Essentials in Scope Definition (Video Course)

Essentials in Scope Definition (Video Course)

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5 PMI® Pre-approved PDUs. 5 Ways of Working (Technical,) 0 Power Skills (Leadership,) 0 Business Accumen (Strategic)
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★★★★★ (5/5)
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Essentials in Project Scheduling will help you to develop a sound, efficient schedule utilizing a straight-forward planning method. You will learn to prepare a schedule that is scalable to the size and complexity of a variety of project environments. You will also be given critical suggestions for stakeholder expectation management for your client and the delivery team for both schedule development and rigorous schedule management.

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Credit5 PMI® Pre-approved PDUs. 5 Ways of Working (Technical,) 0 Power Skills (Leadership,) 0 Business Accumen (Strategic)
PMI.org Course Rating★★★★★ (5/5)

Essentials in Scope Definition will provide you a real-world formula for successfully developing scope together with your project team and other key project stakeholders. This course will discuss the critical planning component of work breakdown structure development and it’s use for downstream planning elements as well as how it can be utilized in the execution and control of a project initiative. Learn practical guidelines for WBS development while also facilitating the needs of all project stakeholders.

Essentials in Scope Definition can help you to:

  • Effectively assist the business in determining the project objectives
  • Clearly delineate what the project must produce to be a success
  • Uncover ambiguities and reduce ‘scope-creep’
  • Increase management confidence in your ability to successfully deliver
  • Improve stakeholder communications

The Essentials in Scope Definition video learning format includes:

  • Practical concepts to incorporate into your project scope management responsibilities
  • Sound examples that better demonstrate usage of WBS best practices
  • A modular video format that is easy to fit into your day, as your schedule allows
  • A Supporting Documentation file that includes tools, templates, and examples discussed within the course to further support student learning and content retention

Project Management Professionals (PMP)® and PMI Schedule Professionals (PMI-SP)® earn 5 PMI® PDUs upon course completion.

Learning Outcomes:
By the end of this course the student will be able to:

  • Define project scope – both what it includes as well as what it does not.
  • Define the concept of a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), its usage within the project plan and its use for stakeholder management.
  • Develop a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) – both at a higher level as an extension of the Project Charter and also at a definitive level of project planning.
  • Explain the application of estimating using a WBS.
  • Define accountability for a WBS through use of an Accountability Matrix.
  • Describe how to facilitate a detailed WBS composition with a project team.
  • Define the concept of refining a schedule to create a baseline
  • Explain how to leverage the WBS as an input for other elements of project planning, tracking, and controlling.
  • Articulate the challenges of effectively implementing a WBS in a project environment and develop appropriate strategies to counter them.

Credit: 5 PDUs – PMI® Pre-approved credits / 5 Technical, 0 Leadership, 0 Strategic

“Excellent overview and discussion of In Scope Definition within the project management efforts. The templates will be extremely helpful in developing, managing and executing these activities. The course was interesting and kept my attention.”
– Tracy Wentworth, PMP

“This was a great comprehensive review of scope, WBS, etc. that ties it together well.”
– Jonathan Rasmussen, PMP

“The detailed articulation of the WBS and its usefulness was great. The deep dive into how to engage the client was most helpful as well as best practices to engage resources devoted to the project.”
– James Hall, PMP

“This course was extremely informative and gave a clear understanding of the importance of Scope in Project Management and Planning.”
– Marie Murtagh, PMP

“This course covered scope definition and creating the WBS to identify the work content. The information was clearly laid out with great relatable answers. Examples of the WBS at different stages of development were helpful.as were the supplemental materials. The guidelines for a successful WBS planning session covering multiple venues and formats provided relevant information pertaining to global or dispersed teams.”
– Susan Lee, PMP

“I liked how the modules were broken out, and the pace of the courses was very good. The final review module was very helpful! I also learned that “Out of Scope” could be added into a WBS – that was new learning for me!”
– Amy Flick, PMP

“I thought this was very insightful. It resonated with me since we adopted AGILE on a major program I was on.”
– Brian Smith, PMP

“Complex subject is handled very well. The sample flowcharts are very useful.”
– Douglas Rankin, PMP

“Very thorough walk through of the WBS and EWP decomposition.”
– Jonathan Kreider, PMP

“Thank you for the extensive overview and well – update. Quite a few new items in this scope from what I can recall.”
– John Roig, PMP

“Reviewed the WBS, cost estimates and elements of what defines scope. Great review.”
– Linda Vogel, PMP

“Concepts and terminology was well presented and terms were well defined. Thought progression made good sense. Positive learning experience. Final Review in Module 7 was done well and moved at an appropriate speed for the user to use it productively.”
– Sarah Atwood, PMP

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