Enter the project scope statement. Written in a project's planning phases, the statement thoroughly describes the project, sets its boundaries and states what the project will deliver.

After the project scope is agreed upon, this scope statement (along with the individual elements from earlier) will serve to keep the team on track and only performing relevant work.

High-level scope is defined in your charter and consists of boundary statements and deliverables. Low-level scope is defined by your business requirements.

Project managers know that defining a project’s scope and developing a scope statement is just a starting point. The next part, containing the project’s scope, is much more complicated — and ...

A work breakdown structure (WBS) can help you define the scope of your project by taking the scope statement and subdividing the major project deliverables into smaller, manageable packages of ...