The Project Manager’s Toolkit

Your earlier work during the project definition stage produced two important documents (context diagrams) to manage the overall scope of the product as well as the scope of the process used to generate the product (chapter 3). This is also where your priority matrix, progress communication plan, risk management plan, testing strategies, and change management plan come into play. Let’s see how these tools will help you steer your project to a successful completion.

Scope Management

Believe it or not, context diagrams are a valuable, straightforward way of keeping your project from becoming a victim of scope creep. These diagrams, though quite high level, provided everyone involved in the project with models showing ...

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