Understanding Project Scope: Definition and Key Aspects

Du Prey (2013: 104) as cited by the Project Management Institute broadly referred project scope as “a project boundaries: it determines what work will be completed during the project life cycle. This includes identifying the work that won’t be included in the current round of product/service development.”

The project scope defines “all of the work to be completed during the project. The scope describes what is to be accomplished with the project. It defines the end-product to be delivered to the customer by a particular point in time and at a specified budget or cost. Additionally, the scope defines the boundaries of the work, allowing team members to accurately assess what is and is not part of the required effort” Nicholas (2001:164)

Therefore, project scope refers to all the work involved in the creation of the deliverables of the project and processes used to create them. This includes the process required to ensure that “ the project include all the work required and only the work required to complete the project successfully” Project Management Institute (2013:105) for example to construct a house with eight rooms, two washrooms, a kitchen and balcony within twelve months in an estimated budget of one million United States Dollars (US$ 1million) using labour, machinery and other machinery.

The following five aspects should be considered when

They fall in three categories which are goods and services, human activities needed to process and produce a product and the capabilities to perform the project. The three influences how an organisation operates in the running of a project. Owing to rapid technological changes of industry which is existing globally, the project also has to increase their reliance on of the success on equipment used thereby making technological component a vital aspect needed when drawing up a scope of the