Managing the project scope - Defining the Project Scope Statement
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How can one realize product analysis?
- Product breakdown - the components and how they work together
- Systems engineering - satisfying customers needs, costs, requirements and quality demands (e.g. all system components)
- Value engineering - reducing costs, increasing profits, while improving quality
- Value analysis - focus on cost/ quality ratio. Expected quality against acceptable costs
- Function analysis - test the functions of the product against cost, quality, profit
- Quality function deployment - philosophy and practice to understand customer needs
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During scope definition, what roles do experts play?
- Identifying, documenting, prioritizing and agreeing upon on the expectations of stakeholders of the project.
- Agreeing on the project's key performance indicators that defines project success or failure (and against which project performance is measured against)
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What is the purpose of a project scope statement?
What does a project scope statement include or refer to?
- Product scope description
- Product acceptance criteria
- Identification of high level project deliverables in and out of scope
- Project exclusions (project boundaries)
- Project constraints - anything that restricts the project manager's options
- Project assumptions
What information is important to establish and refer (or include) to when defining the project scope statement?
- Initial project organization
- Initial defined risks
- Scheduled milestones
- Fund limits
- Cost estimate
- Project configuration management requirements
- Project approval requirements
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