Scope Management

Defines, validates, and controls what is and is not included in the project.

established project management guidelines definition

Project Scope Management includes the processes required to ensure that the project includes all the work required, and only the work required, to complete the project successfully. Scope management is primarily concerned with defining and controlling what is and is not included in the project. The work products include a scope statement, a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), formal requirements documentation, and a scope baseline against which deliverable acceptance is measured.

Processes in this Knowledge Area

Plan Scope Management

Inputs: charter, PM plan. Outputs: scope management plan, requirements management plan.

No AI_PM requirements primarily mapped to this process.

Collect Requirements

Inputs: charter, stakeholder register. Outputs: requirements documentation, requirements traceability matrix.

Define Scope

Inputs: charter, requirements docs. Outputs: project scope statement.

No AI_PM requirements primarily mapped to this process.

Create WBS

Inputs: scope statement, requirements docs. Outputs: scope baseline (WBS + WBS dictionary + scope statement).

Validate Scope

Inputs: PM plan, verified deliverables. Outputs: accepted deliverables, change requests.

No AI_PM requirements primarily mapped to this process.

Control Scope

Inputs: PM plan, work performance data. Outputs: work performance information, change requests, scope baseline updates.

No AI_PM requirements primarily mapped to this process.

Secondary support

Requirements whose primary KA is elsewhere, but which also support Scope Management.

IDDescriptionPrimary KA
REQ-BUS-001System replaces ad-hoc flat-file project state for sponsor-portfolio projectsIntegration Management
REQ-FUN-013Store attachments with id, parent_kind, parent_id, filename, content_hash, storage_uriIntegration Management
REQ-FUN-023Actor can mark a claimed item completedCommunications Management
REQ-FUN-081Actor can instantiate a template into a working artifact attached to a projectIntegration Management
REQ-FUN-090Requirement created in AIPM appears (or referenceable) in MAS within 1 minuteIntegration Management
REQ-NFR-050AIPM does not introduce parallel canonical store for data already canonical in MASIntegration Management
REQ-NFR-062All scope changes flow through the change control planIntegration Management

All requirements primarily mapped to Scope Management (4)

IDDescriptionPrimary Process Group
REQ-FUN-002Store deliverables with id, project_id, name, description, status, accountable_rolePlanning
REQ-FUN-003Store requirements with id, project_id, kind, description, acceptance_criteria, status, source_objectivePlanning
REQ-FUN-129Requirements Traceability Matrix viewPlanning
REQ-FUN-130WBS Dictionary fields on deliverablePlanning