Information Systems Project Management
Unit 3 Assignment 1

Kaplan University

IT511
Professor Chad McAllister
February 16, 2013

1. Explain project scope management in terms of its processes.

Scope management is the process of defining and controlling the work that is or is not included in the project (Schwalbe, 2012). This outlines to the team and stakeholders the product that will be produced and the processes that will be used to produce that product. The project scope management consists of five processes:

* Collect requirements- This process defines the specific details of a product’s functions and features. Defining the processes for creating the products is defined in this process and results in the following outputs: stakeholders’ requirements documentation, a requirements management plan and a requirements traceability matrix. * Define the scope- The project charter, requirements documents and organization process assets are the inputs that are needed to determine the project scope. This process has two outputs the project scope statement and updates to the project documents. * Create the WBS- This process involves decomposing the major deliverable on the project into manageable elements resulting in the WBS and dictionary, a scope baseline and updates to the project documents. * Verify the scope- This is the formalized acceptance of the scope statement by the stakeholders, customers and the project sponsor. If the scope statement is not agreed upon by these parties, then they will request changes to the scope. * Control the scope- Controlling the scope involves managing the changes to the project scope statement during the SDLC. Uncontrolled changes to the scope are called scope creep and can prevent many projects from being completed. Changes to the scope affects the triple constraints and may prevent the project team