Project Management Training CD
Project Management: Scope
In Project Management: Scope, project managers learn about the importance of project scope in managing the project management process. They learn how to develop a project charter and write the scope statement for a
project. In addition, they learn how to develop, organize, and use a work breakdown structure (WBS).
Learn To:
- Define project scope management and how it's involved in the project management process.
- Identify the purpose of a project charter.
- Differentiate between project constraints and assumptions.
- Include the four necessary documents when writing a scope statement.
- Follow the five steps necessary for decomposing a project.
- Follow the five steps necessary to create a good WBS.
- List the elements involved with controlling changes to the project scope.
Content Emphasis: Skills-Based
Audience: Individuals who want to learn how to manage a project's scope by identifying and controlling the work required to complete a project.
Total Learning Time: 2 - 4 Hour(s)
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Project Management: Scope CD-ROM
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Project Management Training CD Curriculum
Unit 1: Project Initiation
Duration: 0.5 - 1 Hour(s)
- List the five steps of the project management process.
- Define project scope management and how it is involved in the project management process.
- Describe the purpose of project initiation.
- Define the term 'project deliverable'.
- List six reasons for authorizing a project.
- Identify the purpose of a project charter.
- List the items that may be included in a project charter.
- Differentiate between project constraints and assumptions.
- Simulation Overview: In this simulation, you will be meeting with Nancy Hurst, one of Icon International's Product Managers, to discuss project initiation, project
deliverables, and project charters. Nancy is visiting from the Chicago office and has extensive experience with project management. She will be asking you several
questions to prepare you to manage the upcoming telecommunications project.
Unit 2: Scope Planning
Duration: 0.5 - 1 Hour(s)
- List the four primary actions that should be taken during scope planning.
- Describe the purpose of a scope statement.
- Name the items included in a scope statement.
- Include the four necessary documents when writing a scope statement.
- Avoid scope creep during a project.
- Simulation Overview: In this simulation, you will be meeting with Bruce Madison, Icon International's Director of Information Services for the New York division. Bruce
was a project manager for several years before becoming the Director of Information Services. He would like to pass on his experience by discussing scope planning and the purpose of scope management.
Unit 3: Scope Definition and Verification
Duration: 0.5 - 1 Hour(s)
- Follow the five steps necessary for decomposing a project.
- List the advantages of decomposition.
- State the purpose and benefits of a work breakdown structure (WBS).
- List the various ways in which a WBS can be organized.
- List the three types of deliverables on a WBS.
- Identify a work package that has been fully decomposed.
- Follow the five steps necessary to create a good WBS.
- Simulation Overview: In this simulation, you will be meeting with Janet Porter, Icon's Director of Business Development, to discuss decomposing a project and
the benefits of creating a work breakdown structure. Janet has a great deal of project management experience and will be asking you questions to gauge your
ability to manage the upcoming telecommunications project.
Unit 4: Scope Change Control
Duration: 0.5 - 1 Hour(s)
- List the elements involved with controlling changes to the project scope.
- Identify when scope changes are beneficial to a project.
- List the ways in which a scope change can occur.
- Describe the importance of keeping a database of lessons learned.
- Simulation Overview: In this simulation, you will be meeting with Ronald Spear, the Vice President of Marketing, to discuss how to control changes to the project
scope. Through your questions, you will identify why scope changes should be controlled, how performance reports are used to measure scope change, and how a scope change affects the scope statement.
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