This is a critical process in any project management. Possibly this is the most critical one. On the one hand you have to plan to a very high precision to increase the probability of success as also to have minimum and predictable costs associated with it. On the other, change is a constant. Changes...
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Inspection is always about checking a product or output against some specifications that these product(s)/ outputs are supposed to meet. As an example for a bolt manufactured through a manufacturing process the inspection would probably include measurements of the dimensions as per the applicable BS/ANSI or some national standard. Inspections carried out would use...
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There is whole set of documents you need to look at to be able to verify the scope of deliverables. The common thread that ties these documents together is that they help define the deliverables and the project context in the form of the project management plan. What do you need for Scope Verification The complete...
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At the end of a project or a particular phase of a project one needs to verify that the scope of the project as defined by the deliverables has actually been completed. When a deliverable is completed quality control activities ensure that the completion has maintained the quality of the deliverable. But the question...
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Scope baseline is a part of the project management plan and acts as the reference point through the project life. It has several components. These include project scope document, the WBS itself and the WBS dictionary. Scope Baseline Document The project scope document describes the product scope descriptions, project deliverables and acceptance criteria. The WBS is...
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When finalized, a WBS will have several control accounts associated to work packages. More than one work package may be associated with a control account but any one work package is associated with one unique control account. Control accounts are management control points where scope, cost and schedule are integrated. These are used to...
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Decomposition is the activity of breaking down project deliverables iteratively. This is continued until the lowest level is reached, this level is the work package level. Work packages are set of activities that are so well defined that cost estimates and time estimates of these sets of activities can be done reliably and accurately....
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Once the project scope document and the scope document are ready, detailed planning for the project needs to start. To do that effectively the project activities need to be defined in terms of clear tasks that can be estimated well in terms of effort and time. Break down of deliverables into well defined tasks...
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The project scope statement needs to describe in detail the deliverables. The work required to create those deliverables are also to be included. The scope statement can also include specific exclusions, work that need not be done. Scope Statement The deliverables definitions as well as the exclusions help manage the expectations of the stakeholders. For the...
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Tools help in defining scope well, include product analysis and alternatives identification techniques. Product analysis techniques apply to projects that have a product, not a service or a result, to be delivered at the end of the project. Alternatives identification is mainly for identifying alternate methods of achieving same results. Product Analysis Product analysis involves...
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