Reference no: EM133202907 , Length: Word count: 3 Pages
Assignment Task: Plan for Project Scope: Scope Management Plan (SMP)
1. Overview and Rationale
For this assignment, you will create a project Scope Management Plan (SMP). Planning how you will collect requirements and develop the project scope is critically important to ensure the project scope development process is well thought out and meets customer's business needs.
2. What is a Scope Management Plan (SMP)?
Like any plan, a scope management plan is a set of defined processes that are used ensure that the project includes all the necessary tasks for a successful project.
The SMP focuses on defining how project scope is explained, developed, structured, verified with the customer and managed.
By using a scope management plan, project managers can define and map their project, so it remains within the agreed-upon scope.
The scope management plan helps project managers better allocate project resources in such a manner that the project can finish on time, within budget and with the quality expected by stakeholders.
Project scope management is about:
- Planning the process to define the work that must be done over the course of the project,
- Controlling and monitoring those processes,
- Documenting and tracking to avoid scope creep when approving or disapproving project changes,
- Closing, including an audit of deliverables and assessing the outcome against the plan.
3. Essential Components & Instructions
This individual assignment consists of the following activities:
a. Select 1 case study (Retail_PMP) to develop the scope management plan.
b. Conduct online research on your case's industry and also on relevant business functions to understand the organization's value chain activities. (Examples of business functions are: Finance, Information Technology, Manufacturing/Operations, Marketing, Distribution, etc.)
c. Develop Scope Management Plan (SMP) for your chosen project.