From the course: Project Management: Preventing Scope Creep
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Implementing a change control system
From the course: Project Management: Preventing Scope Creep
Implementing a change control system
- All projects start with stakeholder's desires, needs, and expectations. These are born from a problem they'd like to solve or an objective they'd like to meet. Assuming you've clarified what's in and out of scope in your baseline, you should have a solid foundation to work from. This being said, even the best plans need to be adaptable. Inevitably, stakeholders will forget to include things or will misinterpret what was originally agreed upon. If you know there's a good likelihood this will occur, why not prepare for it upfront? Let me explain how to implement a change control system that takes scope changes into account. A good change control system will have procedures in place to address questions like how will scope change requests be reviewed? How will scope change requests be approved or denied? How will changes to deliverables, documents and plans be managed? How will decisions be communicated? How strictly you…
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