Project management · Defining the work · Component
The scope
What is being done, and what is deliberately not — the second half doing most of the work.
The deliverable
What it is
A scope listing only inclusions is read generously by everyone with an interest, and the differences emerge months later as a disagreement about what was always meant.
The exclusions are what make the inclusions mean something. They are also what nobody wants to write, because writing them requires saying no in advance.
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What it is made of
Each element is a constituent part of the component. Follow one to see the attributes it carries.
The exclusions
What is deliberately not being done.
3 attributes: Excluded · Reason · Commonly assumed
LearnThe assumptions
What the scope depends on being true.
3 attributes: Assumption · Depends on · Confirmed
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Something not mentioned is assumed to be included. State exclusions rather than relying on omission.
The other components in defining the work
The definition of done
What would have to be true for this to be finished, in terms someone could check.
LearnThe change record
What was added or removed, when, and who agreed — because scope change is normal and scope drift is change nobody recorded.
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