For those not familiar with project management (yet): project scoping is where you need to say what the project is about and what it needs to deliver. To put a Project Scope Statement together, you use the following:


Project Scope Statement - The narrative description of the project scope,including major deliverables, project objectives, project assumptions, project constraints,and a statement of work, that provides a documented basis for making future project decisions and for confirming or developing a common understanding of project scope among the stakeholders. The definition of the project scope: what needs to be accomplished.

Assumptions - Assumptions are factors that, for planning purposes, are considered to be true, real, or certain without proof or demonstration. Assumptions affect all aspects of project planning, and are part of the progressive elaboration of the project. Project teams frequently identify, document, and validate assumptions as part of their planning process. Assumptions generally involve a degree of risk.

Constraints - The state, quality, or sense of being restricted to a given course of action or inaction. An applicable restriction or limitation, either internal or external to the project, that will affect the performance of the project or a process. For example, a schedule constraint is any limitation or restraint placed on the project schedule that affects when a schedule activity can be scheduled and is usually in the form of fixed imposed dates. A cost constraint is any limitation or restraint placed on the project budget such as funds available over time. A project resource constraint is any limitation or restraint placed on resource usage, such as what resource skills or disciplines are available and the amount of a given resource available during a specified time frame.

Dependency - See logical relationship

Logical Relationship - A dependency between two project schedule activities, or between a project schedule activity and a schedule milestone. See also precedence relationship. The four possible types of logical relationships are: Finish-to-Start; Finish-to-Finish; Start-to-Start; and Start-to-Finish.

When used in the scope statement, the Dependency is something that your ENTIRE PROJECT is dependent on, like another project that needs to deliver something that your project needs.

Issue - A point or matter in question or in dispute, or a point or matter that is not settled and is under discussion or over which there are opposing views or disagreements.

Risk - An uncertain event or condition that, if it occurs, has a positive or negative effect on a project’s objectives.

Source: A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (Third Edition) – PMBOK® Guide