Project Scope Management: Week 4

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Project Scope

Management
Week 4
Recap: Concepts and definitions
1. Project, program and portfolio definition
2. Project management, program management, and portfolio management
definitions
3. The relationship between projects, program, portfolios and organizational
strategy
4. Uniqueness (of the project product), uncertainty (an important aspect of
project work, high rate of change ( a major contributor to why we have
projects)
Recap: Factors affecting project management

5. The triple constraint


6. Various types of organizations and their effect on project management
7. Project governance
8. Stakeholders
9. Enterprise Environmental Factors
10. Organizational Process Assets
What we covered?
So far we have covered answers to the following questions
1. What a project is?
2. Why is project management a relatively new science?
3. How is project management different from general management?
4. How various common types of organization can affect managing
projects?
5. What is the role of a project manager?
Going forward
1. From now on we will focus mainly on how projects are managed
2. Projects are managed by applying a number of project management
processes
3. Each project management process relates to phase of the project and a
knowledge area of a project
4. Project phases are: Initiating, Planning, Executing, Monitoring and
Controlling, and Closing.
Project Initiation Phase
Activities related to Project Initiation phases are as below:
1. Presenting the project idea
2. Developing the project proposal
3. Getting approval for funding
4. Kick starting the project
Project Planning Phase
During the planning phase we develop the following plans
1. Scope Management Plan
2. Project Schedule
3. Project Budget
4. Project HR Management
5. Project Procurement Plan
6. Project Risk Management Plan
7. Project Stakeholder Management Plan
Project Execution Phase
1. Execute Project Work
2. Develop and Manage Project Team
3. Conduct Procurement
4. Manage Quality
Project Monitoring and Controlling
1. Control Changes
2. Control and Validate Scope
3. Monitor and Control Project Risks
4. Monitor and Control Project Quality
5. Control Procurement
6. Monitor and Control cost
7. Monitor and Control Schedule
Closing a Project
1. Close the project work
2. Re-assign or release the staff
3. Close Procurement
4. Hand over the product
5. Archive lesson learned and project document
Project Initiation Phase
1. The initiation phases starts with the basic idea of the project up to
approval of budget and start of detail planning.
2. Initiating a project can greatly vary based on the following criteria:
a. The funding requirements from the sponsor
b. The complexity of the project
c. The novelty of the product
d. The sector, e. g engineering, IT, social development etc.
Project Initiation Phase
1. The outcome of the project initiation processes is the project charter
(project proposal)
2. Project proposal (Project Charter) is developed through brain
storming, holding meetings, expert judgement, gathering data
through interviews, desk research, etc
Project Initiation Phase
Project Charter usually includes:
a. The product’s general scope
b. Estimated budget of the project
c. Estimated timeline of the project
d. Project stakeholder’s list
e. Project’s risk and assumption
f. Project’s output, outcome, and result.
Project Initiation Phase
1. A project manager may or may not be involved during the initiation phase
2. A project manager should definitely be selected and involved during the
planning phase
3. In consultancy project a negotiation phase is part of the project initiation phase
4. In the negotiation phase the project stakeholders clarifies and agrees on the
project scope
5. In some project a kick start meeting is held.

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