Chapter 4 Defining Scope, Quality, Responsibility, and activity sequence

One of the elements indicated in the RFP and Project Charter is Project Objective, which establishes what is to be accomplished. The objective is the tangible end product that the project team or contractor must produce and deliver in order for the sponsor or customer to achieve the expected benefits from implementing the project. Also is defined in terms of the end product, deliverable, schedule, and budget. It is critical to develop a planning process before starting to implement the project by taking the time to come up with ideas highly important to help and achieve of any project.

The project scope is valuable for the planning process because it guides the project manager to have full picture of what must need to be accomplished according to the project charter and RFP but in greater details. Quality is important factor in the planning process because it assures that the work is executing according to qualifications and appropriate standards and that deliverables meet the two party agreements.

Project manager need to assign work to his team players and let those individuals to participate, and by doing that will create commitment from those individuals to complete the assignment according to the plan. One other key factor to help the project manger to success is to create a network diagram to communicate between the project plan and the project team because it shows who is responsible for each activity and how each individual work fits into the overall project.