Congratulations, your project charter was approved by management or the project’s customer. It is now time to write the project scope statement. This week's lecture will be of great help in creating t

Project Scope Statement

Project Name

Project Number

Project Manager

Prioritization

Owner(s)

Statement of Work—Project Description and

Project Product

This section is typically a detailed amplification of the project SOW and mission from the Project Charter. This also includes how you intent to accomplish the project. “We intend to do this. . . and here are the steps we intend to use to accomplish the project.”

This section is typically a detailed amplification of the SOW product description from the Project Charter. What will the product of the project look like or what should it be able to do when completed?

Project Deliverables

What are the tangible outputs or services of this project? What big-picture items will have to be created or performed in order to accomplish the statement of work? These are the deliverables to be found in the WBS.

Project Objectives

What are the cost, schedule, and quality objectives of this project?

Project Assumptions

What are the assumptions on which the project is based?

Project Constraints

What are the major limiting factors that affect the project?

Exclusions

What are the boundaries of the project? What is to be included and what is to be excluded from the project?

Acceptance Criteria

What must the product be able to do when completed to be acceptable to the customer? What standards or regulations must the product meet? What performance specifications must the product meet to be acceptable to the customer?

Technical Requirements

How should the product work? What features should it have? What functionality must it have?




APPROVALS

Type Name Signature Date

Project Manager Approval:






Customer/Sponsor Approval: