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5 Strategies for Managing Scope

No matter how much planning goes into a project, teams are bound to struggle if scope goes unaddressed. Scope refers to all the work that goes into completing a project, and it’s one of three primary project constraints along with time and money. Clearly defining your project’s scope will help your team produce the bes...

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Project Management Scope Management Stakeholder Communication

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No matter how much planning goes into a project, teams are bound to struggle if scope goes unaddressed. Scope refers to all the work that goes into completing a project, and it’s one of three primary project constraints along with time and money. Clearly defining your project’s scope will help your team produce the best quality results. In this course, you’ll learn to define the scope for specific projects. Then, each subsequent lesson will cover an additional aspect of scope management. You’ll also get valuable strategies you can use when the scope you’ve defined spins out of control.

Course outline

8 topics · 85 min

  1. 1 What Is Scope Management?
  2. 2 Collecting Project Requirements
  3. 3 Defining and Documenting Scope
  4. 4 How to Create a Work Breakdown Structure
  5. 5 Developing Scope
  6. 6 Addressing Scope Creep
  7. 7 Summary
  8. 8 Quiz

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