10 January 2012

Project Management: Project Scope (Definitions)

"The sum of the products and services to be provided as a project." (Timothy J  Kloppenborg et al, "Project Leadership", 2003)

"The set of features, functions, and attributes associated with a given set of product or service requirements. The scope of work is that work that is to be carried out in order to create or update a product." (Steven Haines, "The Product Manager's Desk Reference", 2008)

"The sum of the products, services, and results to be provided as a project." (Cynthia Stackpole, "PMP® Certification All-in-One For Dummies®", 2011)

"The work that must be performed to deliver a product, service, or result with the specified features and functions." (Cynthia Stackpole, "PMP® Certification All-in-One For Dummies®", 2011)

"All that the project must do and create. It can be expressed in terms of activities, articulated by the WBS or in terms of deliverables, articulated by the PBS." (Mike Clayton, "Brilliant Project Leader", 2012)

"The range of features and functions that categorize a performance improvement intervention." (Joan C Dessinger, "Fundamentals of Performance Improvement" 3rd Ed, 2012)

"The work performed to deliver a product, service, or result with the specified features and functions." (For Dummies, "PMP Certification All-in-One For Dummies" 2nd Ed., 2013)

"The boundaries of a project. Projects include a scope definition so that personnel understand the project boundaries. Identifying the scope helps prevent scope creep." (Darril Gibson, "Effective Help Desk Specialist Skills", 2014)

"The resource domain and scope circumscribe the describable properties and the possible purposes that descriptions might serve. (From §5.3, “The Process of Describing Resources”.)" (Robert J Glushko, "The Discipline of Organizing: Professional Edition" 4th Ed, 2016)

"The features and characteristics of a product. Scope creep occurs when additional features are added during development." (Pamela Schure & Brian Lawley, "Product Management For Dummies", 2017)

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