Managing Project Scope
Seminar Overview
Successful project scope definition and management is the core of all projects. Discover the techniques for aligning the project with organizational objectives to generate senior management support. Create a Muda-Free Zone™ project scope statement that ensures you do the work right — the first time. Learn how to handle difficult stakeholders; including clients, senior managers, functional managers, and project support personnel. Reduce scope change by creating requirements that clients understand, that support organizational objectives, and that build quality into the project.
Who Should Attend
This seminar is designed for business analysts and senior managers who want to ensure projects support organizational objectives; PMO members who are responsible for project and program scope; experienced project managers looking take the next steps into senior-level project management, improve their capabilities in project scope management, program management, and portfolio management.
Successful attendees will have had basic project management training, including basic requirements writing and WBS training. A working knowledge and experience in requirements definition, WBS creation, and scope verification is required.
What's Covered
- Goals Breakdown Structure
- Requirements Traceability
- Muda-Free Zone™ Scope Statements
- Project Alignment Techniques
- Techniques for Handling Difficult Stakeholders
- Formal and Informal Project Scope Definition
- Business Case Definition
- Prioritizing Project Objectives
- Book-Ending
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Your Benefits
- Do work right the first time
- Significantly reduce scope changes
- Obtain senior management buy-in on your project
- Ensure the client will be happy with the results
- Reduce stakeholder interference and sabotage
- Reduce overall project workload
- Reduce project manager’s workload
- Reduce project risk and changes
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Syllabus
1. A Scope Management Framework
We start the seminar by introducing the core concepts of project scope definition and management. These include the concepts of Muda-Free Zone™ technology, applicable standards, the project management life cycle, and core definitions. This creates our solid structure and framework for developing a sound scope management plan for even the most difficult projects.
2. Building the Business Case
A successfully-developed business case is critical to running a successful project. It is the business case that provides clear project direction, ensures the project will support organizational objectives, and senior management buy-in and support.
3. Developing Project Requirements
Once our business case is established, we can create project requirements. In this module, we integrate Muda-Free Zone™ concepts into solid requirements development techniques to develop an efficient and successful project scope structure. We ensure support and success by discovering tools and techniques for handling difficult stakeholders.
4. Advanced WBS Concepts
Muda-Free Zone™ concepts, new innovations in project quality definition and work management practices combine to create the tools needed to imbed quality into the project work plan. The result: projects run faster and produce higher-quality results.
5. Scope Control and Verification
With our project scope statement well established, we’re now ready to manage our project. Learn how to incorporate ownership, the work package dictionary, Muda-Free Zone™ concepts and our solid scope management plan to ensure successful project execution.
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