MDP189a - Project Scope Management
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Course description
This course will provide participants with the skills and knowledge required to gather requirements, accurately define project scope, create a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) that details all work components, and learn the elements involved in verifying and controlling scope.


Project success is directly influenced by capturing and managing project and product requirements that meet stakeholder needs and expectations. Defining Scope is one of the most important phases in any project and involves developing the scope statement. The scope statement provides a common understanding among stakeholders and enables the project team to perform detailed project planning including the criteria to determine if the project is successful.

This course is 100% compliant with the Project Management Institute's (PMI's®) current Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide).

Who should attend
This course is primarily designed for people who have project management responsibilities. It is also for project leaders or anyone who will be performing in those roles in the future. Individuals taking this course should have at least two years of experience working on project teams.

What you will achieve

• How to document individual requirements to meet the business need for the project
  


• How to link requirements to their origin using a requirements traceability matrix
  


• The creation of a detailed project scope statement
  


• The understanding of techniques to determine and verify key project deliverables
  


• The creation of a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), which is the backbone of the project plan
  


• The ability to detect variances from the scope baseline and recommend corrective actions

What you will learn

• Collect Requirements - Defining and documenting stakeholder needs required to meet the project’s objectives
  


• Define Scope - Developing a detailed project scope statement as the basis for future project decisions
  


• Create WBS - Subdividing the major project deliverables and project work into smaller, more manageable components
  


• Verify Scope - Formalizing acceptance of the completed project deliverables
  


• Control Scope - Controlling changes to the project scope
  
  Agenda
  
  Day 1


• Course Introduction


• Overview of Project Scope Management


• Collect Requirements process


• Define Scope
  
  Day Two


• Create WBS


• Scope Verification


• Scope Control