Chapter 4 Project Scope Management.ppt

Chapter 4:Project Scope Management
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Learning Objectives
Understand the importance of good project scope management
List the reasons why most firms invest in IT projects
Describe the strategic planning process and how it relates to IT project selection
Apply different project selection methods
Explain the purpose of a project charter, scope statement, and work breakdown structure(WBS)
Construct a WBS
Describe tools and techniques to assist in scope verification and change control on information technology projects
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Chapter Outline
What is Project Scope Management?
Project Initiation: Strategic Planning and Project Selection
Identifying Potential Projects
Methods for Selecting Projects
Focusing on anizational Needs
Categorizing Information Technology Present Value Analysis, ROI, and Payback Analysis
Weighted Scoring Model
Project Charters
Scope Planning and the Scope Statement
The Scope Statement
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Chapter Outline
Scope Definition and the Work Breakdown Structure
The Work Breakdown Structure
Approaches to Developing Work Breakdown Structures
Using Guidelines
The Analogy Approach
The Top-Down and Bottom-Up Approaches
Scope Verification and Scope Change Control
Suggestions for Improving User Input
Suggestions for Reducing plete and Changing Requirements
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What is Project Scope Management?
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Importance of Good Project Scope Management
1995 CHAOS study cited
user involvement,
a clear project mission,
a clear statement of requirements,
proper planning
as being important for project ess
Poor project definition and Scope Verification are the main reasons projects fail*
*The program manager of Keller Graduate School of Management cites
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Project Scope Management
Project Scope refers to all the work involved in creating the products of the project and the processes used to create them
Project scope management includes the processes involved in defining and controlling what is