Scope Matters: Navigating Challenges and Uncovering Opportunities
Helen Winter
Business Transformation Strategist | Program Management, Project Management | Author | Speaker
Business Bullet Newsletter 5
Welcome to the latest edition of our newsletter, where we explore the importance of scope and how to get it right. In this issue, we're excited to share insights from three thought-provoking articles from BusinessBullet.co.uk, a treasure trove of knowledge for professionals in the field.
We trust these articles will provide you with valuable insights and strategies for your projects. Remember, effective project management and business analysis are not just about following processes but also about understanding and aligning with the broader business objectives and stakeholder needs.
As always, we welcome your thoughts and questions. Happy reading, and here’s to your success in all your project endeavours!
A technique for identifying project scope
Scope must be identified at the beginning of a project regardless of the methodology being used. ?It is to ensure the breadth of the project is agreed before going into any detail.
Without doing this it would be impossible to:
Scope should be identified by speaking to the sponsor first to ensure his/her vision for the project is captured.
Questions to ask are:
A collaborative pre-project approach for finding the root cause of the problem
It can be more difficult to turn a project around if it is not defined accurately up front.? The more we can do to ensure the project starts out in the right direction at the beginning the bigger chance of success.? Some companies are taking a collaborative approach at the pre-project stage to ensure the real problems are identified up front.
Otherwise, a project could be defined that solves the wrong problem or does not tie back with the business objectives or success criteria.? Another bad scenario could be getting so far with implementing a solution to discover that not all the right stakeholders were involved, and the complete solution cannot be implemented.
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This article sets out additional activities pre-project that could benefit your organization if not currently in place:
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Understanding the problems, opportunities and its importance when initiating change projects
Introduction
It is important to understand the problems to be resolved and opportunities at the early stages of a project.? These will build the foundations for understanding and prioritising requirements, design and implementation. ??If requirements do not relate back to a problem or opportunity, then the objectives of the project may not be realised.? It is the responsibility of the business analyst to ensure traceability throughout a project and understanding the problem is one of the first stages that needs to be understood.
Some typical questions to ask the sponsor and other stakeholders are:
Thank you for being part of our community. We look forward to sharing more valuable insights with you in our next newsletter
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