimates and Activity Cost Estimates. Learners will develop the analytical and financial skills necessary to support sound budgeting and cost control practices.
Project scope statements (Product scope description, Acceptance criteria, Deliverable, Project exclusion, Constraints, Assumptions)
Project Budgeting Concepts: This module examines how budgets are developed, maintained, and used to monitor project financial performance. It covers input documents such as Activity Cost Estimates and Resource Calendars, and integrates them into the creation of a time-phased project budget. Students will learn to manage funding constraints, align cost planning with organizational strategies, and produce budgetary outputs that support effective financial control throughout the project lifecycle.