Chapter 1. Scoping Out Your Project’s Details

Scoping Out Your Project’s Details

WHENEVER YOU’RE FACED WITH A NEW PROJECT, you begin the planning phase of the project. It is during this phase that you figure out how to structure the project. You need to define the project’s goal, which helps you identify the project’s scope so that you don’t bite off more than you can chew and so that you don’t do less than management or your client expects. When you establish a project’s goal and scope, you need to make sure that everyone involved in the project understands and agrees that the goal and scope you’ve identified are, indeed, the goal and scope of the project.

You can then begin to organize ...

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