Project Scope Management Inputs, Tools and Techniques, and Outputs
by Project Management Process Group
1. Plan Scope Management
Inputs | Tools and techniques | Outputs |
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- Project charter
- Project management plan
- Quality management plan
- Project life cycle description
- Development approach
- Enterprise environmental factors
- Organizational process assets
| - Expert judgment
- Data analysis
- Meetings
| - Scope management plan
- Requirements management
plan
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Source: PMBOK® Guide, 6th ed., Chapter 5, section 5.1, p. 134.
2. Collect Requirements
Inputs | Tools and techniques | Outputs |
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- Project charter
- Project management plan
- Scope management plan
- Requirements management plan
- Stakeholder engagement plan
- Project documents
- Assumption log
- Lessons learned register
- Stakeholder register
- Business documents
- Agreements
- Enterprise environmental factors
- Organizational process assets
| - Expert judgment
- Data gathering
- Brainstorming
- Interviews
- Focus groups
- Questionnaires and surveys
- Benchmarking
- Data analysis
- Decision making
- Voting
- Multicriteria decision analysis
- Data representation
- Affinity diagrams
- Mind mapping
- Interpersonal and team skills
- Nominal group technique
- Observation/conversation
- Facilitation
- Context diagram
- Prototypes
| - Requirements documentation
- Requirements traceability matrix
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Source: PMBOK® Guide, 6th ed., Chapter 5, section 5.2, p. 138.
3. Define Scope
Inputs | Tools and techniques | Outputs |
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- Project charter
- Project management plan
- Project documents
- Assumption log
- Requirements documentation
- Risk register
- Enterprise environmental factors
- Organizational process assets
| - Expert judgment
- Data analysis
- Decision making
- Multicriteria decision analysis
- Interpersonal and team skills
- Product analysis
| - Project scope statement
- Project documents updates
- Assumption log
- Requirements documentation
- Requirements traceability matrix
- Stakeholder register
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Source: PMBOK® Guide, 6th ed., Chapter 5, section 5.3, p. 150.
4. Create WBS
Inputs | Tools and techniques | Outputs |
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- Project management plan
- Project documents
- Project scope statement
- Requirements documentation
- Enterprise environmental factors
- Organizational process assets
| - Expert judgment
- Decomposition
| - Scope baseline
- Project documents updates
- Assumption log
- Requirements documentation
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Source: PMBOK® Guide, 6th ed., Chapter 5, section 5.4, p. 156.
5. Validate Scope
Inputs | Tools and techniques | Outputs |
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- Project management plan
- Scope management plan
- Requirements management plan
- Scope baseline
- Project documents
- Lessons learned register
- Quality reports
- Requirements documentation
- Requirements traceability matrix
- Verified deliverables
- Work performance data
| - Inspection
- Decision making
| - Accepted deliverables
- Work performance information
- Change requests
- Project document updates
- Lessons learned register
- Requirements documentation
- Requirements traceability matrix
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Source: PMBOK® Guide, 6th ed., Chapter 5, section 5.5, p. 163.
6. Control Scope
Inputs | Tools and techniques | Outputs |
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- Project management plan
- Scope management plan
- Requirements management plan
- Change management plan
- Configuration management plan
- Scope baseline
- Performance measurement baseline
- Project documents
- Lessons learned register
- Requirements documentation
- Requirements traceability matrix
- Work performance data
- Organizational process assets
| - Data analysis
- Variance analysis
- Trend analysis
| - Work performance information
- Change requests
- Project management plan updates
- Scope management plan
- Scope baseline
- Schedule baseline
- Cost baseline
- Performance measurement baseline
- Project documents updates
- Lessons learned register
- Requirements documentation
- Requirements traceability matrix
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Source: PMBOK® Guide, 6th ed., Chapter 5, section 5.6, p. 167.
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