Scope Management Knowledge Area’s final process is the Control Scope process. This is a crucial process in Scope Management and you may see questions about it in the PMP exam questions. You may already be enrolled in a PMP training program and have some knowledge about the Control Scope Process. You may also consider taking an online PMP course for free if you don’t have a PMP training course. This will give you a brief overview of the Control Scope process as well as all the other processes.
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We will also give a description and list the five steps of the control scope process in this article.
Scope Management: What’s the Goal of Control Scope Process
Let’s start by explaining the purpose of Control Scope Process. The Control Scope Process is responsible for monitoring the project’s status and managing any changes to the scope baseline. Once the scope has been finalized, it must be monitored throughout the project to ensure that project activities lead to the successful delivery of project deliverables. This is what the Control Scope process does in a project.
Project management is not without its challenges. Projects will also undergo changes. The change control board must approve any change and it must be implemented in the project. These changes to the scope baseline are managed by the Control Scope Baseline process.
The Control Scope process monitors the performance of the project scope, product scope, and manages any changes to the baseline scope. It is important to verify that the deliverables meet the initial requirements before delivering the product or project scope. If there are any gaps between the requirements and deliverables during quality assurance, or if the customer reports defects, these should be rectified and preventive measures taken to reduce future defects.
Scope Management: The 2 Key Prerequisites for Control Scope Process
Before controlling the scope, there are two prerequisites to the Control scope process:
Clear scope definition is the first prerequisite. Scope performance measurement will be done primarily on the sealed scope at the beginning. Clear scope definition is essential for accurate and precise measurement of scope performance.
The second requirement is that the work be completed. To check the results of delivered work against the scope baseline, it must first be completed.
What are the 5 steps to control scope process?
There are five steps to the Control Scope Process.
Measuring performance against the scope baseline is the first step in controlling scope. It is necessary to measure the scope baseline in order to determine if the delivered work meets the initial requirements. The scope baseline is the most current and complete scope of a project.
The second step is to determine the magnitude of variance. The second step is to determine the level of variance after completing the evaluation.
The third step in the control scope process is to decide if a corrective or preventive action is required. This variance must be corrected once the variance is established against the scope baseline. These can be defect repairs, or preventive actions that will decrease the likelihood of future scope deviations.
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