WK4 DQ

Wk3 490 dq2 100-150 words

Share your experience of one of your techniques being used for scope validation. Why was the technique you used a success or failure? How would you do/get better when you align your experience with IT project management?

REPLIES 75-100 WORDS

A Ronald Riggleman

Hello Professor and Class,

There are many misconceptions about the scope validation process, as it is a tricky process that can sometimes be mistaken for other processes (NYIM, 2021). In my experience, scope validation is complete when the customer can review/accept the product. I believe it is much easier when written on paper to assist in the verification process. When I was in the Navy, we were usually the customer, and we had to go through a System Operation Verification Test (SOVT), which was a line-by-line signature confirming that we accepted the product and that it met its highest capability. Often, this process happened in small portions in meetings until the system was completely accepted. With much bigger projects, it's good to have a solid VISIO to have a broader picture of project status.

B Francheska Janosik

Class,

So, one of the things that I use for this process like that are flow charts and lists, they help me keep the projects on track but one issue I have run into is when you are mixing teams. For example, when you have one team at a different location that is running classified tests for you and all you get is the unclassified results, now this isn't an issue unit the fact they are using RMF, and you have to you the company requirements. My plan is to build an SOP with diagrams that explains to my leaders what RMF forms cover our requirements so that the projects don't get kicked back because different forms are being used.

C Jordan Ehresman

Hello Class,

My occupation over the past 6 years has been in sales for a beverage distributor. This field requires me to work with our partner's store level to coordinate programs and execute promotional display builds. For the promotional builds, I work with the decision makers at the store level to come up with a plan and solidify details such as product, location, and size which is then relayed to our operations team who executes the plan. There have been times when a manager has set a plan which gets altered at the time of execution and is expanded. This does not necessarily work as a last-minute audible due to the fact that a specific size was agreed upon and the product was ordered to fit that need. Scope validation is described as the formal acceptance of the project deliverables upon completion. (Schwalbe, 2018). In this instance, the scope was agreed upon for the deliverables to meet a specific size expectation only to have the project expectation expanded upon and end up being unable to meet the desired outcome until the next sales call. These situations lead to me to begin utilizing visual means of communication to lay out diagrams and show the amount of product necessary for varying-size promotions.