Scope Statement and Stakeholder Engagement Plan

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· Individual Exercise – You may not work with other students on this exercise

· There are 2 parts to this week’s Assignment: an abbreviated Scope Statement and a sample Stakeholder Engagement Plan

· Scope Statement:

· Write a Scope Statement based on one of the projects that you identified in the Module 1 Individual Exercise.  You won’t be writing a full scope statement, but you will write a Project Objective Statement, ROM estimates (Rough Order of Magnitude estimate) for both Schedule & Cost, list the major Deliverables of the project, and identify 2 Business Goals with Success criteria.

Tip! Use the example Scope Statement in this week’s Recorded Lecture as a model

Project Name

Link to Project

Project Objective Statement

· Use the format: [Infinitive verb] … [Main project deliverable]

· Example: “To film, edit and produce the last movie in the Star Wars series – Star Wars IX.”

Schedule Estimate

· What is your best ROM estimate of Schedule for the project as a whole?

· Write a 1-sentence explanation of how you arrived at the estimate

Cost Estimate

· What is your best ROM estimate of Cost for the project as a whole?

· Write a 1-sentence explanation of how you arrived at the estimate

Deliverables

What is the main Deliverable of the project? (i.e., what is the Product or Service that you will turn over to the customer once the project is complete?

List all of the major Sub-Deliverables needed to produce the main Deliverable of the Project. There should be at least 5 items on your list

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M2 Assignment: Scope Statement & Stakeholder Engagement Plan

· Stakeholder Engagement Plan:

· Write a Stakeholder Engagement Plan for 4 Stakeholders from the project that you selected. Identify the Stakeholder; list their category; rate their level of Interest and Influence; assess attitude towards your project, then write a plan to engage them in your project. Try to select stakeholders from different categories to write a strong and varied exercise.

Tip! Use the example Stakeholder Engagement Plan in this week’s Recorded Lecture as a model

Stakeholder

Category

Interest

High Medium Low

Influence

High Medium Low

Attitude

Supporter Neutral Opposed

Engagement Strategies

List the Stakeholder’s position or role, not their proper name. For example, “Producer”

List Verzuh’s Category of Stakeholders for the Stakeholder

Rate their Interest as High, Medium, or Low

Rate their Influence as High, Medium, or Low

Assess attitude as Supporter, Neutral, Opposed

List what you will do to gain the stakeholder’s support and keep him/her engaged in the project

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