BSBPMG530 - Manage project scope
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(Corequisite units must be studied concurrently with this unit)
Overview
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to determine and manage project scope. It involves obtaining project authorisation, developing a scope management plan, and managing the application of project scope controls.The unit applies to individuals responsible for managing and leading a project in an organisation, business or as a consultant.
Assessment
For Melbourne campuses
Assessment tasks will be designed to reinforce & extend knowledge and skill competence within set & controlled parameters in accordance with each unit’s learning outcomes & performance criteria requirements, incl the setting of work based practical application tasks designed to provide evidence of competence outcomes, within periodic and scheduled timelines.
Students will be expected to demonstrate the following required skills:
* manage project scope on at least two occasions.
In the course of the above, the candidate must:
* collaborate with stakeholders to produce a scope-management plan
* review and document scope-management implementation and recommend improvements.
Students will also be expected to demonstrate the following knowledge:
* components of a project scope-management plan
* factors likely to impact the project scope
* formal change-control processes
* methods for measuring work outcomes and progress against plans
* methods for segmenting and documenting a work breakdown structure
* problem areas likely to be encountered in scope management
* procedures for reporting scope change
* project life cycle and the significance of scope management
* project management tools used for managing scope
* roles and responsibilities of project manager in relation to project planning
* types of project initiation documentation.
Required reading
The qualified trainer and assessor will provide teaching and learning materials as required in the form of workbooks produced by Victoria University and/or via the Victoria University e-learning system.
As part of a course
This unit is studied as part of the following course(s):