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Junze_Li_Scope_Management_Plan.docx

[Insert Project Name]

Project Scope Management Plan (SMP)

[Junze Li]

[Insert Project Name]

Development of new software to assist companies in financial management

Scope Management Plan [Insert Version Number] | Page 2

SMP Version History

Version #

Date

Author

Key Differences

Table of Contents

1 Introduction 5

2 Approach 5

3 Roles and Responsibilities 5

4 Scope Management Processes 6

4.1 6

4.2 7

4.3 10

4.4 10

Introduction to the Scope Management Plan Template

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Introduction

Scope management refers the process of collections that makes sure that a particular project

The plan of the scope management offers scope frameworks in support of this project. The plan documents the approaches of scope management, roles and responsibilities pertaining to project scopes, definitions, verifications and measures of control. It touches on scope control changes, as well as work breakdown structures in support of the project.

The project will be helpful in the designing, programming as well testing fresh software products that shall be employed in tracking organizational finances as well as enhancing different process of finance in the company. This would incorporate designing software, doing programming together with coding. The project will assist in validation as well as testing the software created. In this project, there is not a single external resources otherwise outsourcing of materials which shall take place.

Approach

Management scope for this project shall be the sole duty of project manager. The project scope in this area is described by scope statements, Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) alongside the dictionary for the WBS. The sponsors, stakeholders together with project managers shall determine alongside approving documentation in support of quantifying project scopes. These will incorporate checklists for the deliverable qualities and measurements of work performance. The changes on the proposed scope might be started by the project managers, stakeholders otherwise team members of the project. All the requested changes will then be submitted to project manager for evaluation. When approved, the project manager will be task with updating every project document as well as communicate various changes of the scope to every stakeholder. Depending on the acquired feedback together with inputs from stakeholders and project managers, the sponsors of the project will be able to accept the project scopes and deliverables of the final project.

Roles and Responsibilities

The sponsor, project manager together with the team shall all play significant responsibilities in the scope management of this project. Per se, managers, project sponsors and members of the team ought to be aware of their responsibilities in making sure that executed duties are carried out within its scope all through the whole project durations. The table underneath outlines roles and responsibilities which shall be performed in this project for scope management:

Name

Role

Responsibility

Jackson Tuck

Sponsor

· Approval or denying changes in the scope of a project just as needed.

· Evaluation of required requests for the scope changes

· Accepting project deliverability

Lucy Myles

Project manager

· Measuring and verifying project scopes

· Facilitating requests on scope changes

· Facilitating impacts on evaluations requests for scope changes

· Organizing and facilitating meetings for scheduled controls

· Communicating results for the requested scope changes

· Updating documents of the projects when approved for all the scope changes

Joe Troyes

Team Member

· Taking part in the definition of change resolutions

· Evaluation of needed changes in the scope as well as communicating them project managers just like required.

Tony West

Team member

· Taking part in the definition of change resolutions

· Evaluation of needed changes in the scope as well as communicating them project managers just like required

Jenny Mary

Team Leader

· Measuring and verifying project scopes

· Facilitating requests on scope changes

· Facilitating impacts on evaluations requests for scope changes

· Organizing and facilitating meetings for scheduled controls

· Communicating results for the requested scope changes

· Updating documents of the projects when approved for all the scope changes

Scope Management Processes

Definition of Scope

The project scope here was described via comprehensive process for the collection requirements. Firstly, complete analysis was done on the organizational present software application anchored on the feedbacks from the users and employees. Using this information, project team created requirements on the project documentation, requirements on plan management as well as demands for the traceability matrix in support of whatever new application ought to achieve.

The project deliverables and descripts were made anchored on collection process needs a well as the inputs acquired from the experts of the subject matters during the software designs, technical supports, programming as well as applications which are used in business. The expert judgment offered feedbacks on the effective approaches of meeting original requirements of offering platform for new software. The developed software will assist the company in improving financial tracking as well as process of internal financial operations.

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

1. Software project to assist in the financial management of a company

1.1 Designing phase

1.1.1 First designing stage

1.1.2 Second stage of designing

1.1.1.1 designing of task #1

1.1.2.1 designing of task #3

1.1.1.2 designing of task #2

1.1.2.2 Designing of task 4

1.2 Programming stage

1.2.1 Task #1 programming

1.2.2 Task #2 programming

1.3 Testing

1.3.1 Task #1 testing

1.3.2 Task #2 testing

1.3.3 Task # 3 testing

Example: WBS Dictionary

WBS Level

WBS Code

WBS Element Name

Description of Work

Deliverable(s)

Committed Resources

Comments

1

1

New software

This is the new software which shall assist firm in managing their finances.

The software will be designed and get tested if working

Team members, project manager and technical analyst

2

1.1

Designing stage

the software will be designed by the technical team

Requirements given

Technical team and project manager

3

1.2

Programming stage

Assessments of various programs to develop the software

Development in progress

Technical team and project manager

4

1.3

Testing phase

The designed software is tested

Tested software

Technical team and project manager

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Deliverable Validation and Acceptance

When the project would be in progresses, project manager shall do verifications of the project deliverables versus original scopes just as outlined within the WBS dictionary, project statements, and WBS. As long as the project manager gives an authentication that the scope of the project is meeting the defined requirements within the plan in the project, the sponsor and project manager shall have a meeting in support of formal acceptance of the outlined deliverables. In the meeting, the project manager shall do a presentation on the project deliverability to the project sponsors so to get the project accepted formally. The sponsors of the project shall accept that the project is deliverable through signing the acceptable document. Appending the signature ensures that the project works stay within the scope required in the project life cycle.

Control Scope

The project teams and manager shall be working jointly in controlling project scopes. The team shall leverage WBS dictionary through utilizing it like a work statement in support of the elements in the WBS. The team shall make sure that all the described duties are executed within the WBS dictionary alongside generating defined deliverables in support of WBS features. Also, project manager shall supervise progression as well as project teams in ensuring all the scopes within the projects are followed. In case there is need to change the project scope, the change recommendations shall be followed. A sponsor or team member might request for a change of project scopes. The request shall be provided to project manager in the form of a document for change requisition of the project scope. It is the duty of the project manager to either deny or consent for the changes after convening a meeting with sponsors and project teams. When the project scope gets approval, a change request shall be passed to control board of change. In the event he controls board of change consent to such changes of the project scope, the sponsors will be required to sign a document for changing the scope.