Scope statement

In project management, scope statements can take many forms depending on the type of project being implemented and the nature of the organization. The scope statement details the project deliverables and describes the major objectives. The objectives should include measurable success criteria for the project.

Overview

A scope statement should be written before the statement of work and it should capture, in very broad terms, the product of the project (e.g., "developing a software-based system to capture and track orders for software"). A scope statement should also include the list of users using the product, as well as the features in the resulting product.[lower-roman 1]

Contents

As a baseline scope statements should contain:

In more project oriented organizations the scope statement could also contain these and other sections:

The Project Management Institute (PMI) defines the project scope statement to include

  • the description of the project scope,[1]
  • major deliverables,[1]
  • assumptions,[1] and
  • constraints.[1]

and is part of the project scope baseline.[lower-roman 2]


Citations
  1. ProjectManager.com 2023b, section 2: "How to Write a Project Scope Statement".
  2. ProjectManager.com 2022, section 1: "What Is Project Scope?".
  3. ProjectManager.com 2021, section 4: "How to Execute an Alternative Analysis".
  4. ProjectManager.com 2023a, section 5: "Root Cause Analysis Steps".
  5. ProjectManager.com 2020, section 3: "What is a Scope Management Plan?".


References
  1. Nielsen, David (date unknown). How to Write the Project Statement of Work (SOW). Retrieved on 2010-03-22 from http://www.pmhut.com/how-to-write-the-project-statement-of-work-sow.
  2. A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, 5th Edition ISBN 978-1935589679, p. 131.


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