project scope management, a pivotal tool for project success
August
2014
IJMIE
Volume 4, Issue 8
ISSN: 2249-0558
_________________________________________________________
PROJECT SCOPE MANAGEMENT: A PIVOTAL TOOL
FOR PROJECT’S SUCCESS
Arupjyoti Nath*
Mohammed Mukit Momin**
ABSTRACT:
This paper presents the importance of Scope Management in relation to the overall success of a project. It also talks about the whole scope management process and all the phases involved in it: initiation, planning, scope definition, verification and then control. An efficacious scope management of a project certifies the successful management of other strategic project management capacitiesincluding time, cost and quality. Itsmain focus is on the methodologies and techniques applied for a successful management of the project’s scope. It came out to be that the features and methodologies employed in a project are the project’s scope and their deliverance on time ensures the project’s success.
Keywords: project management, project scope management, WBS (work breakdown structure), project success and strategy, scope creep, project success factors.
*
Warsaw university of technology, Warsaw, Poland (currently) and NIT Silchar, Silchar,
India(2008-2012)
**
Warsaw university of technology, Warsaw, Poland (currently) and NIT Silchar, Silchar,
India(2007-2011)
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International Journal of Management, IT and Engineering http://www.ijmra.us 279
August
2014
IJMIE
Volume 4, Issue 8
ISSN: 2249-0558
_________________________________________________________
1. Introduction:
This research is concerned with the scope a project control tools in the field of project management. Olden times, the project scope management was all managed by statistical tools and Gantt charts.
2014
IJMIE
Volume 4, Issue 8
ISSN: 2249-0558
_________________________________________________________
PROJECT SCOPE MANAGEMENT: A PIVOTAL TOOL
FOR PROJECT’S SUCCESS
Arupjyoti Nath*
Mohammed Mukit Momin**
ABSTRACT:
This paper presents the importance of Scope Management in relation to the overall success of a project. It also talks about the whole scope management process and all the phases involved in it: initiation, planning, scope definition, verification and then control. An efficacious scope management of a project certifies the successful management of other strategic project management capacitiesincluding time, cost and quality. Itsmain focus is on the methodologies and techniques applied for a successful management of the project’s scope. It came out to be that the features and methodologies employed in a project are the project’s scope and their deliverance on time ensures the project’s success.
Keywords: project management, project scope management, WBS (work breakdown structure), project success and strategy, scope creep, project success factors.
*
Warsaw university of technology, Warsaw, Poland (currently) and NIT Silchar, Silchar,
India(2008-2012)
**
Warsaw university of technology, Warsaw, Poland (currently) and NIT Silchar, Silchar,
India(2007-2011)
A Monthly Double-Blind Peer Reviewed Refereed Open Access International e-Journal - Included in the International Serial Directories
Indexed & Listed at: Ulrich 's Periodicals Directory ©, U.S.A., Open J-Gage as well as in Cabell’s Directories of Publishing Opportunities, U.S.A.
International Journal of Management, IT and Engineering http://www.ijmra.us 279
August
2014
IJMIE
Volume 4, Issue 8
ISSN: 2249-0558
_________________________________________________________
1. Introduction:
This research is concerned with the scope a project control tools in the field of project management. Olden times, the project scope management was all managed by statistical tools and Gantt charts.
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