International Burch university Date : 17 / 12 / 2013

Architecture department
Sarajevo

BUILDING CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT

AND ECONOMICS

Lecture no.8
Defining the scope

Lecturer: Ahmed El Sayed

 Total scope

 Total scope = Project scope + product scope

 The project scope management plan is the document that

describes:
 how the project scope will be defined, developed, and verified;
 how the work breakdown structure will be created and defined; and
 how the project scope will be managed and controlled by the project
team.

 The product scope is the features and functions that characterize

a product, service, or result.

 Scope planning is the process of creating a project scope

management plan.
 Project scope Management

 The project scope management plan describes work

processes that will enable the project team to:

 Develop a detailed project scope statement;

 Create
the work breakdown structure and describe how it will
be maintained and approved;

 Specify
how formal verification and acceptance of the
completed project deliverables will be obtained; and

 Control
how changes to the approved project scope will be
proposed, accepted, and managed.
 Why to define scope?

 To estimate:
 how much a project would cost,
 how many (and what type of) workers were needed,
 how long a project would take,
 what risks were involved,
 what quality standards would be invoked without first
understanding what work the project includes.
 To prevent socpe creep:
 Problems with adding things to the scope
 Problems with impressing the customer while implementing
How to define scope?
Scope statement
 Defining project objectives

 Why is the project being undertaken?

 What is the benefit to be achieved or problem/issue to be
overcome by the project?
 How will the project stakeholders decide whether to accept the
project deliverables?
 What target values will the project deliverables need to
achieve?
 How will the project be measured?
 What tradeoffs of scope, quality, cost, or schedule will be
acceptable?
 Scope description, project requirements, boundaries,
deliverables, constraints, and assumptions

 The project scope description asks what characteristics the

project deliverables need to possess.
 The project requirements statement describes
performance standards and any other applicable
standards that will be applied to the primary project
deliverables.
 The project boundaries state what is included in and what
is excluded from the project.
 Listing the primary and secondary deliverables,

 Listing the constraints and assumptions

Thank you