Scope Management: Defining Project Boundaries

Follow Ahmed as he meticulously defines what LumiGems will and will not deliver, ensuring clarity and focus.

1.What Do We Need? Eliciting Requirements

Ahmed eliciting requirements for LumiGems

Ahmed talks to stakeholders – potential customers, marketing, designers – to gather all their needs and wishes for LumiGems. This is requirements elicitation.

2.Keeping Track: Documenting in Requirements Traceability Matrix

Ahmed working with a Requirements Traceability Matrix

Ahmed uses a Requirements Traceability Matrix to link each requirement back to its source and track its journey through design and testing, ensuring nothing is missed.

3.The Official Word: Creating the Scope Statement

Ahmed drafting the Project Scope Statement

Ahmed formalizes the scope in a Project Scope Statement. This document details project deliverables, acceptance criteria, and exclusions, providing a shared understanding for the team.

4.Breaking It Down: Crafting the WBS & WBS Dictionary

Ahmed creating a Work Breakdown Structure for LumiGems

Ahmed creates a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), a hierarchical decomposition of the total scope of work. Each WBS component is further detailed in the WBS Dictionary.

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