According to Cockfield, “the scope of a project can be either the work content or component of a project. It can be fully described by naming all activities performed, the end products which result and the resources ‘consumed’” (Cockfield, 1987). Since effective scope management is vital to project success, it is important for project managers to be familiar with techniques that help identify, define, and record project objectives. Peter Landau covers some of the ways to manage scope in his article at the link below.

Defining the project scope is a critical part of the project planning process. That’s because the project scope defines the boundaries of what will and won’t be part of the project work, which is very important when making the project budget and schedule.

So, naturally, scope management is a very important area of project management and there’s a lot to learn about it. But before we jump into that, let’s start with the definition of project scope….Read More »

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Cockfield, R. W. (1987). Scope Management. PM Network, 1(3), 12–15.