What is Project Scope? Project Management in Under 5

The video tutorial discusses the concept of project scope in project management, highlighting its definition and the challenges in agreeing upon it. It explains the difference between in-scope and out-of-scope tasks, emphasizing the issue of scope creep where stakeholders attempt to add more tasks without additional resources. The tutorial also covers the complexities of negotiating project scope due to varying stakeholder needs and limited resources. It concludes with strategies for balancing these needs and finalizing the project scope.

What does the project scope include?

• Everything a project manager needs to deliver

• Tasks that will be delivered by other projects

• Only the tasks that are economically viable

• Tasks that are not needed by the organization

What is the term used when stakeholders add more to the project scope without additional resources?

• Scope alignment

• Scope creep

• Scope exclusion

• Scope reduction

Why is negotiating project scope challenging?

• Because resources are unlimited

• Because stakeholders have different needs and desires

• Due to the limited number of stakeholders

• Because all stakeholders have the same needs

What is a project manager's role in managing scope?

• To ignore stakeholder concerns

• To deliver the project without any stakeholder input

• To balance stakeholder needs and secure agreement

• To focus only on the budget

What is essential for a project manager to achieve when finalizing the project scope?

• To please every stakeholder

• To get the scope signed off by authoritative stakeholders

• To increase the project budget

• To extend the project timeline indefinitely