FIT2002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Project Plan, Human Resource Management, Requirements Management
L4: Project Scope Management & Human Resource
Management
Project Management
Includes the processes involved in defining and controlling what is or is not included in a project
Scope
Refers to all the work involved in creating the products of the project and the processes used to
create them.
Deliverable
A product produced as part of project. Can be:
●Hardware/software
●Planning documents
●Meeting minutes
Project Scope Management Processes
Planning Scope
●Determining how the project’s scope and requirements will be managed
●Project team uses expert judgement and meeting to develop scope management plan and
the requirements management plan
Scope Management Plan
Part of the project management plan
Contents:
●How to prepare the project scope statement
●How to create, maintain and approve a WBS
●How to obtain formal acceptance of the completed project deliverables
●How to control requests for changes to the project scope
Requirements Management Plan
Documents how project requirements will be analysed, documented and managed
Collecting Requirements
Defining and documenting the features and function of the products produced during the project as
well as the processes used for creating them
Methods:
●Interviewing
●Focus groups
●Questionnaires & surveys
●Observation
●Prototyping
Document Summary
Includes the processes involved in defining and controlling what is or is not included in a project. Refers to all the work involved in creating the products of the project and the processes used to create them. Determining how the project"s scope and requirements will be managed. Project team uses expert judgement and meeting to develop scope management plan and the requirements management plan. How to prepare the project scope statement. How to create, maintain and approve a wbs. How to obtain formal acceptance of the completed project deliverables. How to control requests for changes to the project scope. Documents how project requirements will be analysed, documented and managed. Defining and documenting the features and function of the products produced during the project as well as the processes used for creating them. Benchmarking ( comparing one"s business processes and performance metrics to industry bests and best practices from other companies) Functional requirements : describe what the system should do.