This course will enable participants to effectively manage the scope and requirements of a project. As part of the Triple Constraints, Scope is often the most challenging part of the constraints to manage. In this class the participants will participate in group exercises that will enable them to learn the skills needed to properly manage the Scope of a project.

Students should have taken Project Management Overview and Leadership.

Who Should Attend:

This class is intended for any person functioning as a Project Manager or aspiring to be a Project Manager.

Benefits of Attendance:

Students will be able to:

• determine the Business Need that is driving a project;
• define project vs. product scope and determine how a project integrates with the overall operations of an organization;
• define the Inputs, Tools and Techniques, and Outputs of proper Scope Management and identify appropriate quality requirements;
• list the proper techniques and tools to effectively define the Scope of a project and determine macro risks;
• determine ways of dealing with the change;
• describe how to create a Work Breakdown Structure;
• determine how to properly verify Scope; and
• determine how to control the Scope of a project during the Execution Phase of the project.

Course Outline:

CHAPTER 1: PROJECT SCOPE MANAGEMENT

CHAPTER 2: PROJECT SCOPE VS. PRODUCT SCOPE

CHAPTER 3: SCOPE PLANNING
1) Inputs
2) Enterprise Environment Factors
3) Organizational Process Assets
4) Project Charter
5) Preliminary Project Scope Statement
6) Project Management Plan
7) Tools and Techniques
8) Expert Judgment
9) Templates, Forms, and Standards
10) Outputs
11) Project Scope Management Plan

CHAPTER 4: SCOPE DEFINITION
1) Inputs
2) Organizational Process Assets
3) Project Charter
4) Preliminary Scope Statement
5) Project Scope Management Plan
6) Approved Change Requests
7) Tools and Techniques
8) Product Analysis
9) Alternatives Identification
10) Expert Judgment
11) Stakeholder Analysis
12) Outputs
13) Project Scope Statement
14) Project Objectives
15) Product Scope Description
16) Project Requirements
17) Project Boundaries
18) Project Deliverables
19) Product Acceptance Criteria
20) Project Constraints
21) Project Assumptions
22) Initial Project Organization
23) Initial Defined Risks
24) Schedule Milestones
25) Fund Limitation
26) Cost Estimate
27) Project Configuration Management Requirements
28) Project Specifications
29) Approval Requirements
30) Requested Changes
31) Project Scope Management Plan (Updates)

CHAPTER 5: CREATE WBS
1) Inputs
2) Organizational Process Assets
3) Project Scope Statement
4) Project Scope Management Plan
5) Approved Change Requests
6) Tools and Techniques
7) WBS Templates
8) Decomposition
9) Outputs
10) Project Scope Statement (Updates)
11) Work Breakdown Structure
12) Organizational Breakdown Structure
13) Bill of Materials
14) Risk Breakdown Structure
15) Resource Breakdown Structure
16) WBS Dictionary
17) Scope Baseline
18) Project Scope Management Plan (Updates)
19) Requested Changes

CHAPTER 6: SCOPE VERIFICATION
1) Inputs
2) Project Scope Statement
3) WBS Dictionary
4) Project Scope Management Plan
5) Deliverables
6) Tools and Techniques
7) Inspection
8) Outputs
9) Accepted Deliverables
10) Requested Changes
11) Recommended Corrective Actions

CHAPTER 7: SCOPE CONTROL
1) Inputs
2) Project Scope Statement
3) WBS
4) WBS Dictionary
5) Project Scope Management Plan
6) Performance Reports
7) Approved Change Requests
8) Work Performance Information
9) Tools and Techniques
10) Change Control System
11) Variance Control
12) Re-planning
13) Configuration Management System
14) Outputs
15) Project Scope Statement (Updates)
16) WBS (Updates)
17) WBS Dictionary (Updates)
18) Scope Baseline (Updates)
19) Requested Changes
20) Recommended Corrective Action
21) Organization Process Assets (Updates)
22) Project Management Plan (Updates)

Tuition:

Tuition for this two-and-a-half-day course is $1250 per person at one of our scheduled public courses. Onsite pricing is available. Please call us at 410-596-8805 or send an email to ati@ATIcourses.com.

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