Unit 3 Assignment 1

Note: Any work not explicitly identified in the Project Scope Statement is implicitly excluded from the project. Delete all instructions before submitting your completed scope statement.

Project Title:

Project Manager:

Date:

Executive Summary

Describe the purpose and justification for the project. Explain how the project relates to the organization’s mission and vision.

Note: The Project Charter contains the information needed for the executive summary. However, the scope statement takes precedence over the charter in the event of any substantive differences between the information contained in these two project planning documents.

Business Objectives

List the business objectives that the project is expected to meet.

Project Description

Describe the project's scope, external dependencies, assumptions, and constraints, based on the business objectives.

Project Scope

List all project deliverables.

External Dependencies

Describe external dependencies.

Assumptions

List project assumptions.

Constraints

List project constraints.

Project Milestones

List key project milestones and target dates, beginning with project start and ending with project completion.

Project start.

(Add milestone here.)

(Add milestone here.)

(Add milestone here.)

Project completion.

Project Approach

Provide details about the project's approach, including plans for managing change, communications, and resources.

Planning Documents

Briefly describe the planning documents that will be developed for your project. For example, a communications plan, procurement plan, or quality plan.

Scope Creep

Evaluate the methods for determining scope creep, including how to minimize and manage it. Explain why your proposed methods constitute a preferable strategy for your project.

Change Management

Briefly explain how you will manage change on the project. For example:

Will you use a change request log to track changes to the project and monitor the status of each request? How will the log be managed?

How will you evaluate and process change requests? Will costs and alternatives be considered in the assessment process?

Who has approval authority?

How will approved changes be reflected in the Project Management Plan?

Communications Management

Briefly explain how you will manage and promote effective project communications. (You will establish more detailed communications policies and procedures with your Project Communications Plan in Unit 7.) Consider how you will communicate with project stakeholders. For example:

What methods of communication will you use to keep project stakeholders informed?

Written reports?

E-mail?

Meetings (scheduled and ad hoc)?

How will you handle urgent issues and routine updates?

How will you maintain electronic documents? Who will have access to them?

Resource Management

Briefly explain how you will manage project resources. For example:

The project team will produce a Project Procurement Plan that will document the following:

What major products and services will the project require?

Which products and services will be obtained from external sources?

Who will you assign to the project? When?

Authorizations

Determine who will authorize or accept the following:

Project scope statement.

Performance baseline changes.

Project deliverables.

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