What does Scope mean in Project Management?

Scope

Project Scope is the sum of the products, services, and results required to deliver a project. Scope is commonly defined in the Work Breakdown Structure (WBS). See also product scope.

Scope forms part of the Iron Triangle or Project Triangle of Cost, Scope and Time - a change in scope will impact project cost or time (schedule). This makes scope management a critical success factor on every project. If you fail to manage changes to the project scope, costs will soar and/or delays will be inevitable.

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See also

• Scope Baseline
• Scope Change
• Scope Control
• Scope Creep
• Scope Definition
• Scope of Work (SOW)
• Scope Management
• Scope Planning
• Scope Statement
• Scope Verification

Methodology specific dictionaries / glossaries

• View the Agile Dictionary
• Managing Successful Programmes (MSP) Dictionary
• Prince 2 glossary of terms
• Full ITIL glossary of terms
• See also Risk Management Dictionary.