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Develop Preliminary Project Scope Statement

The project scope statement is the definition of the project-what needs to be
accomplished. The Develop Preliminary Project Scope Statement process addresses
and documents the characteristics and boundaries of the project and its associated
products and services, as well as the methods of acceptance and scope control. A
project scope statement includes:
• Project and product objectives
• Product or service requirements and characteristics
• Product acceptance criteria
• Project boundaries
• Project requirements and deliverables
• Project constraints
• Project assumptions
• Initial project organization
• Initial defined risks
• Schedule milestones
• Initial WBS
• Order of magnitude cost estimate
• Project configuration management requirements
• Approval requirements.
The preliminary project scope statement is developed from information
provided by the initiator or sponsor. The project management team in the Scope
Definition process further refines the preliminary project scope statement into the
project scope statement. The project scope statement content will vary depending
upon the application area and complexity of the project and can include some or all
of the components identified above. During subsequent phases of multi-phase
projects, the Develop Preliminary Project Scope Statement process validates and
refines, if required, the project scope defined for that phase.

Project Managment

Scope planning and scope statement

scope statement: SOW

To create a good WBS, you must understand both the project and its scope and incorporate the needs and knowledge of the stakeholders.

Work package is a deliveralbe or product at the lowerst level of the WBS.

Approaches to developing WBS:
1) Using guidelines
2) The analogy approach: modeling exising WBS
3) The top-down and bottom-up approaches

Scope Verification:
Scope verification involves formal acceptance of the prjoject scope by the stackholders.
Factors Causing IT Project Problems:
1) lack of user input
2) incomplte requirement and specifications
3) changing requirement and specification
4) lack of executive support

Suggestions for reducing incomplte requirement
1) have a procedure
2) employ technology like prototyping, RAP, usercase , joint application development
3) put all requirement in writing, and with approval
4) create adequate testing
5) emphasize the complte dates

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