In today’s competitive, tight-margin business world, organizations have to move and respond quickly to opportunity. Many companies have moved from a functional environment-that is, organization by function-to an organization, or management, by projects. A company that organizes itself by job activity, such as sales, accounting, information technology, and other departmental entities is a functional environment. A company that manages itself by projects may be called a projectized company. An organization that uses projects to move the company forward is using the Management by Projects approach. These project-centric entities could manage any level of their work as a project. These organizations, however, apply general business skills to each project to determine their value, efficiency, and, ultimately, their return on investment. As you can imagine, some projects are more valuable, more efficient, or more profitable than others. There are many examples of organizations that use this approach. Consider any business that completes projects for their clients, such as architectural, graphic design, consulting, or other service industries. These service-oriented businesses typically complete projects as their business. Here are some other examples of management by projects: Training employees for a new application or business method Marketing campaigns The entire sales cycle from product or service introduction, proposal, and sales close Work completed for a client outside of the organization Work completed internally for an organization.
The project scope encompasses all the required work, and only the required work, necessary to complete the project. Work that does not support the needs of the project is considered out of scope. Project Scope Management also includes verifying the work that the project team is completing is in alignment with project requirements. Project Scope Management includes Initiating the project Planning the project scope Defining the exact project scope Verifying the project scope Controlling project scope
