Project Scope Management: Controlling Change

Overview/Description
 Changes to a project's scope can wreak havoc on schedules, on budgets, on team morale, and on the project manager's nerves. Most experienced project managers know that scope modifications are inevitable. How these modifications are managed can often mean the difference between chaos and smooth program execution. In this course, the learner will examine how to verify the project scope in its initial form, detecting any key omissions before work begins. Change control and the events that trigger scope modifications will be introduced. Finally, creating a change- control system that allows for accommodating modifications smoothly and with a minimal amount of disruption to the project will be examined.

Target Audience
 Project managers, team leaders, program managers, group managers

Expected Duration
1.5 hours

Lesson Objectives:

Verifying Project Scope

  • recognize the benefits of verifying the initial project scope.
  • identify the reasons why scope verification is an important process.
  • choose the types of information on which verification is based.
  • select the activities that comprise the inspection and acceptance process.
  • match the key components of the scope verification process with their project function.

    • Understanding the Causes of Change

  • recognize the value of the events and information that drive the change process.
  • select the reasons why scope change control is important to project success.
  • choose the types of information that drive the scope change process.
  • identify the key characteristics of the change request process.
  • match the inputs to scope change control with their project functions.

    • Creating the Change Control System

  • recognize the value of creating a change control system.
  • identify the components of an integrated change control system.
  • select the key tools that are used in performance measurement.
  • choose the products generated by the change control process.
  • match the key components of a scope change control process with their project functions.

    • Course Number: PROJ0233