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Scope

Meaning in project management, with examples

/skoʊp/nounCore term

In project management, scope means: All the work, features and results that a project has agreed to deliver, and by extension what it will not deliver.

In Turkish: kapsam, proje kapsamı

How it is used

One of the most frequent words in project work. You define, agree, expand, reduce or freeze the scope. Things are in scope or out of scope, and a scope statement describes it in writing.

Example sentences

  1. Mobile support was never part of the scope, so we'll need a change request for it.

  2. If the deadline can't move, we have to reduce the scope.

Common collocations

  • define the scope
  • scope statement
  • reduce the scope
  • within scope
  • scope of work
  • scope creepThe slow, uncontrolled growth of a project's scope, when new features or tasks are added without adjusting time, budget or resources.
  • out of scopeNot part of the work that the project has agreed to deliver, so it will not be done unless the scope is formally changed.
  • requirementSomething that the final product or result must do or have, as agreed with the client or users, for example a function, a performance level or a legal rule.
  • deliverableA specific product, document or result that a project must produce and hand over, for example a report, a design, a piece of software or a trained team.
  • change requestA formal request to change something already agreed in the project, such as the scope, schedule or budget. It is assessed and then approved or rejected.

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