compare and contrast scope statements on the example below andoffer suggestions on how statements can be improved.
The scope statement is essential to the success of the project.A scope statement, Mindedge (2014), functions by providing detailsof the project's major deliverables, key objectives and theactivities that are needed to meet those objectives. In the scopestatement it will describe the overall outlook of the project withits complexity, time for completion and the cost to get theprojecti successfully completed. The scope statement should havethe following elements which can differ according to goals of theproject manager and owners.
Objectives - It should be included in the scope statement sincethis will let the team and stakeholders know what is expected oncompletion of the project.
Product scope description - Details of what is required of theproduct or service.
Deliverables - Reports and or documents, Eastwood (2019), thatare tangible and measureable.
Exclusions - It is important to detail what should not beincluded in the project. This provides clarity on what is relevantto the project's life cyle.
Constraints - Stating the limitations if necessary, that willchallenge the completion of the project.
Assumptions - Decisions made by the team that may be valid butmay have an impact on the project if it turns out to beinvalid.
Including these elements in the scope statement will be thebasis of how the project will take shape and able to get tocompletion successfully.